A large factory in Brazil is having problems with its workers and their union Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Vanities (1981) Gary Halvorson, Meredith Baxter, Shelley Hack, Leslie Hoffman
A wonderful ensemble piece about three women that takes them from High School to College and then to a later reunion. Read More »
Bazaar (1982) Sagar Sarhadi, Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah
Najma and Salim are in love, but theirs is a platonic relationship, as Salim is a deep thinker Read More »
The First Chapter / Pehla Adhyay (1981) Vishnu Mathur, Madan Jain, Dinesh Shakul
The most obscure of the films to come out of the Indian New Wave, Pahla Adhyay is Vishnu Mathur’s only film. Read More »
‘Blow the Night!’ Yoru o buttobase (1983) Chûsei Sone, Yuka Komatsu, Shûichirô Moriyama, Moeko Ezawa
“BLOW THE NIGHT!” Let’s Spend the Night Together is a 1983 Japanese docu-drama shot on 16mm Read More »
Angel Enforcers / Huang jia fei feng (1989) Godfrey Ho, Pan Pan Yeung, Dick Wei, Phillip Ko
An elite undercover police squad led by “Zhou” (Sharon Yeung) crosses paths Read More »
Going Back (1984) Ron Teachworth, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Howe, Perry Mallette
In 1964 two high school friends, Brice and Cleveland leave their suburban neighborhood Read More »
Manon of the Spring / Manon des sources (1986) Claude Berri, Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy Read More »
Mural Murals / Mur murs (1981) Agnès Varda, Juliet Berto, Judy Baca
After returning to Los Angeles from France in 1979, Agnès Varda created this kaleidoscopic documentary Read More »
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) John McNaughton, Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis Read More »