The son of a famous Nazi filmmaker shoots a movie and meets the former city commander of Vilna Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Boys from Fengkuei AKA Feng gui lai de ren (1983) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Chun-Fang Chang, Shih Chang, Grace Chen
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village Read More »
Gang of Four AKA La bande des quatre (1989) Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Benoît Régent, Fejria Deliba
A drama following 4 women at stage school. Read More »
Sweet Country (1987) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Carole Laure
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 »
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
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 »