
Palestinian youth write and perform hip hop in the ’48 (what they call Israel) and the occupied territories (Gaza and the West Bank). Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) Ben Holmes, Ben Lyon, Thelma Todd, Pert Kelton

A crazed gunman fires a shot. As officer Casey reports the assumed murder to headquarters Read More »
An Ideal Husband (1947) Alexander Korda, Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. Read More »
The Window (1949) Ted Tetzlaff, Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy

In age 9, Tommy Woodry has a reputation for telling tall stories — the newest one being that his family Read More »
Uçan daireler Istanbulda / Flying Saucers Over Istanbul (1955) Orhan Erçin, Zafer Önen, Halide Piskin

A reporter and a photographer intercept a message from space that announces the descent of a flying saucer. Read More »
18 Who Cause a Storm (1963) Yoshishige Yoshida, Tamotsu Hayakawa, Yoshiko Kayama, Taiji Tonoyama

A shipyard worker gets an offer of free lodging in the company seaside rest house. Read More »
Taiheiyô hitoribocchi / Alone Across the Pacific (1963) Kon Ichikawa, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing Read More »
Oviri / The Wolf at the Door (1986) Henning Carlsen, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jean Yanne

This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland) Read More »
The Sun Rises Once a Day / Slonce wschodzi raz na dzien (1972) Henryk Kluba, Franciszek Pieczka, Ryszard Filipski, Stanislaw Gronkowski

After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. Read More »
Organized Crime – Loyalty Offering Brothers / Soshiki boryoku: kyodai sakazuki (1969) Jun’ya Satô, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Kyôsuke Machida

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô) Read More »