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Author Archives: rarefilm
Barbara (1997) Nils Malmros, Anneke von der Lippe
Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice Read More »
Silence of the North (1981) Allan King, Ellen Burstyn
Based on the biography of Olive Fredrickson, It tells of her life as a girl Read More »
Nero and the Burning of Rome / Nerone e Messalina (1953) Primo Zeglio, Gino Cervi, Paola Barbara, Yvonne Sanson
The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations Read More »
Leave My Girl Alone / Bokuno onna ni teodasuna (1986)
A financially desperate young woman gets a job tutoring a rich young boy Read More »
Laurence Anyways (2012) Xavier Dolan, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuel Schwartz, Suzanne Clément
A drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman’s relationship with her lover. Read More »
Frine Courtesan of Orient / Frine, cortigiana d’Oriente (1953) Mario Bonnard, Elena Kleus, Pierre Cressoy, Tamara Lees
Little known Italian film from 1953 about the historical Phryne (she was real), a famous courtesan. Read More »
Eastern Condors / Dung fong tuk ying (1987) Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Hung, Biao Yuen, Haing S. Ngor
A group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy Read More »
Young as You Feel (1931) Frank Borzage, Will Rogers, Fifi D’Orsay, Lucien Littlefield
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago Read More »
The Inferno / Jigoku (1979) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mieko Harada, Kyôko Kishida, Ryûzô Hayashi
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper Read More »