
A vivid slice-of-life depiction of migrant workers, both male and female, wasting their lives away through monotonous labor in small Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Private Eyes (1976) Michael Hui, Samuel Hui, Ricky Hui

Private Eyes revolves the characters in a private detective agency headed by Wong Yuk-See (Michael Hui) with two employees Read More »
Every-Night Dreams (1933) Mikio Naruse, Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitô, Jun Arai

A single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son until–her long-lost husband returns. Read More »
Sergeant Rutledge (1960) John Ford, Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers

Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. Read More »
The Wing and the Thigh (1976) Claude Zidi, Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide Read More »
I Want to Go Home (1989) Alain Resnais, Adolph Green, Laura Benson, Linda Lavin

Joey Wellman, a cantankerous American cartoonist, accepts an invitation to come to an exhibition in Paris Read More »
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961) Boris Petroff, Ronnie Burns, Pamela Lincoln, Darrell Howe

Driven to the edge of insanity by the execution of his older brother, Chet is boiling over with hatred. Read More »
Tonights the Night (1987) Bobby Roth, Belinda Bauer, Jack Blessing, Max Gail

The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate in the erotic of the night. Read More »
Youth in Fury (1960) Masahiro Shinoda, Shin’ichirô Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. Read More »
I Am the Other Woman (2006) Margarethe von Trotta, Katja Riemann, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Karin Dor

Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. Read More »