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Tag Archives: 1980s
Extreme Justice / Le môme (1986) Alain Corneau, Richard Anconina, Ambre, Michel Duchaussoy
The meeting of a marginal cop and a rootless mixed-race woman led Read More »
Forbidden City, U.S.A. (1989) Arthur Dong, Larry Ching, Frances Chun, Charlie Low
It was the swinging 30s. The big bands of the 40s. It was San Francisco nightlife Baghdad by the Bay. Read More »
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman / Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
Inventory / Stan posiadania (1989) Krzysztof Zanussi, Krystyna Janda, Artur Zmijewski, Maja Komorowska
Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Read More »
A Man in Love / Un homme amoureux (1987) Diane Kurys, Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis
An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. Read More »
The Pencil Murders / De potloodmoorden (1982) Guy Lee Thys, Leslie de Gruyter, Rosemarie Bergmans, Bert André
A policeman neglects his young, attractive wife because of his professional duties. Read More »
Lonesome Dove (1989) Simon Wincer, Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover
Two former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure Read More »
The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia / Le notti segrete di Lucrezia Borgia (1982) Roberto Bianchi Montero, Sirpa Lane, George Hilton, María Salerno
The year is 1506 and Duke of Riveria y Fuentes has been sent to Rome by King Philippe Read More »
Caligula Reincarnated As Nero / Nerone e Poppea (1982) Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Piotr Stanislas, Françoise Blanchard, Patricia Derek
History tells us that Nero was the Emperor who fiddled while Rome burned. Read More »