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Author Archives: rarefilm
Flag Day (2021) Sean Penn, Mitchell McCormick, Tom Anniko, Dylan Penn

A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter. Read More »
The Tiger Makes Out (1967) Arthur Hiller, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy

Ben Harris, an embittered, mid-century New York City postal worker residing in a Greenwich Village cellar Read More »
Let’s Go Native (1930) Leo McCarey, Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher

Dress designer Joan Wood, who’s heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show Read More »
Boxing Gym (2010) Frederick Wiseman, Richard Lord

Explores the world of a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, dwelling on the discipline of training Read More »
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla / A Detained Verdict (1986) Basu Chatterjee, Deepak Kejriwal, Amitabh Srivastava, Pankaj Kapur

Twelve male members of a jury gather together in an enclosed room to deliberate their decision Read More »
The Silver Darlings (1947) Clarence Elder, Norman Williams, Christopher Capon, Murdo Morrison

A harsh if ultimately optimistic depiction of life in the unforgiving Hebrides Read More »
Yoen dokufuden: Hitokiri okatsu (1969) Nobuo Nakagawa, Junko Miyazono, Reiko Ônobuta, Kô Nishimura

Okatsu, the daughter of a katana instructor must avenge a judge who rapes and kills his father. Read More »
Three Good Friends / Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930) Wilhelm Thiele, Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, Heinz Rühmann

Returning home from a holiday, three friends – Willy, Kurt and Hans – learn they are bankrupt. Read More »
Death Ring (1992) R.J. Kizer, Mike Norris, Billy Drago, Chad McQueen

Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiancée, Lauren Sadler Read More »