It is an adaptation of the Toldi trilogy, a 19th-century epic poem in three parts by János Arany. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Guardian Angel AKA Andjeo cuvar (1987) Goran Paskaljevic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Jakup Amzic, Neda Arneric
The Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn’t protect gypsy children Read More »
Le pont du Nord (1981) Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti
A woman recently released from prison and a strange young female street urchin keep running into each other on the streets of Paris Read More »
Maid to Order (1987) Amy Holden Jones, Ally Sheedy, Beverly D’Angelo, Michael Ontkean
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning Read More »
Personal Problems (1980) Bill Gunn, Vertamae Grosvenor, Carey Barnes, Alan Beckles
A partly improvised story of a complicated marriage in the African-American community Read More »
Angel in the Wardrobe AKA Aniol w szafie (1987) Stanislaw Rózewicz, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Barszczewska, Maria Czubasiewicz
Angel In The Wardrobe is a film about responsibility, the duty to yourself and to the others. Read More »
The Cyclist AKA Bicycleran (1987) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. Read More »
Powwow Highway (1989) Jonathan Wacks, Gary Farmer, A Martinez, Joanelle Romero
Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. Read More »
Anantaram (1987) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mammootty, Asokan, Shobana
The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan (Ashokan) about himself in the first person. Read More »
Just Between Friends (1986) Allan Burns, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti
Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don’t know however that they have more in common than they’d like. Read More »