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Author Archives: rarefilm
Short Grass (1950) Lesley Selander, Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack Brown
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Read More »
White Corridors (1951) Pat Jackson, Googie Withers, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle
The scene is Yeoman’s Hospital, set in the English Midlands, soon after the NHS was founded. Read More »
Underground (1995) Emir Kusturica, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Black marketeers Marko (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) manufacture Read More »
In the Presence of a Clown AKA Larmar och gör sig till (1997) Ingmar Bergman, Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert – and a patient in the psychiatric ward Read More »
Fantastic Planet AKA La planète sauvage (1973) René Laloux, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin
Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. Read More »
Whirlpool (1959) Lewis Allen, Juliette Gréco, O.W. Fischer, Muriel Pavlow
On the run from her murderous wartime partner in crime Hermann, Lora hides on a small cargo boat captained by heroic Rolf. Read More »
This Can’t Happen Here AKA Sånt händer inte här (1950) Ingmar Bergman, Signe Hasso, Alf Kjellin, Ulf Palme
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. Read More »
The Hole AKA Le Trou (1960) Jacques Becker, André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin
Just as four cell-mates are about to launch their elaborate escape from a tiny cell Read More »
Jennifer on My Mind (1971) Noel Black, Michael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Steve Vinovich
Marcus, a nice, rich Jewish boy from New York City, meets and falls in love with Jennifer Read More »