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Author Archives: rarefilm
Deadline for Murder (1946) James Tinling, Paul Kelly

A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil-fields in Central Europe, are stolen. Read More »
Stolen Life (1962) Aarne Tarkas, Mäkelä, Rauha Rentola

A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. Read More »
Vacation / Kyûka (2008) Hajime Kadoi, Kaoru Kobayashi

The prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked Read More »
La Tendre ennemie / The Tender Enemy (1936) Max Ophüls

Two ghosts attend an engagement party, unseen by the other guests. One ghost, Dupont, is the father of the bride-to-be. Read More »
X: The Unheard Music (1986) W.T. Morgan, John Doe

This film is a documentary about the personalities in, and the music of, the early 1980’s Los Angeles punk band X. Read More »
Flight Angels (1940) Lewis Seiler, Virginia Bruce

The story is centered on commercial pilots eager to fly higher and up-in-the-air attendants eager to land a man. Read More »
Sebastian (1968) David Greene, Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York

During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls Read More »
Man of Ashes / Rih Essed (1986) Nouri Bouzid, Imed Maalal

In the ensuing days before his wedding bridegroom Hachemi faces both the anxieties Read More »
Close-Up / Nema-ye nazdik (1990) Abbas Kiarostami

The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf Read More »