During WWII, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Are We? AKA ¿Somos? (1982) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Elvia Andreoli, Sandra Ballesteros, Amalia Bernabé
In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta Read More »
The Father AKA En far (1988) Bo Widerberg, Thommy Berggren, Ewa Fröling, Melinda Kinnaman
A TV production of Strindberg’s play Fadren about a tragic family feud. Read More »
Blackeyes (1989) Dennis Potter, Michael Gough, Carol Royle, Nigel Planer
Blackeyes is an attempt to explore “what does go on between men and women in their heads Read More »
The Serpent’s Way AKA Ormens väg på hälleberget (1986) Bo Widerberg, Stina Ekblad, Stellan Skarsgård, Reine Brynolfsson
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Read More »
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako, Wan Kin Cheng, John Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase Read More »
Into Thin Air (1985) Roger Young, Ellen Burstyn, Robert Prosky, Sam Robards
Ellen Burstyn stars as the Canadian mother of a college student who vanishes mysteriously Read More »
The Country Girl (1982) Gary Halvorson, Michael Montel, Faye Dunaway, Dick Van Dyke, Ken Howard
Director Bernie Dodd hires alcoholic has-been actor Frank Elgin and strikes Read More »
The Sea and Poison AKA Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Kei Kumai, Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Read More »
Bérénice (1983) Raoul Ruiz, Anne Alvaro, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Jean Badin
A lush, baroque adaptation of Jean Racine’s 1670 tragedy about a Roman emperor Read More »
Beauty and the Beast AKA Skønheden og udyret (1983) Nils Malmros, Line Arlien-Søborg, Jesper Klein, Carsten Jørgensen
When Mette and her father are left alone over the Christmas holidays Read More »
G.B.H. (1983) David Kent-Watson, Cliff Twemlow, Jane Cunliffe, Anthony Schaeffer
A bouncer is called in to help fight off a mob boss who is trying to take over local night clubs. Read More »
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon AKA Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée (1986) Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Micheline Presle, Claude Piéplu, Xavier Deluc
Jacques and Jacqueline do not have much more pleasant to say to each other Read More »
The human promise AKA Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. Read More »
What Time Is It? AKA Che ora è? (1989) Ettore Scola, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Anne Parillaud
A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other Read More »