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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Blue Room / La chambre bleue (2014) Mathieu Amalric

A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. Read More »
The Walls of Hell / Intramuros (1964) Gerardo de Leon

In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II, fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade Read More »
Beachhead (1954) Stuart Heisler, Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy

On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Read More »
Cuerpo a cuerpo (1984) Paulino Viota, Ana Gracia

The story of various, diverse relationships among different generations near Santander. Read More »
Empire of Kids / Gaki teikoku (1981) Kazuyuki Izutsu

This impossibly complicated plot about gangland vendettas and power struggles Read More »
Cross My Heart / La fracture du myocarde (1990)

Suddenly, Martin’s behavior changes radically. He doesn’t talk or laugh any more. Read More »
Celestial Body / Nebo sateliti (2000) Lukas Nola, Filip Nola

When two enemy sides ex-change the captives in the middle of a minefield, a nameless man without identity and memory Read More »
Penombra (1987) Bruno Gaburro, Paola Senatore, Maurice Poli

Maria is a rich woman married to Osvaldo, a noble landowner. Read More »
Glastonbury Past and Present (1922) H.O. Martinek

In the shadow of the Glastonbury Tor, locals re-enact their town’s history: from the early Mendip encampments Read More »