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Author Archives: rarefilm
Till We Meet Again (1955) Yûzô Kawashima, Sô Yamamura

Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei Read More »
The Balloon (1956) Yûzô Kawashima, Shirô Amakusa

Haruki Murakami (Masayuki Mori), once lionized as a master painter, is now the president of a thriving camera Read More »
I Could Read the Sky (1999) Nichola Bruce, Dermot Healy

The film tells of the memories and feeling of loss of an Irish immigrant Read More »
Von Ryan’s Express (1965) Mark Robson, Frank Sinatra

Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgement Read More »
Fraternity Row (1977) Thomas J. Tobin, Angela Aber

Story of an upper class college in the early ’50s and how a “harmless” hazing resulted in a student’s death. Read More »
Sweet Substitute (1964) Larry Kent, Bob Howay, Angela Gann

Tom, a high school senior, hopes for a university scholarship. Tom studies with Cathy, dates Elaine. Cathy gets pregnant by Tom. Read More »
The Moon Is a Green Cheese (1977) Mai Zetterling

A family in their summer house in the Stockholm archipelago. The two daughters fantasize they are adults, representing different colors Read More »
SuicideGirls: Guide to Living (2009) Mike Marshall

Through a series of titillating vignettes, the infamous SuicideGirls create a useful guide to their edgy lifestyle. Read More »
A Serious Game (2016) Pernilla August, Sverrir Gudnason

An adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg’s novel “The Serious Game” from 1912. The great Swedish love story. Read More »