Anna and Ben are settled in rural Chile in the early 1970’s. They are very isolated and their only real friends are two Chilean sisters, Eva and Monica. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Looking for Langston (1989) Isaac Julien, Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance Read More »
Roaring Fire AKA Hoero tekken (1981) Norifumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin’ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi
Joji learns a dark secret from his dying father; he learns he has a twin brother and a sister. Read More »
L’ange (1982) Patrick Bokanowski, Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture
French experimental film. Has no conventional act but consists of disconnected images (a man practicing fencing on a dock, stairs, a woman spilled a jug of milk, etc.) Read More »
Off Limits (1988) Christopher Crowe, Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward
McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world Read More »
Weapons of the Spirit (1987) Pierre Sauvage, Henri Héritier, Emma Héritier
Pierre Sauvage was born in a small village in France in 1944, among what would become as many as 5000 Jews Read More »
City After Dark (1980) Ishmael Bernal, Charito Solis, Alma Moreno, Lorna Tolentino
The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Read More »
The Wall AKA Duvar (1983) Yilmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »
…And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) Louis Malle, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Louis Malle, Anastasio Samosa Portocarrero
After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980’s. Read More »
Summer Camp Nightmare (1987) Bert L. Dragin, Chuck Connors, Charlie Stratton, Harold Pruett
At Camp North Pines for Boys, the campers, led by the charismatic Franklin Reilly Read More »