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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Idols / Les idoles (1968) Marc’o, Bulle Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
This satire concerns three French singing idols and their attempt to stay in the public eye. Read More »
Komal Gandhar / A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (1961) Ritwik Ghatak, Supriya Choudhury, Abanish Banerjee, Anil Chatterjee
Set in the contentious 1950s, the film’s plot is structured around the rivalry of two radical theatre groups. Read More »
La ciociara / Two Women (1960) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone
Cesira is a beautiful widow and a successful grocery store owner in Rome. Read More »
Grumpier Old Men (1995) Howard Deutch, Walter Matthau
Things don’t seem to change much in Wabasha County: Max and John are still fighting after 35 years Read More »
Bloodiest Flower / Nihon jokyo-den: ketto midare-bana (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Masahiko Tsugawa
The story of Tei, a female coalmine operator, who risks her life to protect the business that was passed on by her late husband. Read More »
Brave Red Flower of the North / Nihon jokyo-den: makka na dokyo-bana (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Shingo Yamashiro
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning Read More »
Only On Mondays / Getsuyôbi no Yuka (1964) Kô Nakahira, Mariko Kaga, Akira Nakao, Yasukiyo Umeno
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa Read More »
Vincere (2009) Marco Bellocchio
The story of Ida Dalser, who fell in love with the future Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini Read More »
Get Cracking (1943) Marcel Varnel, George Formby, Edward Rigby, Frank Pettingell
Mechanic and Home Guard lance corporal George Singleton (Formby) has an adversary Read More »