Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town / Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Saihate no Nagare-mono (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura, Kaneko Iwaskura
It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
Dandy Dust (1998) A. Hans Scheirl, Suzie Krüger, Leonora Rogers-Wright
Dust, a split-personality cyborg of fluid gender, zooms through time Read More »
On Evil Grounds / Auf bösem Boden (2007) Peter Koller, Aleksandar Petrovic, Birgit Stauber, Kari Rakkola
Romeo and Juliet – a couple that has a very odd perception of their relationship. Read More »
Forgotten Commandments (1932) Louis J. Gasnier, William Schorr, Sari Maritza, Gene Raymond, Marguerite Churchill
A framework story serves as context for a retelling of the Exodus story Read More »
Man to Man (2005) Régis Wargnier, Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Iain Glen
1870. Dr. Jamie Dodd (Joseph Fiennes) is elated. He has finally succeeded in capturing not one, but two pygmies. Read More »
Held for Ransom (1938) Clarence Bricker, Blanche Mehaffey, Grant Withers, Bruce Warren
The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have not returned Scott. Read More »
The Murderer Knows the Score / L’assassin connaît la musique… (1963) Pierre Chenal, Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that’s what HE thinks) has a problem Read More »
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily / La fameuse invasion des ours en Sicile (2019) Lorenzo Mattotti, Antonio Albanese, Leïla Bekhti, Toni Servillo
Troubadour Gedeone and his young apprentice Almerina are two traveling entertainers Read More »
Cross of Valor / Krzyz Walecznych (1959) Kazimierz Kutz, Jerzy Turek, Aleksander Fogiel, Bronislaw Pawlik
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier returns to his ruined village Read More »