Carlo is a young university student of psychology who still lives with his parents. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Family Life AKA La vie de famille (1985) Jacques Doillon, Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto
This is an affecting story about a father’s attempts to mend the breaches Read More »
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur’s Court AKA Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1989) Viktor Gres, Sergey Koltakov, Albert Filozov, Elena Finogeeva
The plane of the American pilot has got lost in time. Read More »
Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux! (1982) Coline Serreau, Annick Alane, Bernard Alane, Michel Berto
In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors Read More »
Tora-san 26 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta (1980) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ran Itô
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man’s daughter Read More »
Tora-san 25 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana (1980) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ruriko Asaoka
Tora receives a letter from Lily, telling him that she is terminally ill. Read More »
Of Pure Blood (1986) Joseph Sargent, Lee Remick, Patrick McGoohan, Gottfried John
Engrossing tale of a mother investigating her son’s mysterious death Read More »
Improper Channels (1981) Eric Till, Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Monica Parker
A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment Read More »
The Satin Slipper AKA Le soulier de satin (1985) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk, Anne Consigny
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman Read More »
Jenatsch (1987) Daniel Schmid, Michel Voïta, Christine Boisson, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed Read More »
Hero of Tomorrow AKA Gong woo jip ban yan (1988) Man Kit Poon, Kiu-Wai Miu, Siu Chung Mok, Ka-Kui Ho
When Lee Sam, a ten-year veteran of the Hong Kong underworld, is released from prison Read More »
Re-Animator (1985) Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
A medical student and his girlfriend become involved in a bizarre experiment Read More »
The Evil Dead (1981) Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor
Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. Read More »
Sonny Boy (1989) Robert Martin Carroll, David Carradine, Paul L. Smith, Brad Dourif
A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there’s a baby in the back-seat. Read More »
The Rose Garden (1989) Fons Rademakers, Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda
In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. Read More »