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Author Archives: rarefilm
Désiré (1937) Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Jacques Baumer
Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who’s now the mistress of a government minister. Read More »
Invisible Man Appears / Tômei ningen arawaru (1949) Nobuo Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe, Daijirô Natsukawa
“There is no good or evil in science, but it can be used for good or evil purposes.” Read More »
Javanese Opera / Opera Jawa (2006) Garin Nugroho, Martinus Miroto, Eko Supriyanto, Artika Sari Devi
Setyo (Martinus Miroto) and Siti (Artika Sari Dewi) are young married couple with a classic domestic issue: communication. Read More »
Shell Shock (1964) John Hayes, Beach Dickerson, Carl Crow, Frank Leo
On the front in Italy during WW 2, a sergeant thinks that one of his men is faking battle fatigue, and sets out to expose him. Read More »
Yanks (1979) John Schlesinger, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Read More »
Sacro GRA (2013) Gianfranco Rosi, Francesco De Santis, Gaetano Finocchi, Roberto Giuliani
After the India of Varanasi’s boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts Read More »
Under the Sign of Scorpio / Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Gian Maria Volonté, Lucia Bosé, Giulio Brogi
An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island. Read More »
St. Michael Had a Rooster / San Michele aveva un gallo (1972) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Giulio Brogi, Daniele Dublino, Renato Cestiè
Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Read More »
Murder in the Big House (1942) B. Reeves Eason, Van Johnson, Faye Emerson, George Meeker
When a prisoner on Death Row is “accidentally” killed just before his execution Read More »