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Tag Archives: 1980s
Black Boots, Leather Whip AKA Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Asunción Calero
Al Pereira, a type of dubious morality, is hired by Lina, the wife of a wealthy man Read More »
Death Shock (1981) Ben Dover, Frank Thring, Linzi Drew
A vacationing group of teens become stranded in the countryside Read More »
Three Amigos! (1986) John Landis, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short
Three out of work silent movie actors are accidentally drawn to a Mexican village Read More »
Quartermaine’s Terms (1987) Bill Hays, Eleanor Bron, Edward Fox, Clive Francis
As St John Quartermaine’s world largely consists of the staff-room at the Cull-Loomis School Read More »
Yokohama BJ Blues AKA Yokohama BJ burûsu (1981) Eiichi Kudô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Mari Henmi, Toby Kadoguchi
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. Read More »
Bullet of Rage AKA Crime Hunter (1989) Toshimichi Okawa, Seiji Matano, Masanori Sera, Minako Tanaka
After his partner Ahiru (Riki Takeuchi) is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Read More »
Litan (1982) Marie-José Nat, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nino Ferrer
An innocent couple who were observing the “color” of a local festival begin to feel afraid because Read More »
A Woman Alone AKA Kobieta samotna (1987) Agnieszka Holland, Maria Chwalibóg, Boguslaw Linda, Pawel Witczak
A story of a middle-aged woman, Irena, living alone on the outskirts of Wroclaw with her 8-year old son. Read More »
The Terrorizers AKA Kong bu fen zi (1986) Edward Yang, Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks. Read More »
Homecoming AKA Si shui liu nian (1984) Ho Yim, Josephine Koo, Gaowa Siqin, Weixiang Xie
Coral, a Hong Kong woman tortured by city life, went back to her home town to visit her two old friends. Read More »
The American Way (1986) Maurice Phillips, Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, Eugene Lipinski
A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. Read More »
Assa (1987) Sergey Solovyev, Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
Smiley’s People (1982) Simon Langton, Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) finds his old organization Read More »
A Handful of Time AKA En håndfull tid (1989) Martin Asphaug, Espen Skjønberg, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen, Camilla Strøm Henriksen
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain Read More »