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Author Archives: rarefilm
Shin Sung-Il is Lost / Shin Sung-il-eui hangbang-bulmyung (2004) Jane Shin, Hyun-sik Cho, In-kee Jung, Young-soo Jung

An isolated orphanage, called the ‘House of Angels’. The director of this orphanage religiously Read More »
Dear Diary / Caro diario (1993) Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Giovanna Bozzolo

Nanni Moretti directs himself playing himself in this wry look at life. Read More »
The Birds and the Bees (1956) Norman Taurog, George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven

George ‘Hotsy’ Hamilton II, heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home from an expedition in the Congo. Read More »
The River Wild (1994) Curtis Hanson, Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn

Gail Hartman is facing problems with with her husband, the workaholic architect Tom. Read More »
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze / Ah, yokaren (1968) Shinji Murayama, Yukiko Anjô, Junzaburô Ban, Shin’ichi Chiba

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in WWII. Read More »
Red Fish / Los peces rojos (1955) José Antonio Nieves Conde, Arturo de Córdova, Emma Penella, Félix Dafauce

One night of storm, Hugo and Ivón arrive at a hotel in Gijón (Spain) accompanied by the son of the first one. Read More »
Gigolo / Gibier de potence (1951) Roger Richebé, Arletty, Georges Marchal, Nicole Courcel

Back from the war, Marceau Le Guern remembers. Educated in an orphanage run by Dominican brothers Read More »
Near Dark (1987) Kathryn Bigelow, Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen

A small-town farmer’s son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. Read More »
Hello, Everybody! (1933) William A. Seiter, Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Sally Blane

The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters Read More »