
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
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Author Archives: rarefilm
Hotel (1967) Richard Quine, Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Drama

A historical New Orleans hotel struggles to financially survive while the dramas of its various guests unfold.
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The Green Cockatoo (1937) William Cameron Menzies, John Mills, René Ray, Charles Oliver, Crime, Drama

A young girl is traveling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. Read More »
Samorastniki / Wild Growth (1963) Igor Pretnar, Majda Potokar, Vida Juvan, Rudi Kosmac, Drama

Carinthia, Slovenia, in the 18th century. Ozbej, having finished school, returns to Krnice Manor, where Father tells him that now he is to stay at home because he has decided to make him the future master of the whole estate. Read More »
O Megalexandros / Alexander the Great (1980) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Omero Antonutti, Eva Kotamanidou, Mihalis Giannatos, Drama

Lead by Alexandros (Omero Antonuti), a group of thieves escape from prison. They take several aristocrats hostage, and, together with a few anarchists Read More »
Ni na bian ji dian / What Time is it There? (2001) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu, Drama, Romance

When a young street vendor with a grim home life meets a woman on her way to Paris, they forge an instant connection. Read More »
Hana to dotô / The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Tamio Kawaji, Chieko Matsubara, Action, Drama

Working from a novel by Aoyama Koji he tells the story of Ogata Kikuji (Kobayashi Akira) – a former Yakuza member, now on the straight and narrow. Read More »
Le 120 giornate di Sodoma / 120 Days of Sodom (1995) Joe D’Amato, Deborah Wells, Mark Davis, Anita Blond, Adult

The notorious Marquis De Sade relates various tales of lust and orgies to a female prisoner in a bid to expand her horizons. Read More »
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) James Whale, Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Mystery

When a lawyer defending his best friend for murdering his unfaithful wife discovers how the accused discovered his wife was in love with another man Read More »
The Meatrack (1970) Richard Stockton, David Calder, Donna Troy, Jan Stratton, Drama

A hybrid of Warholian midnight movie and Doris Wishman-esque sexploitation picture, Michael Thomas’s softcore rarity Meatrack was originally produced and released by Sherpix Read More »