Blackbird 1988
Blackbird 1988
Cavka (original title)
1h 34min | Drama | 15 April 1988 (Yugoslavia)
Storyline:
Story about friendship between two boys coming from different social backgrounds, but with the equally bitter family experiences.
Reach for Glory 1962
Reach for Glory 1963
1h 26min | Drama, War | April 1962 (UK)
Storyline:
During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won’t end before they can fight in it. John, one of the younger members, is increasingly torn between these peer group values and his deepening homoerotic friendship with Mark, a gentle Jewish refugee whom his gang has ostracized as a sissy and a coward. Based on the novel “The Custard Boys”, by John Rae. Reminiscent of “Lord of the Flies” in depicting adolescent cruelty growing unchecked to tragic extremes.
The Stepmother 1972
The Stepmother 1972
R | 1h 34min | Drama | 22 March 1972 (USA)
Storyline:
Returning home late one night from a business trip to Mexico, architect Frank Delgado finds the car of wealthy client Alan Richmond in his driveway. Suspecting that his wife Margo and Richmond are having an affair, Frank attacks Richmond when he steps outside and strangles him to death. Although stunned by his action, Frank drives Richmond’s body to the beach and, using a spade he brought from his home, buries the body in the sand. As he finishes the burial, Frank overhears a nearby, young, Latin couple’s argument escalate into a fight, but drives away without being seen. The next morning as the police receive a report of the discovery of two bodies at the beach, Frank and Margo are awakened by the arrival of Frank’s business partner Dick Hill, his wife Sonya and their friends, pornographic film director Goof and his wife Rita. Although reluctant, the tense Frank agrees to accompany the others to the beach house belonging to Richmond, for whom he and Dick are building another property.
Lan Yu 2001
Lan Yu 2001
R | 1h 26min | Drama, Romance | 22 November 2001 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:
A young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.
Jelgava 94 (2019)
Jelgava 94 (2019)
1h 20min | Adventure, Drama | 20 September 2019 (Latvia)
Storyline:
“JELGAVA’94” is a film, which with equal parts of coming of age film and a portrait of the cultural chaos that reigned in former communist states during the 1990s, serves as a stark reminder of what has been left behind when border countries such as Latvia, regained their independence. The film is based on the novel by Janis Jonevs – a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2014.
Ji lian gou xian nai 1981
Ji lian gou xian nai 1981
Drama | 1 July 1981 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:
Ling’s parents were separated when she was young and she went abroad with her mother. Her brother Ding spends time in the youth detention centers and prisons of Hong Kong.
The Whaler Boy 2020
The Whaler Boy 2020
Kitoboy (original title)
1h 33min | Drama | 5 September 2020 (Italy)
Storyline:
A young hunter sets off an a journey to find a girl he saw on his computer.
Satan’s Children 1975
Satan’s Children 1975
Not Rated | 1h 27min | Horror | 1 June 1975 (USA)
Storyline:
Runaway teen Bobby is given shelter by a cult of Satanists, but his presence and questionable sexuality leads to conflicts within Satan’s Children.
