
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Landscape Suicide (1987) James Benning, Rhonda Bell, Elion Sucher

In “Landscape Suicide” Benning continues his examination of Americana through the stories of two murderers. Read More »
The Fruit Machine (1988) Philip Saville, Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens

The 16 years old gay Eddie runs away from home, where he’s constantly harassed by his father. Read More »
Mélo (1986) Alain Resnais, Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi

In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who’s the wife of an old friend. Read More »
Kuei-Mei, A Woman (1985) Yi Chang, Hui-Shan Yang, Hsiang-Ping Hu, Li-Chun Lee

Arriving in Taiwan in the 1950s, Kuei-mei makes a disadvantageous marriage to a widower with three unruly kids and a bad gambling habit. Read More »
My Best Friends Girl (1983) Bertrand Blier, Coluche, Isabelle Huppert, Thierry Lhermitte

Isabelle Huppert plays an attractive Parisienne out looking for some fun during her vacation on the ski slopes of Courchevel Read More »
Splitz (1982) Domonic Paris, Robin Johnson, Barbara Bingham, Patti Lee

An all-female rock band and a group of “well-endowed” sorority sisters team up to save a sorority house slated for condemnation by the university. Read More »
Watchers (1988) Jon Hess, Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Christopher Cary

Based on a novel by Dean Koontz. A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Read More »
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984) Jack Hofsiss, Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn

Brick, the son of a rich southern plantation owner, is drinking himself to death over some hidden pain. Read More »
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) Lamont Johnson, Scott Glenn, Diane Lane, Burt Lancaster

In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. Read More »