
In Comparison revisits issues explored in the director’s 2007 two channel installation Comparison Via a Third. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Tequila (1973) Tulio Demicheli, Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Roberto Camardiel

Tequila and Bobo hit the little town of Chedron intending to rob the local bank whose owner, De Koven Read More »
Alien Avengers (1996) Lev L. Spiro, George Wendt, Shanna Reed, Christopher M. Brown

Charlie and Rhonda are a sweet and comfortable married couple on vacation with their lovely daughter Daphne. Read More »
Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948) Seymour Friedman, Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane

When Boston Blackie’s private detective friend Joe Kenyon is killed in an auto crash under suspicious circumstances Read More »
Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) Jack Smight, James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum

Per its title, Jack Smight’s Frankenstein: The True Story, strives for greater faithfulness to Mary Shelley’s novel than prior versions. Read More »
Thirst (1979) Rod Hardy, Chantal Contouri, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps

The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen Read More »
An American Crime (2007) Tommy O’Haver, Ellen Page, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy

Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Read More »
The Poppy (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi, Ichirô Tsukida, Daijirô Natsukawa, Kazuyoshi Takeda

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Read More »
Requiem for a Bounty Killer (1972) Angelo Pannacciò, Michael Forest, Giuseppe Cardillo, Susanna Levi

Nick Barton returns home to his ranch and finds his family massacred by outlaws Read More »
Happenstance (2000) Laurent Firode, Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric Savin

Chance, volition, and the large effects of tiny causes swirl through Paris on a single day. Read More »