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Author Archives: rarefilm
Léolo (1992) Jean-Claude Lauzon, Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Gilbert Sicotte

Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds – the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional Read More »
Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) Paul Morrissey, Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Anne De Salvo

Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Read More »
The Affairs of Julie (1957) Helmut Käutner, Liselotte Pulver, Paul Hubschmid, Bernhard Wicki

Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at a dentist friend to make ends meet. Read More »
Jolly Fellows (1934) Grigori Aleksandrov, Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova

Yelena (Mariya Strelkova), a well-off would-be singer who can’t carry a tune Read More »
Cinerama Adventure (2002) David Strohmaier, Lowell Thomas, Fred Waller, Jim Morrison

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera Read More »
Corta (2012) Felipe Guerrero

The Corta project arises from my interest in the cane cutters who work in the southwestern region of Colombia. Read More »
Pulgasari (1985) Sang-ok Shin, Chang Son Hui, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri

In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. Read More »
Vagabond (1985) Agnès Varda, Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss

In winter in the south of France, a young woman is found frozen in a ditch. Read More »
They Were Sisters (1945) Arthur Crabtree, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Hugh Sinclair

The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. Read More »