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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
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 (1982) De potloodmoorden
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 »