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Author Archives: rarefilm
Salvo (2013) Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco

An assassin for the Sicilian mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. Read More »
And I’ll Run to the Ends of the Earth (1979) Peter Solan, Anetka Lakatosová, Ivan Mistrík, Hana Pastejríková

Majka “Chatterbox” is a girl entering adolescence. She was born with a minor disability. Read More »
Detective Malone / Black Cobra 4 (1991) Umberto Lenzi, Fred Williamson, Bruno Bilotta, Bobby Rhodes

A gang of terrorists kidnap an electronics engineer, hold him hostage Read More »
Navy Blues (1941) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye

On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets Read More »
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999) Anne Fontaine

Augustin Dos Santos is back. He still wants to be an actor and, this time Read More »
Pine Flat (2006) Sharon Lockhart, Amy Bates, Jessica Blain, Matthew Blain

Set in a small town in the Sierra Nevadas, Pine Flat is a look at youth and a meditation on nature, socialization, and solitude. Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski

Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior Read More »
Captain January (1924) Edward F. Cline, Hobart Bosworth, Baby Peggy, Irene Rich

A lighthouse keeper finds a little girl who is washed ashore tied to some wreckage. Read More »
Hakai / Apostasy (1948) Keisuke Kinoshita, Ryô Ikebe

Segawa, a teacher in a small village, decides to break with his cowardice after discovering their pariah origin. Read More »