This film turns on two basic axes: the inquiry into ways of cinematographic representation and a critical Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Mississippi (1935) A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart’s honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer Read More »
Aisuru / To Love (1997) Kei Kumai, Miki Sakai, Atsuro Watabe, Jô Shishido
Mitsu (Sakai Miki) meets Yoshioka (Watabe Atsuro) on Christmas and spends the night with him. Read More »
The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968) William Friedkin, Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom
A naive young Amish woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City Read More »
A Rational Solution / Det enda rationella (2009) Jörgen Bergmark, Stina Ekblad, Rolf Lassgård, Claes Ljungmark
A quartet of sterling performances from some of Sweden’s top actors (including the wonderful Pernilla August) Read More »
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)
In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy Read More »
Together Brothers (1974) William A. Graham, Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims
A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer. Read More »
Playing the Victim (2006) Kirill Serebrennikov, Yuriy Chursin, Vitaliy Khaev, Marat Basharov
A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He’s done nothing wrong he just wants a job. Read More »
La cintura di castità / On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who… (1967) Pasquale Festa Campanile, Tony Curtis, Monica Vitti, Ivo Garrani
The knight Guerrando is forced to leave for the Crusades before he’s had time to consummate Read More »
Erotic and Careless Pneumonia / Neumonía erótica y pasota (1981) Jaime Bayarri, Eva Lyberten, Joaquín Gómez, Pep Corominas
In the middle of the crisis of rapeseed oil, the protagonist of this peculiar film Read More »