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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952) John Brahm, Gilbert Roland, Angela Clarke, Frank Silvera
In 1917, three shepherd children living just outside Fatima, Portugal have visions of a lovely lady in a cloud. Read More »
The Power and the Prize (1956) Henry Koster, Robert Taylor, Elisabeth Müller, Burl Ives
Cliff Barton, an American business executive working in England Read More »
Surire (2015) Iván Osnovikoff, Bettina Perut
The Surire Salt Flat is placed at an altitude of 4300 m in the Chilean High Plateau Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man with the Karajishi Tattoo (1969) Masahiro Makino
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. Read More »
Escape to Glory (1940) John Brahm, Pat O’Brien, Constance Bennett, John Halliday
A British ship is attacked by a German U-boat at the onset of World War II. Read More »
White Whales / Skytturnar (1987) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson, Eggert Gudmundsson, Harald G. Haraldsson
Two friends, who are experienced whale hunters, decide to settle down in Reykjavik Read More »
The Emperor of Capri / L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair / I banchieri di Dio – Il caso Calvi (2002) Giuseppe Ferrara, Omero Antonutti, Pamela Villoresi, Giancarlo Giannini
This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family / Ôsone-ke no ashita (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought Read More »