
In a small town of France, life seems to be still and somewhat boring for a group of teenage friends, who day in, day out, are asked to cope not only with the usual issues in the life of a high school student but also with the search for love and sex. How do you blow the steam off, when you are a puzzled, sexually-frustrated youngster? Eventually, a party is thrown on a Saturday night and the solution is about to be found in a very simple idea…
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Author Archives: rarefilm
Love Variations (1970) David Grant, Carolyn Jones, Derek Stephan Tracy, Drama, Erotic
Britain’s first ever feature-length sex education film caused widespread tabloid controversy upon its original release. Now more hysterical than educational, the ground-breaking LOVE VARIATIONS shows models performing a variety of sexual positions, whilst a “family doctor” provides an excitable commentary.
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A Rather English Marriage (1998) Paul Seed, Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Joanna Lumley, Drama

A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night. They become a companionable if odd couple, until their unlikely friendship is threatened by the arrival of an alluring woman with a hidden agenda.
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Super Fool / Long gan wei (1981) Po-Chih Leong, Lap Ban Chan, Philip Chan, Jing Chen, Comedy

Two Mainland bumpkins sneak into Hong Kong with designs on getting rich quick. And they get their wish when one of them lands a job impersonating a famous stuntman. But it’s not long before they realize that money can’t buy everything…
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My Best Girl (1927) Sam Taylor, Mary Pickford, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Sunshine Hart, Comedy, Romance

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father’s stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father’s influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.
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Les liaisons dangereuses (1959) Roger Vadim, Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Annette Stroyberg, Drama, Romance

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.
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Hot Tub Party Massacre (2016) Chris Greenaway, Chrissy Cooke, Stu Ford, Sarah Foster, Horror, Erotic

The sisters of the Delta Omega sorority won a free weekend at a luxurious hotel & spa. They planned on having a fun and steamy weekend. However, things go from steamy to bloody when an escaped serial killer checks in to the hotel and crashes their party. The heat will be on at the HOT TUB PARTY MASSACRE!!
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Dynamite Chicken (1971) Ernest Pintoff, Richard Pryor, Ace Trucking Company, Patti Deutsch, Comedy

A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies , but more a general patchwork than a purposeful collection.
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Human Desires (1997) Ellen Earnshaw, Shannon Tweed, Christian Noble, Dawn Ann Billings, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Erotic

Alicia Royale is a fashion mogul who decides to have a large pajama themed party as a promotion for her new line of clothing. At the party, the leading contender for the company spokesmodel is found dead in the swimming pool, apparently by suicide. Zoe Taylor does not agree and hires a private investigator named Dean Thomas to look into the death. Dean digs deeper and deeper into the world of modelling and finds out that it is a lot more than just taking pictures and smiling.
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Only Two Can Play (1962) Sidney Gilliat, Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Comedy, Drama

John Lewis is bored by his librarian’s job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local counciller, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town – if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
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