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Tag Archives: 1980s
Just Between Friends (1986) Allan Burns, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti
Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don’t know however that they have more in common than they’d like. Read More »
The Other One AKA Conversa Acabada (1981) João Botelho, Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. Read More »
Parsifal (1982) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Edith Clever, Martin Sperr, Robert Lloyd
Richard Wagner’s last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious Read More »
Days to Remember AKA Die Verliebten (1987) Jeanine Meerapfel, Barbara Sukowa, Horst-Günter Marx, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic
Katharina, a German journalist of Yugoslavian origin, comes to Podgorica to prepare a material for her TV-show. Read More »
Handsworth Songs (1987) John Akomfrah, Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes
Documentary examining the 1985 riots in London and Birmingham’s Handsworth district that erupted in reaction to the repressive policing of black communities. Read More »
Night of the Demons (1988) Kevin Tenney, Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, Hal Havins
On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. Read More »
Osmanthus Alley AKA Gui hua xiang (1987) Kun-Hou Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam
Ti Hung’s parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Read More »
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines AKA Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov (1987) Alla Surikova, Andrey Mironov, Aleksandra Yakovleva-Aasmyae, Mikhail Boyarskiy
Mr Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph. Read More »
Bad Taste (1987) Peter Jackson, Terry Potter, Pete O’Herne, Craig Smith
Derek and his friends must investigate the missing people in a small village. Read More »
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) Dominique Deruddere, Joe Mantegna, Ornella Muti, Faye Dunaway
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Read More »
Just Heroes AKA Yee dam kwan ying (1989) John Woo, Wu Ma, David Chiang, Danny Lee, Kuan Tai Chen
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. Read More »
White Bay AKA Bahía blanca (1984) Jesús Franco, Eva León, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans
Pocho Martin’s body is found dead on the shore of a fishing village. Read More »
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) Guy Hamilton, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley
An NYPD cop is ‘killed’ in an accident. The death is faked, and he is inducted into the organization CURE Read More »
Voyage of the Young Composer AKA Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba (1985) Giorgi Shengelaia, Gia Peradze, Levan Abashidze, Zura Kipshidze
In 1905, young composer Nikusha, travels to the villages of a post-revolutionary Georgia to collect folk songs. Read More »