This meditative, sometimes violent pseudodocumentary examines the effect of toxic waste dumping on America’s landscape and its psyche. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Why Not? AKA Eijanaika (1981) Shôhei Imamura, Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari
Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America Read More »
Chi-n-pi-ra (1984) Tôru Kawashima, Kyôhei Shibata, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. Read More »
Baby It’s You (1983) John Sayles, Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin
In 1966 New Jersey, Jill Rosen, a frustrated high schooler, is intrigued by an enigmatic Read More »
Resurrected (1989) Paul Greengrass, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, David Thewlis
True story of a British soldier (David Thewlis), who is left behind in the Falklands after the war with Argentina. Read More »
Gunmen AKA Tin law dei mong (1988) Kirk Wong, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Adam Cheng, Elizabeth Lee
This story follows a cop in Shanghai during the 1930s. Read More »
The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981) Gary Nelson, Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro, Ben Marley
Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter may receive spinal surgery. Read More »
White of the Eye (1987) Donald Cammell, David Keith, Cathy Moriarty, Alan Rosenberg
In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series Read More »
The Rainbow (1988) Stuart Burge, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Gurnett, Colin Tarrant
D.H. Lawrence’s powerful tale of a girl emerging into womanhood, interwoven with memories Read More »
Body Heat (1981) Lawrence Kasdan, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he’s picked up by married Matty Walker. Read More »
Querelle (1982) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau
The French naval ship, Le Vengeur, based out of Marseille, has just docked in Brest for an extended stay. Read More »
The Party AKA La boum (1980) Claude Pinoteau, Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau
13 years old Vic is new in her high school; soon she makes friends with Penelope. Read More »
Lethal Weapon (1987) Richard Donner, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Nearing retirement, a strait-laced LAPD detective gets teamed up with an unhinged cop Read More »
Death in Venice (1981) Tony Palmer, Robert Gard, John Shirley-Quirk, James Bowman
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result Read More »
Bebop High School AKA Bi bappu haisukuru (1985) Hiroyuki Nasu, Kôjiro Shimizu, Tôru Nakamura, Miho Nakayama
If your girl or boy attends Bee Bop High School it is time to seek out alternatives. Read More »