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Author Archives: rarefilm
Falling Leaves / Giorgobistve (1966) Otar Iosseliani, Ramaz Giorgobiani, Gogi Kharabadze, Marina Kartsivadze

A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only Read More »
Behind That Curtain (1929) Irving Cummings, Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Gilbert Emery

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Read More »
Before This Night Is Over / Kým sa skoncí táto noc (1966) Peter Solan, Michal Belák, Stano Danciak, Vladimír Durdík

A number of people spend a cold winter night in a fancy night club from a ski resort town. Read More »
Will to Live / Ikitai (1999) Kaneto Shindô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day Read More »
Big Town (1946) William C. Thomas, Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery

The initial entry in the Pine-Thomas series based on the “Big Town” radio series finds Steve Wilson Read More »
Dayveon (2017) Amman Abbasi, Devin Blackmon, Dontrell Bright, Lachion Buckingham

In the wake of his older brother’s death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. Read More »
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) Robert Aldrich, Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker

Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews Read More »
Dixie (1943) A. Edward Sutherland, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Billy De Wolfe

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Read More »
Thunder from the West / La porta del cannone (1969) Leopoldo Savona, Gianni Garko, Irina Demick, Gianna Serra

World War II: The Italian secret agent Riccardo Cloro is sent undercover as a Swiss businessman to Graz by train Read More »