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Author Archives: rarefilm
They Came to a City (1944) Basil Dearden

Nine personalities from various walks of life are hauled into some post-war Utopia, but just how many are prepared to live inside? Read More »
Victim (1961) Basil Dearden

A plea for reform of England’s anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr, a married lawyer Read More »
On the Beat (1995) Ying Ning

Take crime out of police work, and what’s left is procedures.  Read More »
Babes in Arms (1939) Busby Berkeley

Mickey Moran, a talented singer and musician, son of a veteran from the show business. Read More »
Misono Universe (2015) Nobuhiro Yamashita

As a band plays for a crowd in a certain town square in Osaka, a young man rushes the stage Read More »
Kuzu / The Lamb (2014) Kutlug Ataman

As Eastern Anatolian village tradition requires, 27-year-old Medine must serve oven-roasted lamb Read More »
The Personality Kid (1934) Alan Crosland

Ritzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until Read More »
The Silver Lining (1932) Alan Crosland

A women in prison tale. Ones rich ones poor. Can they prosper after prison? Read More »
Special Section (1975) Costa-Gavras

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered.  Read More »