Ernest ‘Stick’ Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The musician duo of Goopi Gayin and Bagha Bayin make a comeback in this sequel, where they are invited to the court of the Hirak Raja (Diamond King), for their musical skills. Read More »
Four American Composers (1983) Peter Greenaway, Robert Ashley, John Cage, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Documentary
This is a 4 pieces documentary that follow 4 different contemporary composers performing/creating/building theirs shows. Read More »
Entre Nous (1983) Diane Kurys, Miou-Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand, Biography, Drama, War
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Read More »
A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-Chen Chen, Biography, Drama
This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker’s own boyhood. Read More »
Freak Orlando (1981) Ulrike Ottinger, Magdalena Montezuma, Delphine Seyrig, Albert Heins, Comedy, Fantasy
In the form of a “small theater of the world”, a history of the world from its beginnings to our day, including the errors Read More »
Fatal Temptation (1988) Beppe Cino, Loredana Romito, John Armstead, Ann Margaret Hughes, Drama, Thriller
Paolo Piattelli owns a restaurant, he is married to Silvia and he is unfaithful to her. Read More »
The Outing (1987) Tom Daley, Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivanyi, Horror
An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman’s house. Read More »
The Sandwich Man (1983) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Jen Wan, Bor Jeng Chen, Li-Yin Yang, Kuo-Feng Tseng, Drama
Three vignettes from three different directors that tell stories of ordinary people during Taiwan’s Cold War period. Read More »
Spiritual Love (1987) David Lai, Taylor Wong, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung, Deannie Ip, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
A small-time triad member, played by Chow Yun-Fat, discovers a letter from an antique desk written by a young girl, played by Cherie Chung, who died from an illness years before. Read More »