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Author Archives: rarefilm
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook

The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
Plants (2015) Roberto Doveris, Violeta Castillo, Mauricio Vaca, Ernesto Meléndez

Amid the responsibility of taking care of her brother, who is in vegetative state, financial problems Read More »
La Ronde (1950) Max Ophüls, Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. Read More »
Klondike Kate (1943) William Castle, Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell

Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and “entertainers”, sent for by saloon owner “Sometime” Smith Read More »
The Raven (1943) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey

A vicious series of poison-pen letters spreads rumours, suspicion and fear among the inhabitants of a small French town Read More »
The Spider (1931) Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Menzies, Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel

The great Chartrand (Edmund Lowe) can make people disappear and his assistant, Alexander, dazzles the crowd with his psychic abilities. Read More »
Car Cemetery (1983) Fernando Arrabal, Alain Bashung, Juliet Berto, Micha Bayard

Combining punk rock and post-apocalyptic mayhem, Arrabal’s outrageous adaptation of his infamous stage play is a gallows-humor romp in a wretched dystopia. Read More »
Beyond Therapy (1987) Robert Altman, Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson

This is an insane and fast-paced romantic comedy about a bizarre dinner date among Bruce (Goldblum) Read More »
A Star Is Born (1976) Frank Pierson, Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey

Talented rock star John Norman Howard has seen his career begin to decline. Read More »