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Author Archives: rarefilm
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 »
Kravgi gynaikon / A Dream of Passion (1978) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Drama

Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of the Greek tragedy “Medea” (about a woman who kills her children) in her native Greece. Read More »
The Perfect Specimen (1937)

Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection Read More »
La morte-saison des amours / The Season for Love (1961) Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul, Daniel Gélin, Pierre Vaneck, Comedy, Drama

Sylvain, a suave, witty player as well as an accomplished writer and Genevieve met 10 months ago. Read More »