Spiros retires as a schoolteacher, his daughter is married, and he starts his annual journey with his bees to get honey from different areas. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Magic Toyshop (1987) David Wheatley, Caroline Milmoe, Tom Bell, Kilian McKenna, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family. Read More »
L’Effrontée / An Impudent Girl (1985) Claude Miller, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
The dreams and naivete of Charlotte, a young, working-class girl (Charlotte Gainsbourg in an award-winning performance) clash with reality as she meets the young pianist she admires (Clothilde Baudon), and a younger pest she would like to shed (Julie Glenn). Read More »
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Nagisa Ôshima, David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Drama, War
In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. Read More »
Matador (1986) Pedro Almodóvar, Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Drama, Thriller
An ex-bullfighter who gets turned on by killing, a lady lawyer with the same fetish and a young man driven insane by his religious upbringing – these are the main characters in this stylish black comedy about dark sides of human nature. Read More »
It Came from Hollywood (1982) Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Cheech Marin, Documentary, Comedy
Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Read More »
Meantime (1984) Mike Leigh, Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Comedy, Drama
An odd film, primarily looking at how the dole affects the underclass in Britain. Tim Roth stars as Colin, a slow and possibly intellectually disabled man living with his parents and brother in a housing project. Read More »
Farewell to the King (1989) John Milius, Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo Read More »
Ordeal by Innocence (1984) Desmond Davis, Alan Birkinshaw, Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Mystery, Thriller
Paleontologist Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to give them an address book that belongs to Jack Argyle. Read More »
Indul a bakterház / The Stationmaster Meets His Match (1980) Sándor Mihályfy, Imre Olvasztó, Róbert Koltai, Teri Horváth, Comedy
The story of Bendegúz, the teenage boy who never succeeds in anything and about whom everybody’s first though is “I wish you had been hanged when you were born!” drops out of school and becomes a cowboy. Read More »
The Rosary Murders (1987) Fred Walton, Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Life in the Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer in Detroit is upset by a series of killings whose victims are all priests and nuns. Read More »
Journeys from Berlin/1971 (1980) Yvonne Rainer, Annette Michelson, Vito Acconci, Cynthia Beatt, Drama, Experimental
Journeys From Berlin/1971 (1980), her epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia. Read More »
Sekkusu hantâ – sei kariudo / Sex Hunter (1980) Toshiharu Ikeda, Erina Miyai, Ayako Ôta, Rei Asô, Drama, Erotic
A beautiful young ballet dancer is accepted into a prestigious and exclusive dance academy. Read More »
Ming jian / The Sword (1980) Patrick Tam, Qiqi Chen, Adam Cheng, Norman Chu, Action, Thriller
Swordmaster Wah acquires Chi Mud, the famous sword expert, he is advised to destroy it or he will be killed by this very sword. Read More »
Kidnapning / The Kidnapping (1982) Sven Methling, Michael Nezer, Jesper Lund, Tobias Fog, Comedy, Family
Three young brothers decide with their uncle to become criminals and kidnap the son of a wealthy man. This film is based on a story by Bjarne Reuter.
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