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Author Archives: rarefilm
Growing Up / Xiao Bi de gu shi (1983)

Growing Up was the film that “first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement” known as New Taiwan Cinema. Read More »
Gazon Maudit / French Twist (1995) Josiane Balasko

Undoubtedly, the smug real estate agent, family man, and father of one, Laurent, is a shameless philanderer. Read More »
A Passage to India (1984) David Lean, Judy Davis

Circa 1920, during the Indian British rule, Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed was born and brought up in India. Read More »
Station West (1948) Sidney Lanfield, Dick Powell, Jane Greer

Dick Powell stars as Haven, a government private investigator assigned to investigate the murders of two cavalrymen. Read More »
Desperate Search (1952) Joseph H. Lewis, Howard Keel

A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) Read More »
A Dandy in Aspic (1968) Anthony Mann, Laurence Harvey

Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Read More »
The Death Eye of Ceylon (1963) Gerd Oswald

Professor Ferlach and his daughter Helga undertake an expedition to Ceylon to look for a statue of Buddha with a priceless ruby set on its forehead. Read More »
The Big Bust Out (1972) Ernst R. von Theumer, Tony Kendall

It tells the story of seven beautiful women who escape from a high-security prison. Read More »
El jinete sin cabeza / The Headless Rider (1957)

A mute phantom hero takes on skull-masked killers, a disembodied living hand and a corpse that won’t stay in its grave. Read More »