From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely–while on stage. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Parting Glances (1986) Bill Sherwood, John Bolger, Richard Ganoung, Steve Buscemi, Drama, Music, Romance
As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert’s departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa Read More »
The Angelic Conversation (1985) Derek Jarman, Phillip Williamson, Judi Dench, Dave Baby, Drama
An unseen woman recites Shakespeare’s sonnets – fourteen in all – as a man wordlessly seeks his heart’s desire. Read More »
Max Mon Amour / Max My Love (1986) Nagisa Ôshima, Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Comedy
Reserved and cool, Margaret is the French wife of Peter, a British diplomat posted to France with their son Nelson. Read More »
Johnny Be Good (1988) Bud S. Smith, Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Comedy, Sport
It’s recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America’s hottest young football prospect. Read More »
Bittere Ernte / Angry Harvest (1985) Agnieszka Holland, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. Read More »
Out Cold (1989) Malcolm Mowbray, John Lithgow, Teri Garr, Laura Alcalde, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Read More »
Bordello (1985) Nikos Koundouros, Marina Vlady, Eleonora Stathopoulou, Vasilis Laggos, Drama, Erotic
Crete 1897. Greek rebels gained their freedom by fighting in the mountains. Read More »
Prison (1988) Renny Harlin, Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn’t commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Read More »
Teen Wolf (1985) Rod Daniel, Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Comedy, Fantasy
When high school nerd Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) learns from his father, Harold (James Hampton), that being a werewolf runs in the family Read More »
Veerana / Vengeance of the Vampire (1988) Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay, Jasmin, Hemant Birje, Sahila Chaddha, Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
After the sudden death of her dad, Sameer, and mom, Preeti, Sahila goes to live with her grandmother and cousin in Bombay. Read More »
Route One USA (1989) Robert Kramer, Jesse Jackson, Paul McIsaac, Pat Robertson, Documentary
Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Read More »
Dulces horas / Sweet Hours (1982) Carlos Saura, Assumpta Serna, Iñaki Aierra, Álvaro de Luna, Drama
The past is a riddle to Juan (Inaki Aierra), the playwright. He is tormented by it – by memories of the elderly father who went off Read More »
All American Girls (1982) Bill Milling, Gina Gianetti, Jacqueline Lorians, Jillian Nichols, Adult
Cassie Blake offers a free all expense paid weekend for some of her old girlfriends. In return the ladies must share intimate details of their hottest sexual encounters. Read More »
Another Woman (1988) Woody Allen, Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Drama
Having recently turned fifty, Marion feels that she has led a so far blessed life. The well-respected Dean of Philosophy at a women’s college, she is currently on sabbatical to write her latest book. Read More »