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Author Archives: rarefilm
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) Michael Apted, Sissy Spacek

At only 13, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a large family. Read More »
Bamboozled (2000) Spike Lee, Damon Wayans, Savion Glover

Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy-League educated black writer at a major network. Read More »
Under Your Hat (1940) Maurice Elvey, Jack Hulbert

Inept Secret Agent on a job in the South of France is followed by his suspicious wife. Read More »
The Hand of Night (1968) Frederic Goode, William Sylvester

A handsome tourist travelling through the desert comes at night upon a lavish Moorish castle Read More »
The Mill on the Po (1949) Alberto Lattuada

Berta Scarceni is betrothed to Orbino Verginesi and the engagement is celebrated on the floating mill of the Scarceni. Read More »
The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow

A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death Read More »
Radiance (1998) Rachel Perkins, Deborah Mailman

With the death of their mother, two sisters (Nona and Cressy) return to their childhood home in Northern Australia Read More »
Touched by Love (1980) Gus Trikonis, Deborah Raffin

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral Read More »
The Pony Express (1925) James Cruze, Betty Compson

The Pony Express is a rousing James Cruze Western depicting the founding of the Pony Express Read More »