Gene, a clever but seriously deranged computer-game designer, has been left by his wife Eva. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Seventeen (1983) Joel DeMott, Jeff Kreines
In their final year at Muncie’s Southside High School, a group of seniors hurtles toward maturity with a combination of joy Read More »
Baal (1982) Alan Clarke, David Bowie, Robert Austin, Jonathan Kent
Baal is a young amoral rebellious poetic genius who, after a short and eventful life of debauchery Read More »
Earthbound (1981) James L. Conway, Burl Ives, Christopher Connelly, Meredith MacRae
A spaceship carrying a middle-class alien family breaks down over a small town in America Read More »
Stardust Memories (1980) Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Renowned filmmaker Sandy Bates is in a professional transition, directing largely comedies early in his career now wanting Read More »
Sound Eroticism AKA Egészséges erotika (1985) Péter Tímár, Ádám Rajhona, Róbert Koltai, Judit Németh
The manager of the country crate factory have TV cameras installed in the women’s dressing room. Read More »
Streets of Fire (1984) Walter Hill, Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis
Rock and Roll singer is taken captive by a motorcycle gang in a strange world that seems to be a cross of the 1950’s and the present or future. Read More »
Waiting for the Hearse AKA Esperando la carroza (1985) Alejandro Doria, Luis Brandoni, China Zorrilla, Antonio Gasalla
Mamá Cora (Antonio Gasalla) is about 80 years old and she has three sons and a daughter. Read More »
One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982) William Hale, Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Mel Ferrer
A down-at-the-heels private detective is hired by a crime boss to find his missing wife. Read More »
Legend of the Champions (1983) Cyril Frankel, Stuart Damon, Colin Blakely, Alexandra Bastedo
A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers. Read More »
Pieces AKA Mil gritos tiene la noche (1982) Juan Piquer Simón, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña
While playing with a puzzle, a teenager is repressed by his mother, and he kills her and severs her body with an ax. Read More »
Crime and Punishment AKA Rikos ja rangaistus (1983) Aki Kaurismäki, Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s novel, set in modern Helsinki. Read More »
Memories of a Marriage AKA Dansen med Regitze (1989) Kaspar Rostrup, Frits Helmuth, Mikael Helmuth, Ghita Nørby
Karl Åge and Regitze host a summer garden party for close friends, their son, and his family. Read More »
O.C. and Stiggs (1985) Robert Altman, Daniel Jenkins, Neill Barry, Jane Curtin
O.C. and Stiggs aren’t your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. Read More »
Running Brave (1983) Donald Shebib, Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron
The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics. Read More »