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Author Archives: rarefilm
Buck and the Preacher (1972) Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. Read More »
The Meadow / Il prato (1979) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Michele Placido, Saverio Marconi, Isabella Rossellini

Giovanni, a Milan youth heads to poverty-plagued Tuscany to sell some property. Read More »
The Seburi Story / Seburi monogatari (1985) Sadao Nakajima, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Yumiko Fujita, Michiko Kohno

The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject Read More »
Grand Hotel / Menschen im Hotel (1959) Gottfried Reinhardt, O.W. Fischer, Michèle Morgan, Heinz Rühmann

People staying at or working in a luxurious hotel undergo a variety of crises in their personal lives. Read More »
Muito Prazer (1979) David Neves, Ítala Nandi, Antonio Pedro, Cecil Thiré

Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival. Read More »
Creepies 2 (2005) Jeff Leroy, Randal Malone, Loren Paul, Star Hansen

This sci-fi sequel is about mutant spiders accidentally released in Las Vegas. Read More »
Little Voice (1998) Mark Herman, Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine

The pathetically shy LV lives the life of a recluse listening to her late father’s old records Read More »
God Only Knows / Dieu sait quoi (1994) Jean-Daniel Pollet, Michael Lonsdale

Jean-Daniel Pollet film humble objects, pots, rollers, the interior of a house in midday with Read More »
Oxhide / Niu pi (2005) Huifen Jia, Jiayin Liu, Zaiping Liu

Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait Read More »