A parody and satire of the U.S. political scene of the time, HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
He Knows You’re Alone (1980) Armand Mastroianni, Don Scardino, Caitlin O’Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. Read More »
Ana (1982) Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis, Ana Maria Martins Guerra, Manuel Ramalho Eanes, Octávio Lixa Filgueiras
It is a sincere and naive film that combines the themes of nature-man, modernism-man in Rilke’s poets with a local narrative. Read More »
The Last Combat (1983) Luc Besson, Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno
In the post-apocalyptic future, only a few humans are left. Read More »
Pandemonium (1987) Haydn Keenan, David Argue, Amanda Dole, Esben Storm
Azaria Chamberlain was not killed by a dingo but saved and raised by said dingos. Read More »
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) John Sayles, Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter
The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. Read More »
Murder by the Book (1987) Lawrence Gordon Clark, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Wilson
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier Read More »
White Ghost (1988) BJ Davis, William Katt, Rosalind Chao, Martin Hewitt
An M.I.A. US soldier nicknamed White Ghost lives in hiding in the jungles of communist Vietnam. Read More »
Malcolm (1986) Nadia Tass, Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. Read More »
Crime at Porta Romana (1980) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Olimpia Di Nardo
A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghetto as the suspect. Read More »
The Seduction (1982) David Schmoeller, Morgan Fairchild, Michael Sarrazin, Vince Edwards
Los Angeles anchorwoman Jaime Douglas has it all: a glamorous career on a top-rated news show Read More »
The Exterminator (1980) James Glickenhaus, Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Christopher George
A man’s best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer Read More »
Joshua Then and Now (1985) Ted Kotcheff, James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Alan Arkin
The story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life. Read More »
Loos (1989) Theo van Gogh, Tom Jansen, Renée Fokker, Marie Kooyman
A lawyer must defend a nightclub owner accused of committing a crime-of-passion. Read More »
Days of Eclipse (1988) Aleksandr Sokurov, Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova
Days of Eclipse is filmed in a psychedelic manner close to stream of consciousness using unusual cinematographic techniques. Read More »