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Author Archives: rarefilm
The High Cost of Loving (1958) José Ferrer, Gena Rowlands, Joanne Gilbert

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. Read More »
To Find a Man (1972) Buzz Kulik, Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O’Connor, Lloyd Bridges

The platonic friendship between two high school youths is explored through the attempts to get the girl an abortion. Read More »
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008) Kevin Sean Michaels, John Waters, Ted V. Mikels, Tura Satana

THE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels Read More »
Ohara Shôsuke-san / Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949) Hiroshi Shimizu, Koume Akasaka, Akiko Kazami, Denjirô Ôkôchi

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can’t refuse the many villagers Read More »
The Fast Lady (1962) Ken Annakin, Leslie Phillips, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice

Murdoch Troon, an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club, gets involved with Charles Chingford Read More »
Making Montgomery Clift (2018) Robert Anderson Clift, Hillary Demmon, Brooks Clift, Sunny Clift, Patricia Bosworth

Classic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. Read More »
Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto (1993) Nanni Loy, Tommaso Bianco, Enzo Cannavale, Italo Celoro

Life in Naples is tough. So Neapolitans invent ways to get by. Whatever works, conning mostly Read More »
A Comédia de Deus / God’s Comedy (1995) João César Monteiro, Cláudia Teixeira, Manuela de Freitas

João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute Read More »
Crossroads of Death / Shi no jûjiro (1956) Umetsugu Inoue, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Hisano Yamaoka

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having Read More »