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Author Archives: rarefilm
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet AKA La danse (2009) Frederick Wiseman
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets Read More »
Tonnerre (2013) Guillaume Brac, Vincent Macaigne, Solène Rigot, Bernard Menez
Maxime returns to live with his father in a small town in Burgundy (Tonnerre). Read More »
Burning Snow AKA Xue zai shao (1988) Patrick Tam, Simon Yam, Chuan-Chen Yeh, Chih-Cheng Hsueh
A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. Read More »
Loophole (1954) Harold D. Schuster, Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone
A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft. Read More »
The Steel Trap (1952) Andrew L. Stone, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
A Bank officer discovers a flaw in the U.S. extradition treaty with Brazil and decides to take advantage of it. Read More »
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) William Dieterle, George Cukor, Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough Read More »
Trade Winds (1938) Tay Garnett, Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy
Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. Read More »
Mudhoney (1965) Russ Meyer, Hal Hopper, Antoinette Cristiani, John Furlong
It’s 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner Read More »
You and Me (1974) David Carradine, Richard Chadbourne II, Bobbie Shaw Chance
The story of the friendship between a biker on the run and a young boy. Read More »