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Author Archives: rarefilm
Della (1964) Robert Gist, Paul Burke, Charles Bickford, Joan Crawford

Della Chappell (Joan Crawford) is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. Read More »
Hu die / Butterfly (2004) Yan Yan Mak, Josie Ho, Yuan Tian, Eric Kot

Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. Read More »
The Westerner (1940) William Wyler, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport

Cole Harden just doesn’t look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she steps up to the bar. Read More »
It Will Never Be Spring / Wildgroei (1994) Frouke Fokkema, Hilde Van Mieghem, Thom Hoffman, Ellen Ten Damme

A complicated love affair between a publisher and a writer. Despite their strong physical attraction Read More »
The Wandering Image / Das wandernde Bild (1920) Fritz Lang, Mia May, Hans Marr, Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Mia May has surrendered herself to a disciple of free love, and, having given birth to a child Read More »
Darlings! / Schatjes! (1984) Ruud van Hemert, Peter Faber, Geert de Jong, Akkemay Elderenbos

A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. Read More »
Midnite Spares (1983) Quentin Masters, James Laurie, Gia Carides, Max Cullen

After discovering that a group of car thieves may have something to do with his father’s untimely death Read More »
The Randy Widow / La veuve lubrique (1974) José Bénazéraf, Nanette Corey, Pierre Sandra, Sylvia Bourdon

Infidelity at a country chateau leads to deadly consequences. Read More »
Man Called Gringo (1965) Roy Rowland, Götz George, Alexandra Stewart, Helmut Schmid

A group of outlaws take over a small frontier town and plan to stay awhile. Read More »