A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Homecoming AKA Si shui liu nian (1984) Ho Yim, Josephine Koo, Gaowa Siqin, Weixiang Xie
Coral, a Hong Kong woman tortured by city life, went back to her home town to visit her two old friends. Read More »
The American Way (1986) Maurice Phillips, Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, Eugene Lipinski
A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. Read More »
Assa (1987) Sergey Solovyev, Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
Smiley’s People (1982) Simon Langton, Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) finds his old organization Read More »
A Handful of Time AKA En håndfull tid (1989) Martin Asphaug, Espen Skjønberg, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen, Camilla Strøm Henriksen
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain Read More »
Threads (1984) Mick Jackson, Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England Read More »
The Firm (1989) Alan Clarke, Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis
This is the story of rival “Firms” of football supporters Read More »
The Murder Secret AKA Non aver paura della zia Marta (1988) Mario Bianchi, Adriana Russo, Gabriele Tinti, Anna Maria Placido
A family of 4 makes a long drive to Aunt Martha’s house to visit her for the first time in years. Read More »
Magino Village: A Tale AKA 1000-nen kizami no hidokei (1987) Shinsuke Ogawa, Tatsumi Hijikata, Junko Miyashita, Takahiro Tamura
The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years Read More »
Lonelyheart AKA Sabishinbô (1985) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Yasuko Tomita, Toshinori Omi, Yumiko Fujita
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Read More »
Martial Club AKA Wu guan (1981) Chia-Liang Liu, Chia-Hui Liu, Kara Wai, Te-Lo Mai
Wong Fei-Hong and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools Read More »
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter AKA Wu Lang ba gua gun (1984) Chia-Liang Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li
The Yang family was the loyal strong-arm of the Imperial army. Read More »
The Lords of Discipline (1983) Franc Roddam, David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin
Will arrives for his last year at The Carolina Military Institute, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960s. Read More »
That’s Dancing! (1985) Jack Haley Jr., Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ray Bolger, Sammy Davis Jr.
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it’s orgins after the invention of the movie camera Read More »