Just before the breakout of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941, young artist and theater critic Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Madame Wang’s (1981) Paul Morrissey, Joan Agajanian Quinn, Paul Ambrose, Susan Blond
The story about a sadomasochistic East German who comes to L.A. looking for Jane Fonda to help lead the revolution. Read More »
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980) Walter Grauman, John Alderson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, William Beckley
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. Read More »
The Prefab People AKA Panelkapcsolat (1982) Béla Tarr, Judit Pogány, Róbert Koltai, Kyri Ambrus
A husband and wife, drifting apart, reflect on the events leading up to the worst argument of their marriage. Read More »
Mangeclous (1988) Moshé Mizrahi, Pierre Richard, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Luc Bideau
A mysterious letter lures a family to Geneva in search of a treasure. Read More »
Tiger Cage AKA Dak ging to lung (1988) Woo-Ping Yuen, Jacky Cheung, Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Simon Yam
After getting their drug operation raided by the cops, a drug trafficker nicknamed Swatow Hung Read More »
Barefoot in the Park (1982) Harvey Medlinsky, Richard Thomas, Bess Armstrong, Hans Conried
Newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Read More »
Among the Cinders (1984) Rolf Hädrich, Paul O’Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character Read More »
A Private Function (1984) Malcolm Mowbray, Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
1947 in a small town in England. The war has been over for two years Read More »
Say Amen, Somebody (1982) George T. Nierenberg, Willie May Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey, Sam Benford
Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement’s pioneering forces Read More »
Gods Gift AKA Wend Kuuni (1982) Gaston Kaboré, Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema
In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. Read More »
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980) Ralph Senensky, Jack Starrett, Klair Bybee, Michael Conrad, James Daughton
A television movie made from two segments of the TV Series Planet of the Apes (1974), The Horse Race (1974) and The Tyrant (1974). Read More »
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981) Val Guest, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Maynard, Joss Ackland
Det. Const. “Dangerous” Davies is not known for his finesse, but often finds Read More »
Near Dark (1987) Kathryn Bigelow, Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
A small-town farmer’s son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. Read More »
Thrilling Love (1989) Maurizio Pradeaux, Tony Kendall, Sharon Kane, Michel Durand
A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »