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Author Archives: rarefilm
Fours a Crowd (1938) Michael Curtiz, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell

Robert will do anything to get the big account that has eluded him. His public relations business makes public angels of rich scoundrels. Read More »
One Human Minute (2009) Pater Sparrow, Zoltán Mucsi, László Sinkó, Pál Mácsai

A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and completely filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn’t appear to have a publisher or author. Read More »
Cafe Electric (1927) Gustav Ucicky, Willi Forst, Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Alberti

Erni (Marlene Dietrich), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Göttlinger (Fritz Alberti) falls for a pickpocket Fredl (Willi Forst) Read More »
Blue Black Permanent (1992) Margaret Tait, Celia Imrie, Jack Shepherd, Gerda Stevenson
Barbara Thorburn wiles away the hours with memories of Greta, her mother, the poet. Read More »
Battle in the Sea of Japan (1969) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûzô Kayama

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails Read More »
I Stand Alone (1998) Gaspar Noé, Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain

The Butcher (known from Noe’s short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Read More »
Utamaro’s World (1977) Akio Jissôji, Shin Kishida

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. Read More »
Safari (1956) Terence Young, Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin

An expert African guide, Ken Duffield, thirsts for revenge against the leader of a gang of rebellious Mau Maus who killed his family while he was away. Read More »
Brother Rat (1938) William Keighley, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father. Read More »
