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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Mass Is Ended (1985) Nanni Moretti

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Read More »
Compelled (1960) Ramsey Herrington, Beth Rogan

An ex-convict who’s built a respectable post-prison life for himself as an engineer Read More »
Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956) Yûzô Kawashima

A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence Read More »
The Purple Gang (1959) Frank McDonald

A teen-age rat pack of the Detroit slums, the Purple Gang, headed by psychotic William Joseph “Honeyboy” Willard Read More »
The Peony Pavilion (1995) Kuo-fu Chen

A teenager called Li Li, always got the same dream. In the dream, she falls in love with a scholar. Read More »
Time for Dying (1969) Budd Boetticher

In Silver City, naive farm boy Cass and newcomer saloon girl Nellie Read More »
This Side of the Law (1950) Richard L. Bare

David Cummings, a vagrant, is bailed out of prison by Philip Cagle, an lawyer, who hires him to impersonate Read More »
Passage / Pasáz (1997) Juraj Herz

Michal Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. Read More »
To Die of Love / Mourir d’aimer… (1971)

A love story between a teacher, Daniele, 32 years and one of her students Gerard Read More »