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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Night of the Jackal AKA Layali ibn awa (1989) Abdellatif Abdelhamid, Assaad Feddah, Najah Abdullah, Muhsen Ghazi
Syria, 1967, rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. Read More »
The Bill AKA L’addition (1984) Denis Amar, Richard Berry, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril
For having wanted to defend a young girl accused of theft, a comedian finds himself in prison. Read More »
Kamilla AKA Løperjenten (1981) Vibeke Løkkeberg, Nina Knapskog, Kenneth Johansen, Helge Jordal
A young girl growing up in Bergen, Norway just after the 2nd world war, is trying to deal with the father’s adultery Read More »
New Mr. Vampire AKA Geung see fan sang (1986) Billy Chan, Fong Lui, Siu-Ho Chin, Siu-Fung Wong
Two local Taoist Priests, Chin and Wu, compete for the task of handling the corpse of a triad commander in a Chinese village. Read More »
The Comeback Kid (1980) Peter Levin, John Ritter, Susan Dey, Doug McKeon
A down and out former minor league ballplayer finds romance and a renewed zest Read More »
Igor and the Lunatics (1985) W.J. Parolini, Joseph Eero, Mary Ann Schacht, Joe Niola
Horror movie about a Charles Manson-like cult leader and his deranged, sex-mad Read More »
Hotel du Lac (1986) Giles Foster, Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Googie Withers
An authoress, whose career is more successful than her private life Read More »
My wife is a witch AKA Mia moglie è una strega (1980) Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia, Renato Pozzetto, Eleonora Giorgi, Lia Tanzi
A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times… Read More »
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time AKA Toki o kakeru shôjo (1983) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi
Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she’s cleaning in the laboratory Read More »
Border Radio (1987) Allison Anders, Dean Lent, Kurt Voss, Chris D., Chris Shearer, Dave Alvin
Two musicians and a roadie take money that is owed to them from a job. Read More »
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982) Jackie Cooper, Sondra Locke, Tony Orlando, Penelope Milford
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney’s rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown. Read More »
The Camp at Thiaroye (1988) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat
In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France Read More »
Rachel River (1987) Sandy Smolan, Pamela Reed, Viveca Lindfors, Zeljko Ivanek
Comedy drama about a young journalist (Pamela Reed) who, upon returning Read More »
Pals AKA Colegas (1982) Eloy de la Iglesia, Antonio Flores, Rosario Flores, José Luis Manzano
Two best friends are forced into street hustling Read More »