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Tag Archives: 1980s
Encounter of the Spooky Kind II / Gui yao gui (1989) Ricky Lau, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Hoi Mang
Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss’ daughter Read More »
Screenplay: Christine (1987) Alan Clarke, Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Mark Harvey
Depiction of the everyday life of a teenage heroin addict. Read More »
Play for Today: Beloved Enemy (1981) Alan Clarke, Graham Crowden, Tony Doyle, Oscar Quitak
A corporation decides to outsource one of their contracts to the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. Read More »
The Girl on the River / Cô gái trên sông (1987) Dang Nhat Minh, Duong Dinh Chau, Minh Chau, Le Dung Nhi
A woman reporter named Lien interviews a former wartime prostitute from South Vietnam named Nguyet Read More »
Black Boots, Leather Whip / Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Asunción Calero
Al Pereira, a type of dubious morality, is hired by Lina, the wife of a wealthy man Read More »
Scrubbers (1982) Mai Zetterling, Amanda York, Chrissie Cotterill, Elizabeth Edmonds
Two girls escape from an open borstal for two very different reasons Read More »
Amorosa (1986) Mai Zetterling, Stina Ekblad, Erland Josephson, Philip Zandén
About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940) during the period Read More »
The Death of Empedocles / Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt (1987) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta
The tragedy of the death of Empedocles, legislator in Acient Greece. Read More »
Satan’s Bed / Batas Impian Ranjang Setan (1986) H. Tjut Djalil, Didier A. Hamel, Chintami Atmanegara, Linda Lolita Hoesin
An entire family gets slaughtered at the beginning, except for one young woman who wanders through the house in a daze. Read More »