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Author Archives: rarefilm
Tragic Hunt (1947) Giuseppe De Santis, Vivi Gioi

Immediately after the war, a truck on which the newlyweds Michele and Giovanna travel Read More »
Rome 11:00 (1952) Giuseppe De Santis, Lucia Bosé

Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women Read More »
The Girl from the Third Row (1949) Hasse Ekman

Is man’s existence really meaningful and hopeful? As a reply to Ingmar Bergman’s Fängelse (1949), this movie claims that it is.  Read More »
Casanova (1971) Mark Cullingham, John Glenister

The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798 Read More »
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia Read More »
The Hot Spot (1990) Dennis Hopper, Don Johnson

When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman Read More »
Ex-Lady (1933) Robert Florey, Bette Davis

Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. Read More »
The Mighty Barnum (1934) Walter Lang

The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum Read More »
The Carrier (1988) Nathan J. White, Stevie Lee

The main character is stricken with a horrible disease, but it doesn’t affect him. Read More »