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Author Archives: rarefilm
Kiss of the Tarantula (1976) Chris Munger, Suzanna Ling, Eric Mason, Herman Wallner

John Bradley operates and lives in a mortuary along with his wife, Martha, and daughter, Susan Read More »
A Young Poet (2014) Damien Manivel, Rémi Taffanel, Léonore Fernandes, Enzo Vassallo

Barely out of his teens, Rémi dreams of becoming a poet and thrilling the world with his powerful and unforgettable verse. Read More »
Film About a Woman Who… (1974) Yvonne Rainer

Rainer’s landmark film is a meditation on ambivalence that plays with cliche Read More »
Track of the Cat (1954) William A. Wellman, Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Diana Lynn

A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen Read More »
The Pace That Kills (1928) William A. O’Connor, Norton S. Parker, Owen Gorin, Thelma Daniels, Florence Turner

Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister Read More »
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. Read More »
The Three Treasures (1959) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akihiko Hirata

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor Keikoh’s son Ouso expects to succeed his father Read More »
Thomas (2008) Miika Soini, Lasse Pöysti, Mauri Heikkilä, Visa Koiso-Kanttila

Thomas, a former doctor, a widower, lives alone in a basement apartment in Helsinki. Read More »
The Christ of Nanjing (1995) Tony Au, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Yasuko Tomita, Shinobu Chihara

Tony Leung stars as Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China and has been sick ever since his return home. Read More »