Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Blues Busters (1950) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens
After undergoing a throat operation, Sach discovers that he now possesses a beautiful singing voice. Read More »
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima
In the World War II, the pacifist and humanist Japanese Kaji accepts to travel with his wife Michiko to the tiny Manchurian village Loh Hu Liong Read More »
Salomé (2013) Al Pacino, Kevin Anderson, Jessica Chastain, Ralph Guzzo
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils and with the solemn pledge from the very lips Read More »
Wilde Salomé (2011) Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Anderson
Pacino tells the story of how he came to do Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, in documentary style. Read More »
Camino del infierno (1946) Luis Saslavsky, Daniel Tinayre, Mecha Ortiz, Pedro López Lagar, Amelia Bence
Laura Sinrok, a rich and despotic woman domains her husband Alberto, pretending to commit suicide to retain him with her. Her ending will be tragic. Read More »
A Man Vanishes (1967) Shôhei Imamura, Yoshie Hayakawa, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years. Read More »
Intentions of Murder (1964) Shôhei Imamura, Masumi Harukawa, Kô Nishimura, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar. Read More »
The Untold Story (1993) Danny Lee, Herman Yau, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Danny Lee, Emily Kwan
In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. Read More »
Inside/Out (1997) Rob Tregenza, Stefania Rocca, Frédéric Pierrot, Bérangère Allaux
Against the barren wintry backdrop of a psychiatric hospital, inpatients and authority figures drift through turgid psychological states. Read More »