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Tag Archives: 1980s
Barbarosa (1982) Fred Schepisi, Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor Read More »
Valmont (1989) Milos Forman, Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. Read More »
Battle Heater AKA Batoru hîtâ (1989) Jôji Iida, Akira Emoto, Hisako Hara, Masao Imafuku

Hama, along with his assistant Furuchi, spends his time collecting electronic junk from other people’s garbage and junk yards. Read More »
The Skin AKA La pelle (1981) Liliana Cavani, Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King

After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Read More »
Sparkle’s Tavern (1985) Curt McDowell, Marion Eaton, Peter Paskos, Melinda McDowell

A brother and sister who run a bordello worry that their conservative mother will find out what they do for a living. Read More »
When the Whales Came (1989) Clive Rees, Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. Read More »
I Married a Shadow AKA J’ai épousé une ombre (1983) Robin Davis, Nathalie Baye, Francis Huster, Richard Bohringer

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident. Read More »
Self Defense (1983) Paul Donovan, Maura O’Connell, Tom Nardini, Brenda Bazinet, Daryl Haney

A bunch of selfrighteous bullies want to set som “new rules” in town while the police in Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) are on strike. Read More »
Thunder Alley (1985) J.S. Cardone, Roger Wilson, Jill Schoelen, Scott McGinnis

A group of friends start a rock band, but as they start their rise in the music world, they get mixed up with drugs. Read More »