A magician in a carnival–who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects–works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Unknown Soldier (1985) Rauni Mollberg, Risto Tuorila, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Paavo Liski
This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. Read More »
Hanussen (1988) István Szabó, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági
A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Read More »
Voyage to Cythera (1984) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Manos Katrakis, Mairi Hronopoulou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos
An old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren’t the way he had hoped for. Read More »
The Worthless (1982) Mika Kaurismäki, Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other. Read More »
The Buddy System (1984) Glenn Jordan, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy’s attempt to fake a residential address Read More »
The Tomb (1986) Fred Olen Ray, Cameron Mitchell, John Carradine, Sybil Danning
A tomb robber steals artifacts from an unmarked tomb in Egypt and sells them to different archeologists in America. Read More »
Wait and See (1998) Shinji Sômai, Kôichi Satô, Yuki Saitô, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hiroshi, who has never known his father, is a graduate from a prestigious university Read More »
Breaker Morant (1980) Bruce Beresford, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Read More »
Freedom (1982) Scott Hicks, Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja
Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger Read More »