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Tag Archives: 1980s
Permanent Vacation (1980) Jim Jarmusch, Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy (‘Chris Parker’)whose Father is not around Read More »
Jinxed! (1982) Don Siegel, Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer Read More »
Los Sures (1984) Diego Echeverria, Marta Avilés, Evelyn Borges, Tito Lopez
In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. Read More »
Tosca’s Kiss AKA Il Bacio di Tosca (1984) Daniel Schmid, Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo
Meet the inhabitants of the “Casa di Riposa” in Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers Read More »
The Good Father (1985) Mike Newell, Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter
Bill (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is a man who’s very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. Read More »
Touched (1983) John Flynn, Robert Hays, Kathleen Beller, Ned Beatty
Two inmates of a mental institution, a man named Daniel and a woman named Jennifer Read More »
Spooner (1989) George Miller, Diane Adair, Conrad Bachmann, Gary Bairos
An escaped forger (Robert Urich) poses as a high-school wrestling coach. Read More »
Purple Hearts (1984) Sidney J. Furie, Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, Stephen Lee
It’s sometime during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Don Jardian of the US Navy, who would have just started Read More »
The Winter War AKA Talvisota (1989) Pekka Parikka, Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka
Set during World War 2. After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Russia attacked Finland in November 1939. Read More »