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Author Archives: rarefilm
Poetry (2010) Chang-dong Lee, Jeong-hie Yun, Da-wit Lee, Hee-ra Kim

A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease Read More »
L’Atlantide (1921) Jacques Feyder, Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska, Georges Melchior

Lost legionnaire André de Saint-Avit (Georges Melchoir) is rescued from the desert sands. Read More »
For Them That Trespass (1949) Alberto Cavalcanti, Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. Read More »
El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1967) Leonardo Favio, Federico Luppi, Elsa Daniel, María Vaner

Aniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her true love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise. Read More »
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) Aleksandar Petrovic, Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic

Bora the Gypsy is married to an older woman, and he falls in love with the younger Tissa Read More »
Dramatic School (1938) Robert B. Sinclair, Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. Read More »
Howdy Broadway (1929) Charles J. Hunt, Tommy Christian, Ellalee Ruby, Johnny Kane

A story about wild youth is framed in this early musical from Poverty Row company Rayart that includes such songs as “I Want You to Know I Love You” Read More »
Captain Johnno (1988) Mario Andreacchio, John Waters, Damien Walters, Rebecca Sykes

A young deaf boy who calls himself “Captain Johnno” befriends Tony, an Italian fisherman in the small Australian fishing town they live in. Read More »
Diverted (2009) Alex Chapple, Shawn Ashmore, David Suchet, Joanne Whalley

On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. Read More »