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Author Archives: rarefilm
Fist Of Fury AKA Jing wu men (1972) Wei Lo, Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien

Returning to Shanghai to marry his fiancée, Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) a student of renowned martial arts teacher Huo Yuanjia Read More »
Il divo (2008) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo

The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992 Read More »
Bank Shot (1974) Gower Champion, George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke

Fresh from his recent jailbreak, criminal mastermind Walter Ballantine (Scott) is already plotting his next bank heist. Read More »
After The Rain AKA Ame agaru (1999) Takashi Koizumi, Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirô Mifune

Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents Read More »
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Roger Corman, Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher

The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Read More »
Straight Shooting (1917) John Ford, Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, George Berrell

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims’ water supply. When Sims’ son Ted goes for water, one of Flint’s men kills him. Read More »
The Spooky Bunch AKA Zhuang dao zheng (1980) Ann Hui, Josephine Siao, Kenny Bee, Mang-Ha Cheng

A Cantonese opera company arrives in Cheung Chau to perform for a rich man, who wants to marry Read More »
Numéro zéro (1971) Jean Eustache, Boris Eustache, Odette Robert

A family portrait in which the director profiles his grandmother. Read More »
Teenage (2013) Matt Wolf, Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer

Teenagers did not always exist. In this living collage of rare archival material, filmed portraits Read More »