
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Rented Lips (1988) Robert Downey Sr., Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly

A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like “Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend,” Read More »
An Innocent Man (1989) Peter Yates, Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house Read More »
Bull Durham (1988) Ron Shelton, Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins

In Durham, N.C., the Bulls minor league baseball team has one asset no other can claim Read More »
Speaking Parts (1989) Atom Egoyan, Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian, Gabrielle Rose

A struggling actor’s job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job Read More »
Farewell to the Land AKA Saraba itoshiki daichi (1982) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Jinpachi Nezu, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Jirô Yabuki

The film opens with the drowning deaths of farmer Yukio’s two sons. Read More »
Red Surf (1989) H. Gordon Boos, George Clooney, Doug Savant, Dedee Pfeiffer

Remar and Attila are a couple of surfers who also deal drugs to make a living. Read More »
The Muscle Market (1981) Alan Dossor, Pete Postlethwaite, Pip Donaghy, Terence Rigby

Danny Duggan’s rough-house business methods and lifestyle owe more to early influences than the CBI. Read More »
The Ruins / Khandhar (1984) Mrinal Sen, Shabana Azmi, Annu Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur

Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Read More »
Resurrection (1980) Daniel Petrie, Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth

Edna Mae Macaulay experiences the afterlife for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. Read More »