How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions is a 1985 Czech comedy, the second in a series of films about a young, ideological poet Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) Terence Davies, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley
Davies’ film is divided into three segments entitled “Children”, “Madonna and Child”, and “Death and Transfiguartion”. Read More »
The Year My Voice Broke (1987) John Duigan, Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn
In 1962, a prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love Read More »
The Baron and the Kid (1984) Gary Nelson, Johnny Cash, Darren McGavin, Greg Webb
William “The Baron” Addington is a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. Read More »
The Dead Tree AKA L’arbre mort (1988) Joseph Morder, Philippe Fano, Marie Serrurier, Rosette
The veneer of the story is a tale of chance love: two French expatriates strike up a chance romance Read More »
Under the Volcano (1984) John Huston, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death Read More »
Tex and the Lord of the Deep AKA Tex e il signore degli abissi (1985) Duccio Tessari, Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Carlo Mucari
Based on the adventures of the hero Tex from the comic strip by Bonelli. Read More »
The Competition (1980) Joel Oliansky, Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. Read More »
In Love (1983) Chuck Vincent, Jerry Butler, Kelly Nichols, Jack Wrangler
A married man has a weekend fling with a beautiful woman in Florida. Read More »
Sleepaway Camp (1983) Robert Hiltzik, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields
After a horrible boating accident kills her family, Angela, a shy and sullen young girl Read More »