This biographical movie begins with a short blurb about Uganda Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
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 »
Tokyo Pop (1988) Fran Rubel Kuzui, Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Taiji Tonoyama
Young female rock singer is not appreciated by her band, gets postcard from Japan saying “wish you were here”. Read More »
Whiteforce (1988) Eddie Romero, Sam J. Jones, Kimberley Pistone, Tim Hughes
Johnny Quinn has been set up by a drug lord Read More »
A Case of Honor (1989) Eddie Romero, Timothy Bottoms, John Phillip Law, Candy Raymond
Filipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. Read More »
Melodrama? (1980) Nikos Panayotopoulos, Lefteris Voyatzis, Mary Xenoudaki, Aleka Paizi
A 30-year-old man (Lefteris Vogiatzis) returns from America suffering an existential crisis. Read More »
The Secret of the Mummy (1983) Ivan Cardoso, Joel Barcellos, Rubem Barra, Carla Bayton
Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, a scientist Professor Expedito Vitus devotes himself to the reconstitution Read More »
Taiwan Canasta (1985) Goran Markovic, Boris Komnenic, Neda Arneric, Radko Polic
Forty year old, unemployed architect is trying to find his way in a society’s cruel environment. Read More »
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980) Connie Field, Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Lyn Childs
Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Read More »
Corpi nudi (1983) Amasi Damiani, Gianni Dei, Rosy Navarro, Guia Lauri Filzi
Gianni Dei gets over an injury and is in a wheelchair. He spends his time watching porn and having fantasies. Read More »
Manuela’s Loves (1987) Geneviève Lefebvre, Marie-Christine Barrault, Alida Valli, Guillemette Grobon
The survivor of a concentration camp finds out that her lover, a lesbian, is having an affair with a protegee. Read More »