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Author Archives: rarefilm
Thrilling Love (1989) Maurizio Pradeaux, Tony Kendall, Sharon Kane, Michel Durand

A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »
A Star Is Born (1954) George Cukor, Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson

Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett Read More »
To Matthieu / Selon Matthieu (2000) Xavier Beauvois, Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey

Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
Mother / Mat (1990) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Viktor Rakov, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Based on Maxim Gorky’s novel about a woman torn between her loyalties to husband and son in the years of the Revolution. Read More »
A Star is Born (1937) William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou

Esther Blodgett is another starry-eyed farm child trying to break into the films. Read More »
The Sleazy Uncle / Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol

This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
Bring It Inside / Trago Comigo (2013) Tata Amaral, Gustavo Brandão, Georgina Castro, Maria Helena Chira

Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn’t remember the time Read More »
There Will Be No More Night / Il n’y aura plus de nuit (2020) Éléonore Weber, Nathalie Richard

To shoot: a gun or a movie camera. The military analogy is born with the beginning of cinema. Read More »
The Reluctant Sadist / Jeg – en marki (1967) Mac Ahlberg, Peer Guldbrandsen, Gabriel Axel, Hans Brenå, Jytte Breuning

A poor dandy embezzles large sums of money and buys the title Marquis De Sade Read More »
