In Mysterious Skin, two 8-year-old Kansas boys are abused in the summer of 1981 by their Little League coach (Bill Sage), a practiced seducer of children who has the creepy look of a jock?

Especially since, as he continues to recount his past, we learn that Coach Heider (Bill ... (between Sage and the young actors) aren’t exploitative, just shattering. “Mysterious Skin ...

“The parts of ‘Mysterious Skin’ that to me are the ... of Neil and Brian as they are molested by their coach (Bill Sage). In Neil’s case, he believes as a teenager through a warped lens ...

Mysterious Skin is the latest film by Gregg ... he was in love with his victimizer—the boys’ Little League coach (Bill Sage). His consciously chosen career, prostitution, allows him to exalt ...

After a half-decade hiatus, cinematic bad boy Gregg Araki is back with the previously NC-17-rated and now currently unrated Mysterious ... Little League coach (Bill Sage). At 15, Neil (Joseph ...

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Gregg Araki delivers his most challenging and arguably most mature film in “Mysterious Skin ... with desire for the golden-haired coach (Bill Sage), who doubles as a de facto babysitter ...

Known for over the top flicks like Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation and Nowhere, Araki has carved himself a strong cult following, but in tackling Scott Heim's novel, Mysterious Skin ...