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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Magnificent Trio (1966) Cheh Chang, Ping Chin, Margaret Tu Chuan, Fanny Fan

A group of poor farmers kidnaps the daughter of a city official, hoping he’ll lower their taxes in exchange for her safe return. Read More »
The Day the Earth Moved (1974) Robert Michael Lewis, Jackie Cooper, Stella Stevens, Cleavon Little

A team taking aerial photographs of the desert deduces that an earthquake Read More »
Speed Demon (2003) David DeCoteau, Collin Stark, Mark Ian Miller, Candace Moon

A mysterious driver in a muscle car with a demonic hood ornament hunts down a gang that has taken over a small town. Read More »
Le rouge et le gris, Ernst Jünger dans la grande guerre (2017) François Lagarde, Hubertus Biermann

The Red and the Gray is a documentary essay proposing an adaptation of Ernst Jünger’s famous war tale Read More »
Laughing Sinners (1931) Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Neil Hamilton

Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when he dumps her. Read More »
The Masseurs and a Woman / Anma to onna (1938) Hiroshi Shimizu, Shotaro Akagi, Shin’ichi Himori, Ayuko Hirano

Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. Read More »
Children in the Wind / Kaze no naka no kodomo (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masao Hayama

On vacation’s eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement. Read More »
You Can’t Have Everything (1937) Norman Taurog, Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. Read More »
I Only Arsked! (1958) Montgomery Tully, Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass

A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Read More »