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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Day After Trinity (1981) Jon Else, Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier

Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb Read More »
Athens, Ga. – Inside/Out (1987) Tony Gayton, Herbert Abrahams, Jeremy Ayers, Bar-B-Q Killers

Led by the success of the B-52’s and R.E.M., Athens, Georgia was the most happening music scene Read More »
Deaths in Tokimeki / Tokimeki ni shisu (1984) Yoshimitsu Morita, Kenji Sawada, Kanako Higuchi, Naoki Sugiura

An emotionless hit man is sent on a mission to a remote town. Read More »
Utopia (1983) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Manfred Zapatka, Imke Barnstedt, Gundula Petrovska

A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws Read More »
Dust in the wind / Lian lian feng chen (1986) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-fen Hsin, Lawrence Ko

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 »
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 »