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Author Archives: rarefilm
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972) Buichi Saitô, Daisuke Awaji, Junko Fuji, Akira Hirasawa

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss Read More »
Punishment Park (1971) Peter Watkins, Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano

“Punishment Park” is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews’s news coverage Read More »
The Courage of the People / El coraje del pueblo (1971) Jorge Sanjinés, Domitila de Chungara, Eusebio Gironda, Federico Vallejo

A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners Read More »
Rosas danst rosas (1997) Thierry De Mey, Cynthia Loemy, Sarah Ludi, Anne Mousselet

Rosas danst Rosas consists of four dancers in rapport with one another and five chapters full of intense physical energy. Read More »
Così ridevano / The Way We Laughed (1998) Gianni Amelio, Francesco Giuffrida, Enrico Lo Verso, Fabrizio Gifuni

Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily Read More »
Too Much Harmony (1933) A. Edward Sutherland, Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a “good” girl and one a “bad” one.” Read More »
The Marines Fly High (1940) George Nicholls Jr., Benjamin Stoloff, Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball

A small garrison of Marines are in a Central American country to train soldiers and help with lawful government. Read More »
Planet of Storms / Planeta bur (1962) Pavel Klushantsev, Vladimir Emelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Gennadi Vernov

Cosmonauts land on the planet Venus. However, they find themselves in danger from the voracious monsters they find on it. Read More »
El Dorado (1966) Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan

Hired gunman Cole Thornton (John Wayne) turns down a job with Bart Jason (Edward Asner) Read More »