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Tag Archives: 1980s
True Stories (1986) David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town Read More »
Devil Fetus 2: The Rape After AKA Yin zhong (1984) Moon-Tong Lau, Cheng-Yu Chang, Tsui Sul, Yau-Hau Chan
The figure of an evil genius is stolen by a photographer. Read More »
The Key to Rebecca (1985) David Hemmings, Cliff Robertson, David Soul, Season Hubley
In Cairo during World War II, a German Agent tries to infiltrate the British command Read More »
Those Swell Yakuza AKA Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen (1988) Akiyoshi Kimata, Takanori Jinnai, Yumi Asô, Hideo Murota
After getting a beating from a yakuza, a record store owner decides that being a yakuza would be his dream job. Read More »
Dangerously Close (1986) Albert Pyun, John Stockwell, J. Eddie Peck, Carey Lowell
Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight High School discovers some Read More »
Martial Arts of Shaolin AKA Nan bei Shao Lin (1986) Chia-Liang Liu, Jet Li, Jianqiang Hu, Qiuyan Huang
Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler Read More »
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1987) Stan Lathan, Avery Brooks, Kate Burton, Bruce Dern
The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people with whom he interacts. Read More »
Someone to Love (1987) Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil
Filmmaker Danny Sapir and actress Helen Eugene are several months into their relationship. Read More »
Pennies from Heaven (1981) Herbert Ross, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper
In Chicago during the 1930s Depression, sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker Read More »
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983) Don Taylor, Frank Barrie, Tessa Peake-Jones, Hetta Charnley
Valentine and Proteus have been friends since childhood. Read More »
Abolition AKA Abolição (1988) Zózimo Bulbul, Camila Amado, Benedita da Silva, Abdias do Nascimento
A documentary, mostly in color, but with historical photography and pictures in black and white. Read More »
Anaemia AKA Anemia (1986) Alberto Abruzzese, Achille Pisanti, Hanns Zischler, Gioia Scola, Gérard Landry
Very weird Italian arthouse vampire flick by Alberto Abruzzese and Achille Pisanti. Read More »
Alamo Bay (1985) Louis Malle, Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen
Embittered Vietnam veteran Shang (Ed Harris) feels like he is at war with the Vietnamese Read More »
Born to Race (1988) James Fargo, Joseph Bottoms, Marla Heasley, Robert Logan
A race-car driver falls in love with a beautiful Italian automobile engineer Read More »