Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in Africa Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Barbarous Street AKA Rue barbare (1984) Gilles Béhat, Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Daniel Chetman is tired of the violent neighborhood, and takes on the local gangster Mathias Hagen and his tugs. Read More »
Keep Walking AKA Cammina, cammina (1982) Ermanno Olmi, Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè, Eligio Martellucci
The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him Read More »
Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1981) Patrick Regan, Fabian, Marilyn Burns, Jon Cedar
Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang. Read More »
Absences AKA Apousies (1987) Giorgos Katakouzinos, Themis Bazaka, Pemi Zouni, Katerina Sarri
Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. Read More »
The Kill-Off (1989) Maggie Greenwald, Loretta Gross, Andrew Lee Barrett, Jackson Sims
Business at The Pavilion bar is down so Pete and Rags decide that the best way to get The Pavilion off the skids is to turn it into a strip joint. Read More »
Chattahoochee (1989) Mick Jackson, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand
An American war hero attempts suicide and ends up in Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital. Read More »
Palace of Venus AKA Palácio de Vênus (1980) Ody Fraga, Arlindo Barreto, Sérgio Boldrin, Wilson Bonifácio
A prostitute’s daughter runs away from home in the countryside to meet her mother who lives in a luxury brothel. Read More »
No Mercy, No Future AKA Die Berührte (1981) Helma Sanders-Brahms, Elisabeth Stepanek, Nguyen Chi Danh, Karl Heinz Reimann
Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. Read More »
Anna to the Infinite Power (1983) Robert Wiemer, Dina Merrill, Martha Byrne, Mark Patton
Anna Hart was always an odd child, a genius, a shoplifter, desperately afraid of flickering lights Read More »