The true story of Martin Gray, a Polish survivor of the Holocaust, from how he survived the German invasion Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Plácido: The Blood of a Poet AKA Plácido (1986) Sergio Giral, Miguel Benavides, Orlando Casín, Mireya Chapman
A powerful drama portraying the dramatic story of Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (Placido) Read More »
Extreme Prejudice (1987) Walter Hill, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside
When they were kids Texas Ranger Jack Benteen used to be best friends with drug kingpin Cash Bailey. Read More »
Americana (1981) David Carradine, Barbara Hershey, Michael Greene
In a small town in rural Kansas, a troubled veteran attempts to restore an old merry-go-round ride. Read More »
Leila and the Wolves AKA Leila wa al ziap (1984) Heiny Srour, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Nabila Zeitouni
A film that weaves together re-enactments, archive footage and fairy-tale sequences Read More »
Golden Eighties (1986) Chantal Akerman, Lio, Pascale Salkin, Delphine Seyrig
Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Read More »
Dead Solid Perfect (1988) Bobby Roth, Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold, Jack Warden
Made for Cable TV movie. A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country. Read More »
Legend of the Eight Samurai AKA Satomi hakken-den (1983) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin’ichi Chiba
Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai Read More »
Union City (1980) Marcus Reichert, Dennis Lipscomb, Debbie Harry, Sam McMurray
Guilty paranoia in a gritty 1950’s industrial town. An accountant, living a repressed life, becomes so obsessed Read More »
Handgun (1983) Tony Garnett, Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Read More »
The Time You Need a Friend AKA Xiao jiang (1985) John Woo, Yueh Sun, David Tao, Linda Jui-Chi Liu
Two old vaudeville comedians who broke up many years ago over a woman Read More »
Run Tiger, Run AKA Liang zhi lao hu (1984) John Woo, Teddy Robin Kwan, Bin Bin, Yin-Tze Pan
So, there are two drifters, one is a little kid and a midget. Read More »
Why Me? (1984) Fielder Cook, Glynnis O’Connor, Armand Assante, Craig Wasson
Leola Mae Harmon, a pregnant military nurse who is the victim of a drunk-driving accident. Read More »
Scarred (1983) Rosemarie Turko, Jennifer Mayo, Jackie Berryman, David Dean
Ruby Star is a runaway teenage mom facing many problems: a baby, no family and no job. Read More »
Stammheim: The Trial of the Baader-Meinhof Group AKA Stammheim – Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht (1986) Reinhard Hauff, Ulrich Tukur, Hans Kremer, Therese Affolter
Stammheim Prison in Stuttgart, West Germany, as the five defendants–Andreas Baader Read More »