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Author Archives: rarefilm
Moll Flanders (1996) Pen Densham, Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after her mother’s execution Read More »
Indiscreet (1988) Richard Michaels, Robert Wagner, Lesley-Anne Down, Maggie Henderson

A British movie star falls for an American diplomat. Unfortunately, he is still married…or so she believes. Read More »
Man Under Suspicion / Morgen in Alabama (1984) Norbert Kückelmann, Maximilian Schell, Lena Stolze, Robert Aldini

After assaulting a minister, a young defendant claims to have acted entirely by himself. Read More »
New Tenant / San fong hak (1995) Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Dolphin Chan, Parkman Wong

A writer named Alan has spent the last decade in a mental hospital. Read More »
Le soupirant / The Suitor (1962) France Arnel, Pierre Étaix, Laurence Lignières

Pierre is a shy man whose sole focus in life is studying astrology in solitude Read More »
The Deadly Companions (1961) Sam Peckinpah, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran

The Civil War Yankee sergeant Yellowleg saves the cheater Turkey from hanging after a card game Read More »
More (1969) Barbet Schroeder, Mimsy Farmer, Klaus Grünberg, Heinz Engelmann

In the late 1960s, after graduating in Mathematics, the German Stefan Brückner Read More »
Barbed Wire Dolls / Frauengefängnis (1976) Jesus Franco, Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Monica Swinn

Maria (Lina Romay) is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her sexually abusive father (Jess Franco). Read More »
La vallée / The Valley (1972) Barbet Schroeder

Viviane, a French Consul’s wife, is in New Guinea to find exotic feathers for export to Paris. Read More »