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Author Archives: rarefilm
Devil’s Island / Djöflaeyjan (1996) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir

Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. Read More »
Medium (1985) Jacek Koprowicz, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Michal Bajor, Jerzy Zelnik

In the early 1930s the parapsychologist Wagner uses his telepathic sister to psychically uncover the presence of a nearby medium. Read More »
Paradise Alley (1962) Hugo Haas, Don Sullivan, Carol Morris

As studio financing dwindled away for Hugo Haas, his last film as a writer-director-producer has certain autobiographical elements Read More »
Mamma Gógó (2010) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson

Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. Read More »
Let It All Hang Out / L’uomo dal pennello d’oro (1969) Franz Marischka, Willi Colombini, Marcella Michelangeli, Edwige Fenech

Edwige Fenech plays the girlfriend of beatnik-hippy artist Archie (Willi Colombini). Read More »
Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie (2009) Michelle Esrick, Larry Brilliant, Hugh Romney

Wavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock festival, a hippie icon, activist, clown Read More »
Censored (1965) Barry Mahon, Judy Adler, Sid Berry, Rick Carrier

Promises to show exactly what was cut ‘n’ banned from several films in Barry Mahon’s vast arsenal. Read More »
Treeless Mountain / Na-moo-eobs-neun san (2008) So Yong Kim, Chae Gil Byung, Jung Gil Ja, Shin Hyun Je

What is the nature of childhood resilience? Sisters Jin and Bin, ages 6 and 3, live with their mother. Read More »
Travellers and Magicians / Chang hub thengs gcig gi ‘khrul snang (2003) Khyentse Norbu, Tshewang Dendup, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji

The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one–for a better and different life. Read More »