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Author Archives: rarefilm
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985) Fernando E. Solanas, Marie Laforêt, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá

In the sorrow of exile, a group of Argentinians in Paris seek solace and connection to their culture by staging a set of tangos. Read More »
Dig Your Grave Friend… Sabata’s Coming (1971) Juan Bosch, Richard Harrison, Fernando Sancho, Raf Baldassarre

Steve McGowan returns from the Civil War, finds his father has been killed by a greedy landowner. Read More »
A City of Sadness (1989) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung Young Chen

A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers. Read More »
Father’s Doing Fine (1952) Henry Cass, Heather Thatcher, Diane Hart, Virginia McKenna

Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home Read More »
Shotgun Wedding (1963) Boris Petroff, J. Pat O’Malley, Jenny Maxwell, Valerie Allen

Melanie tries to come up with a way to get her boss to marry her after she becomes pregnant. Read More »
My Brother’s Wedding (1983) Charles Burnett, Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett

A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother Read More »
David and Lisa (1962) Frank Perry, Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva

The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis Read More »
Cop Game (1988) Bruno Mattei, Brent Huff, Max Laurel, Romano Puppo

In the final days of the Vietnam War, someone is killing the officers of the elite Cobra Force. Read More »
The Sicilian (1987) Michael Cimino, Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland

Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. Read More »