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Author Archives: rarefilm
Farewell to the Ark (1984) Shûji Terayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions Read More »
East Timor – Dream of the Crocodile (2002) Diana Andringa, Xanana Gusmão

Leader of the world’s newest country, Xanana Gusmao, really knows about fighting for freedom and democracy. Read More »
Second Breath (1966) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin

Gustave Minda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. Read More »
Love (1927) Edmund Goulding, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, George Fawcett

In Czarist Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky Read More »
Hot Spell (1958) Daniel Mann, George Cukor, Shirley Booth, Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine

A housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it’s slowly falling apart, a fact she’s trying to ignore. Read More »
Artemis 81 (1981) Alastair Reid, Hywel Bennett, Dinah Stabb, Dan O’Herlihy

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good Read More »
Marlowe (1969) Paul Bogart, James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor

Quiet young Orfamay Quest from Kansas has hired private detective Philip Marlowe to find her brother. Read More »
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943) Daisuke Itô, Jun Fujikawa, Sannosuke Fujikawa, Kensaku Hara

From the deepest archives of Japanese film history comes this superbly restored edition of one of the epic adventures Read More »
The Black King (1932) Bud Pollard, A.B. DeComathiere, Vivianne Baber, Knolly Mitchell

Fiery preacher Charcoal Johnson, though no model of sanctity, gains control of a Mississippi Baptist church Read More »