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Author Archives: rarefilm
Encirclements AKA Hakafot (2014) Lee Gilat, Lior Ashkenazi, Assi Levy, Agam Ozalvo

When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer

Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Mania (1974) Renato Polselli, Brad Euston, Ivana Giordan, Isarco Ravaioli

Professor Brecht finds out his wife Lisa is having an affair with his twin brother Giordano. Read More »
Performance (1970) Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg

Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. Read More »
A Sun AKA Yang guang pu zhao (2019) Mong-Hong Chung, Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko

A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child Read More »
Sinner Take All (1936) Errol Taggart, Bruce Cabot, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Calleia

Members of a wealthy family start getting threatening letters, and it’s not long before the threats turn Read More »
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) Hitoshi Yazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yûko Nakamura

Based on the eponymous manga for girls by cartoonist Kiriko Nananan, the pic follows the ups Read More »
Junior Miss (1945) George Seaton, Peggy Ann Garner, Stephen Dunne, Allyn Joslyn

New York teenager gets involved in everyone’s lives by playing cupid. Read More »
Beyond Our Ken AKA Gung ju fuk sau gei (2004) Ho-Cheung Pang, Gillian Chung, Daniel Wu, Höng Tao

Shirley (Tao Hong) is a karaoke waitress who leads a perfectly normal love life with her fireman boyfriend Ken (Daniel Wu). Read More »