F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920’s are slowly drawn Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Höhenfeuer AKA Alpine Fire (1985) Fredi M. Murer, Thomas Nock, Johanna Lier, Dorothea Moritz
A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher Read More »
Omnibus – Made in Ealing (1986) Alan Yentob, Richard Attenborough, Jill Balcon, Michael Balcon
A BBC Omnibus special documentary about Ealing Studios Read More »
Final Assignment (1980) Paul Almond, Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith
Nicole is a broadcast journalist in Canada who is working on an assignment in the U.S.S.R. Read More »
Traficantes de pánico AKA Hostages! (1980) René Cardona Jr., Stuart Whitman, Antonella Interlenghi, Marisa Mell
A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos Read More »
Heartbreakers (1984) Bobby Roth, Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure
Blue and Eli, two friends, have problems with women. Read More »
Les années lumière AKA Light Years Away (1981) Alain Tanner, Trevor Howard, Mick Ford, Bernice Stegers
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds. Read More »
Boj na Kosovu AKA The Battle of Kosovo (1989) Zdravko Sotra, Milos Zutic, Gorica Popovic, Vojislav Brajovic
On June 28th 1389, at Kosovo Polje, an army of the Serbian Prince Lazar made a stand against the advancing Ottoman forces of Sultan Murad Read More »
Chodník cez Dunaj AKA A Path Across the Danube (1989) Miloslav Luther, Roman Luknár, Vladimír Hajdu, Georgiana Tarjan
In WWII, Czechoslovakia split into the Slovak State and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Read More »
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981) Sharad Patel, Joseph Olita, Thomas Baptiste, Leonard Trolley
This biographical movie begins with a short blurb about Uganda Read More »
Idemo dalje AKA Let’s go on (1982) Zdravko Sotra, Dragan Nikolic, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic, Danilo ‘Bata’ Stojkovic
WW2 is coming to an end and a young Partisan must face new challenges as a schoolteacher in small Serbian town. Read More »
Friedliche Tage AKA Peaceful Days (1984) Richard Blank, Richard Beek, Beppo Brem, Raphael Klachkin
The dramatic arc of Friedliche Tage was developed from images and the people who sustained those images. Read More »
Bridge to Silence (1989) Karen Arthur, Lee Remick, Marlee Matlin, Michael O’Keefe
John and Peg are both deaf and they have a six year old daughter, Lisa. Read More »
The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai, Shichang Da, Jie Deng
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. Read More »
Man of Flowers (1983) Paul Cox, Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood
An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching pretty women undress. Read More »