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Author Archives: rarefilm
History of Cinema in Popielawy (1998) Jan Jakub Kolski, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Bartosz Opania, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska

“Historia kina w Popielawach” is a bucolic familiar tale, full of irony and heavily intertwined with the invention of the motion picture. Read More »
Avalanche (1937) Mikio Naruse, Hideo Saeki, Ranko Edogawa, Noboru Kiritachi

This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »
Lost in a Harem (1944) Charles Reisner, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell

Pete Johnson and Harvey D. Garvey, two inept magicians on tour in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Barabeeha Read More »
A Matter of Resistance (1966) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret

In the countryside near Normandy’s beaches lives Marie, unhappy. Read More »
Edward II (1991) Derek Jarman, Steven Waddington, Kevin Collins, Andrew Tiernan

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe’s Elisabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings Read More »
Scaffolding (2017) Matan Yair, Asher Lax, Ami Smolartchik, Yaacov Cohen

17-year- old ASHER has always been the impulsive troublemaker, from primary school Read More »
The Hoodlum Priest (1967) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shintarô Katsu, Mayumi Ogawa, Hôsei Komatsu

The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »
Endless Waltz (1995) Kôji Wakamatsu, Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara

Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »
Unchain (2000) Toshiaki Toyoda, Unchain Kaji, Chihara Junia

Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. Read More »