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Author Archives: rarefilm
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
La cieca di Sorrento / The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934) Nunzio Malasomma, Dria Paola, Corrado Racca, Dino Di Luca, Drama
1834. After murdering a Marquesa, a robber fled with the loot, unaware that has been seen by the victim’s daughter. Read More »
Oci Ciornie / Dark Eyes (1987) Nikita Mikhalkov, Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. Read More »
To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou / The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Gregory Patrick Karr, Drama, Romance
Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Read More »
Kangwon-do ui him / The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) Sang-soo Hong, Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Drama
Helmed by one of Korea’s leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea’s Kangwon Province. Read More »
Frau Wirtins tolle Töchterlein / The Countess Died of Laughter (1973) Franz Antel, Teri Tordai, Gabriele Tinti, Femi Benussi, Comedy
A man goes to a convent with exciting news, one of the nuns is an heir to a fortune! The man causes the nuns to become obsessed with him as he tries to find the right heir. Read More »
Stroke of Death (1979) Mar Lo, Siu-Tung Ching, Chiu-Sing Hau, Feng Kuan, Action, Drama
Ching, a small-time crook, is sent to prison. There he meets a one-eyed master who has been sentenced to death. Read More »
Pacific Blackout (1941) Ralph Murphy, Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. Read More »
Nunzio (1978) Paul Williams, David Proval, James Andronica, Morgana King, Drama
Protected by his brother (James Andronica), a mentally impaired Brooklynite (David Proval) pretends he’s Superman and becomes a hero. Read More »