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Author Archives: rarefilm
23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998) Hans-Christian Schmid

When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government Read More »
Ride the High Country (1962) Sam Peckinpah

Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. Read More »
Before You Go (2002) Lewis Gilbert

When Violet Heaney’s three daughters return home for her funeral Read More »
On a Bench in a Park (1960) Hasse Ekman

Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet Read More »
Nowhere to Go (1958) Seth Holt, Basil Dearden

Paul Gregory is sprung from jail in London by his accomplice after getting a stretch as expected for robbing a woman who falls for his charms. Read More »
The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968) Gunnar Hellström

A desert family offers a traveling stranger its hospitality, but the stranger doesn’t realize exactly what they have in store for him. Read More »
Miss Julie (1999) Mike Figgis, Saffron Burrows

Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Read More »
The Company She Keeps (1951) John Cromwell

A female ex-convict meets a handsome man and they begin seeing one another. Read More »
The Last Good Time (1994) Bob Balaban

Joseph, a former professional musician who has withdrawn into a quiet life after the death of his wife. Read More »