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Tag Archives: 1980s
Rollover (1981) Alan J. Pakula, Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos. Read More »
The Woman in Black (1989) Herbert Wise, Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. Read More »
One from the Heart (1981) Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia
Hank and Frannie don’t seem to be able to live together anymore. Read More »
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions AKA Jak básníci pricházejí o iluze (1985) Dusan Klein, Pavel Kríz, David Matásek, Míla Myslíková
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions is a 1985 Czech comedy, the second in a series of films about a young, ideological poet Read More »
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) Terence Davies, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley
Davies’ film is divided into three segments entitled “Children”, “Madonna and Child”, and “Death and Transfiguartion”. Read More »
The Year My Voice Broke (1987) John Duigan, Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn
In 1962, a prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love Read More »
The Baron and the Kid (1984) Gary Nelson, Johnny Cash, Darren McGavin, Greg Webb
William “The Baron” Addington is a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. Read More »
The Dead Tree AKA L’arbre mort (1988) Joseph Morder, Philippe Fano, Marie Serrurier, Rosette
The veneer of the story is a tale of chance love: two French expatriates strike up a chance romance Read More »
Under the Volcano (1984) John Huston, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death Read More »
Tex and the Lord of the Deep AKA Tex e il signore degli abissi (1985) Duccio Tessari, Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Carlo Mucari
Based on the adventures of the hero Tex from the comic strip by Bonelli. Read More »
The Competition (1980) Joel Oliansky, Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. Read More »
In Love (1983) Chuck Vincent, Jerry Butler, Kelly Nichols, Jack Wrangler
A married man has a weekend fling with a beautiful woman in Florida. Read More »
Society (1989) Brian Yuzna, Billy Warlock, Concetta D’Agnese, Ben Slack
Bill is worried that he is ‘different’ to his sister and parents. Read More »
Sleepaway Camp (1983) Robert Hiltzik, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields
After a horrible boating accident kills her family, Angela, a shy and sullen young girl Read More »