A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) Robert Altman, Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Drama, War
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel “The Caine Mutiny”. Read More »
Le livre de Marie / The Book of Mary (1985) Anne-Marie Miéville, Bruno Cremer, Aurore Clément, Rebecca Hampton, Short, Drama
Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. His parents will separate. The perception of his universe is profoundly disturbed. Read More »
Black Moon Rising (1986) Harley Cokeliss, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Action, Thriller
A professional thief is hired by the FBI to steal a data tape from a company under investigation. Read More »
The Jigsaw (1983) Terence Young, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Thriller
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. Read More »
Separate Tables (1983) John Schlesinger, Ken Price, Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Claire Bloom, Drama
Arrival of a beautiful model stirs up the guests of a peaceful small-town hotel where most of them hide from their troubles. Secrets, infatuations and lies come out. Read More »
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) Stephen Frears, Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Frances Barber, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people Read More »
High Road to China (1983) Brian G. Hutton, Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist’s daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord. Read More »
The Bounty (1984) Roger Donaldson, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) struggles to restore discipline among the crew of the HMS Bounty after the ship has an extended furlough in Tahiti. Read More »
Hamshahri / Fellow Citizen (1983) Abbas Kiarostami, Documentary
On July 1983, lawmakers in Teheran decided to close off a section of the capital to regular traffic. Read More »
I Sent a Letter to My Love / Chère inconnue (1980) Moshé Mizrahi, Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Drama
A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. Read More »
The Man Who Envied Women (1985) Yvonne Rainer, Jackie Raynal, Anne Friedberg, Larry Loonin, Drama, Arthouse, Experimental
A broken marriage, artists’ housing in New York, and Central American politics, director Yvonne Rainer meanders through a lot of philosophical and rhetorical territory. Read More »
Routine Pleasures (1986) Patrick Amos, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Documentary
What do a club devoted to model trains and the legendary film critic and painter Manny Farber have in common? These two story lines intersect in an attempt to recreate the past. Read More »
Ananas (1984) Amos Gitai, Documentary
One day, when I opened my refrigerator, I looked closely at a can of pineapple. It had been “made in the Philippines,” “packaged in Honolulu,” “distributed in San Francisco” and the label “printed in Japan”. Read More »
Point de fuite / Vanishing Point (1984) Raoul Ruiz, Steve Baës, Rebecca Pauly, Paulo Branco, Drama
A character escapes from the police and after all the money played to draw covers crime novels.
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