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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Stewart Raffill, Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas
In 1943, the United States tests an anti-radar system to make the U.S. Navy ships invisible to the enemy. Read More »
Faubourg St Martin (1986) Jean-Claude Guiguet, Patachou, Françoise Fabian, Marie Rousseau
Imagine a slightly dilapidated three star hotel in the tenth arrondissement run Read More »
Country (1984) Richard Pearce, Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley
Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Read More »
Inside Seka (1980) Seka, Ken Yontz
While making love to her husband, Seka relates other sexual adventures. Read More »
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Enzo Cannavale
The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. Read More »
Ashes and Embers (1982) Haile Gerima, John Anderson, Evelyn A. Blackwell, Norman Blalock
A troubled Vietnam veteran hoping to forget the war and reconnect with American life struggles with disillusionment, self-worth, and cynicism. Read More »
Zan Boko (1988) Gaston Kaboré, Mathias Bayili, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member Read More »
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies AKA Kinema no Tenchi (1986) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori
The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back Read More »
Bye Bye Brazil (1980) Carlos Diegues, José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr.
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks Read More »
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing AKA Amanece, que no es poco (1989) José Luis Cuerda, José Sazatornil, Carmen de Lirio, Francisco Martínez
A village and the crazy situations encountered by its citizens. Read More »
Forbidden Relations AKA Visszaesök (1983) Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács, Lili Monori, Miklós Székely B., Mari Töröcsik
Juli’s husband commits suicide, so she is being persuaded to shed her own. Read More »
The African AKA L’Africain (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
Lantern Hill (1989) Kevin Sullivan, Mairon Bennett, Sam Waterston, Patricia Phillips
In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart’s mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich Read More »
Parking (1985) Jacques Demy, Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, Keiko Itô
This film is an update of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, set in the world of 1980s rock. Read More »