Cheung, an illegal immigrant in a completely Chinese area of New York Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Big Parade / Da yue bing (1986) Kaige Chen, Qiang Guan, Lu Lei, Chun Sun
Army volunteers train for places in China’s 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit. Read More »
The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September / Kugatsu no joudan kurabu bando (1982) Shunichi Nagasaki, Masato Furuoya, Sachiko Itô, Masao Matsuda
After the death of his friend Tetsuji, Ryo (Takashi Naito) and his biker gang drift apart. Read More »
Singing the Blues in Red / Fatherland (1986) Ken Loach, Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin Read More »
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator / À gauche en sortant de l’ascenseur (1988) Édouard Molinaro, Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart
Yan is a successful artist. One day he is waiting for his date Florence to turn up at his apartment. Read More »
The Candidate / Der Kandidat (1980) Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Wolf Biermann, Karl Carstens, Edmund Stoiber
Documentary about the controversial Bavarian politician Franz Josef Strauss and his unsuccessful attempt to become Chancellor. Read More »
Long Live the Lady! / Lunga vita alla signora! (1987) Ermanno Olmi, Marco Esposito, Simona Brandalise, Stafania Busarello
The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Read More »
Les princes (1983) Tony Gatlif, Gérard Darmon, Muse Dalbray, Céline Militon, Concha Tavora
The earlier “Les Princes” is a savage and angry work about a proud people trying Read More »
Killing Cars (1986) Michael Verhoeven, Jürgen Prochnow, Senta Berger, Agnès Soral
In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance Read More »
Killing ’em Softly (1982) Max Fischer
The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer. Read More »