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Author Archives: rarefilm
Chinatown Squad (1935) Murray Roth, Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson, Hugh O’Connell
Chinatown serves as the location where a Communist agent has been killed after Read More »
Campus A-Go-Go / Ereki no wakadaishô (1965) Katsumi Iwauchi, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Chôko Iida
A thoroughly charming 60s youth film centered around Beatlesmania / Group Sounds-era rock music Read More »
The Accompanist / L’accompagnatrice (1992) Claude Miller, Richard Bohringer, Elena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets Read More »
The Song of Sparrows / Avaze gonjeshk-ha (2008) Majid Majidi, Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan
When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter’s hearing aid, which breaks right Read More »
The Rainbow Seeker / Niji o tsukamu otoko (1996) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yûko Tanaka
A timid movie theater owner is secretly in love with one of his patrons but struggles to express his feelings. Read More »
Out of the Darkness (1985) Jud Taylor, Martin Sheen, Hector Elizondo, Matt Clark
“Out of the Darkness” is a gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt Read More »
Motorama (1991) Barry Shils, Jordan Christopher Michael, Martha Quinn, Michael Naegel
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy Read More »
Louise (Take 2) (1998) Siegfried, Élodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Gérald Thomassin
A shaky camera takes us through Paris: the winding tunnels Read More »
The Respectful Whore / La p… respectueuse (1952) Charles Brabant, Marcello Pagliero, Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny, Walter Bryant
Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. Read More »