Hardin is a hard-working, honest judge becoming frustrated with a legal system, that continuously forces him to release criminals on technicalities. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Ratboy (1986) Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Comedy, Crime, Drama
A physically deformed and somewhat feral teenager whose face looks like the snout of a rodent lives in solitude and misery in a city dump. Read More »
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) Aparna Sen, Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Drama, Romance
After the marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta, with only a tom cat for company. Read More »
The Nesting / Massacre Mansion (1981) Armand Weston, Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, Michael David Lally, Horror, Mystery
A writer suffering from agoraphobia rents an isolated house so she can concentrate on her writing. Read More »
Il Fantasma di Sodoma / Ghosts of Sodom (1988) Lucio Fulci, Claudio Aliotti, Maria Concetta Salieri, Robert Egon, Horror, Erotic
The spirits of Nazis who were killed by bombs while having an orgy return 50 years later to terrorize a group of six teens who stumble upon the house of their death site. Read More »
The Princess and the Call Girl (1984) Radley Metzger, Carol Levy, Victor Bevine, Shannah Hall, Comedy, Drama, Erotic
Two women–one a wealthy society débutante, the other an elegant call girl–with a remarkable resemblance to one another decide to trade professions and social positions temporarily and see what results from it. Read More »
Vigil (1984) Vincent Ward, Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Drama
Vincent Ward (director of What Dreams May Come, River Queen, The Navigator) tells the genre-defying, deeply personal Read More »
Édith et Marcel / Edith and Marcel (1983) Claude Lelouch, Evelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Biography, Drama, Romance
Before World War II, Edith Piaf and Marcel Cerdan were both on their way to becoming legends in their own lifetimes. Read More »
Scream for Help (1984) Michael Winner, Rachael Kelly, Marie Masters, David Allen Brooks, Horror, Mystery, Crime
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her. Read More »
De Vlaschaard / The Flax Field (1983) Jan Gruyaert, Vic Moeremans, Rene Van Sambeek, Marc Peeters, Drama
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an ‘old school’ patriarch, stern and authoritarian Read More »
Troll (1986) John Carl Buechler, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Noah Hathaway, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The Potter family has just moved to a rented apartment in San Francisco. Harry Potter Sr. and his wife Anne are bringing the packages to the apartment Read More »
Ru lai shen zhang / Buddha’s Palm (1982) Taylor Wong, Tung-Shing Yee, On-On Yu, Kara Hui, Action, Fantasy
The Buddha’s Palm, a technique by which an ordinary hand is transformed into a formidable force. Read More »
Mannen från Mallorca / Man from Majorca (1984) Bo Widerberg, Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner, Action, Crime, Thriller
In Stockholm, on St. Lucy’s feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Read More »
Missing (1982) Costa-Gavras, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, Biography, Drama, History
In September1973, in Chile, the American journalist Charles Horman arrives in Valparaiso with his friend Terry Simon to meet his wife Beth and bring her back to New York with him. Read More »
Shi ye sheng / On Trial / Job Hunter (1980) Clarence Yiu-leung Fok, Danny Bak-Keung Chan, Leslie Cheung, Paul Bo-Law Chung, Drama
Danny Chan stars as a rich kid who excels in music. Without the support of his father, who thinks his younger brother Paul (Paul Chung) is doing much better, Danny decides to launch his music career alone. Read More »