A hard-hitting, fast, sure-handed baseball player tries to break into the sport Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Pi pi pil… pilleri (1982) Visa Mäkinen, Virpi Miettinen, Matti Ruohola, Allan Tuppurainen
A crackpot inventor tests his newest invention, a pill that removes all sexual inhibitions Read More »
The Final Solution The Wannsee Conference (1984)
A precise, real-time (exactly 85 minutes – the length of the actual event) reenactment Read More »
Tora-san 32 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Kuchibue wo fuku Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects Read More »
Tora-san 31 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
Sylvia (1985) Michael Firth, Eleanor David
Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner’s pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940’s. Read More »
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) Daniel Mann, Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sônia Braga
A veteran of World War I returns to the United States but cannot find his place in the society. Read More »
Gunpowder (1986) Norman J. Warren, David Gilliam, Martin Potter, Gordon Jackson
Debra Burton plays an evil genius trying to put economic reins on the world. Read More »
Interference / Udenrigskorrespondenten (1983) Jørgen Leth, Henning Jensen, Hanne Uldal, François Latour
Udenrigskorrespondenten was Leth’s first feature but must be regarded as an experiment Read More »
Seeing Red (1983) Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, Oscar Hunter, Rose Podmaka, Sylvia Woods
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party Read More »