Rachel (Raquel Welch), a recent widow, is taking a cargo ship back to the U.S. with her husband’s body Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Testament (1988) John Akomfrah, Tania Rogers, Evans Oma Hunter, Frank Parkes
In Testament, the condition of the postcolony is embodied in the figure of activist turned television reporter Abena Read More »
Eskimo Woman Feel Cold AKA Eszkimó asszony fázik (1984) János Xantus, Béláné Csóka, László Földes, Carol Harrison
A pianist falls in love with Mari, a beautiful blond woman, who happens to be the wife of a deaf-mute animal caretaker. Read More »
Dreamscape (1984) Joseph Ruben, Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people’s dreams, with some mechanical help. Read More »
Burning Ambition AKA Long zhi zheng ba (1989) Frankie Chan, Eddy Ko, Kara Wai, Simon Yam
Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story (1985) Lamont Johnson, Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust. Read More »
War-Time Romance (1983) Voenno-polevoy roman
This melodrama revolves around the post-war meeting reunion an intelligent front-line officer Read More »
’38 – Vienna Before the Fall AKA 38 – Auch das war Wien (1986) Wolfgang Glück, Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner
In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. Read More »
The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) Steven Hilliard Stern, Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach
When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. Read More »
The Phantom AKA Widziadlo (1984) Marek Nowicki, Roman Wilhelmi, Marzena Trybala, Hanna Mikuc
Set in the early years of the century. A story of a country gentleman haunted by the memory of his first wife. Read More »