Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province’s notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Silent Lovers (1980) John Erman, Brian Keith, Barry Bostwick, Harold Gould, Drama
Follows the arrival of Greta Garbo in Hollywood, and her ill fated affair with fellow star John Gilbert. Read More »
Author! Author! (1982) Arthur Hiller, Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Comedy, Drama, Family
Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. Read More »
Suzanne (1980) Robin Spry, Jennifer Dale, Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Drama
An unhappy married woman has an affair with a violent criminal. She gets pregnant with his baby, but he gets arrested and goes to prison. Now what? Read More »
One Deadly Summer / L’été meurtrier (1983) Jean Becker, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Drama, Mystery
Eliane is obsessed by the violent rape of her mother back in 1955, the very incident which spawned her. Read More »
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980) Kieth Merrill, James Stewart, Beverly Rowland, Kamee Aliessa, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Short, Music
An elderly widower relies on his daydreams and faith to get through a lonely Christmas.
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Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile (1987) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Lin Yang, Jack Kao, Shu-Fang Chen, Crime, Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime. Read More »
Zone Troopers (1985) Danny Bilson, Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Art LaFleur, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
In Italy during WW II, a patrol of American soldiers discover a space ship that has crash-landed in the woods, and they come across its alien crew. Read More »
Hanky Panky (1982) Sidney Poitier, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Architect Michael Jordan, a Chicago Architect, is New York on business. A beautiful stranger identifying herself as Janet Dunn, runs into the taxi cab he’s using. Read More »
Against All Odds (1984) Taylor Hackford, Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Action, Adventure, Crime
Terry Brogan, an aging football player in L.A., is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a shady friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down Wise’s girlfriend, Jessie, who’s somewhere in Mexico. Read More »