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Author Archives: rarefilm
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 »
The Black Panther of Ratana (1963)

Heinz Drache plays an engineer who is confronted with mysterious panther killings in Thailand. Read More »
Fabian: Going to the Dogs / Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde (2021) Dominik Graf, Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl

Berlin, 1931. A milieu between sublets and the underworld, where brothels are artists’ studios Read More »
Dead Run / Geheimnisse in goldenen Nylons (1967) Christian-Jaque, Peter Lawford, Ira von Fürstenberg, Georges Géret

A petty thief on the run is drawn into a high-stakes game of espionage. Read More »
Charlotte (2021) Tahir Rana, Éric Warin

Charlotte is an animated drama that tells the true story of Charlotte Salomon Read More »