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Author Archives: rarefilm
Summer Hours / L’heure d’été (2008) Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier

In a small town, Hélène is a family matriarch who has devoted her life to preserving the legacy of her artist uncle. Read More »
A Woman in White / Journal d’une femme en blanc (1965) Claude Autant-Lara, Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont, Claude Gensac

Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Read More »
Junk Food / Janku fudo (1997) Masashi Yamamoto, Ali Ahmed, Arata Furuta, Mika Kumagai

Blending widescreen cinematography with digital video, JUNK FOOD casts an unblinking but painterly Read More »
The Iron Mask (1929) Allan Dwan, Belle Bennett, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son – an heir to the throne. Read More »
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Louis King, Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur

“Thunderhead,” a roving, big white stallion, causes problems for the Wyoming ranchers Read More »
Min and Bill (1930) George W. Hill, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan

Min owns the waterfront hotel where Bill, the captain of a fishing boat, lives. Read More »
The Prince That Contemplated His Soul / Bab’Aziz (2005) Nacer Khemir, Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Golshifteh Farahani

Bab’Aziz – The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the story of a blind dervish Read More »
The White Rose / Die weisse Rose (1982) Michael Verhoeven, Lena Stolze, Martin Benrath, Wulf Kessler

During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University Read More »
Things / Zihron Devarim (1995) Amos Gitai, Gabi Beniashvilly, Samuel Calderon, Helena Cherkasov

Can you find peace in this lifetime, asks one character in a wake Read More »