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Author Archives: rarefilm
Everybody Leaves (2015) Sergio Cabrera, Tahimi Alvariño, Félix Antequera, María Teresa Carrasco
The movie is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Cuban Read More »
World Without Sun / Le monde sans soleil (1964) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Pierre Bidault, Louis Bidegant, Christian Bonnici
Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen Read More »
Quality Street (1927) Sidney Franklin, Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel, Helen Jerome Eddy
A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. Read More »
Count Max / Il conte Max (1957) Giorgio Bianchi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Anne Vernon
Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor. Read More »
Hero of Tomorrow / Gong woo jip ban yan (1988) Man Kit Poon, Kiu-Wai Miu, Siu Chung Mok, Ka-Kui Ho
When Lee Sam, a ten-year veteran of the Hong Kong underworld, is released from prison Read More »
Master, a Building in Copacabana / Edifício Master (2002) Eduardo Coutinho, Fernando José
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana Read More »
Coup 53 (2019) Taghi Amirani, Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, Winston Churchill
A real-life cliff-hanger thriller, this daring documentary dissects the 1953 British-American coup Read More »
About Baghdad (2004) Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi
About Baghdad is the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003. Read More »
Re-Animator (1985) Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
A medical student and his girlfriend become involved in a bizarre experiment Read More »