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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Man Who Envied Women (1985) Yvonne Rainer, Jackie Raynal, Anne Friedberg, Larry Loonin, Drama, Arthouse, Experimental
A broken marriage, artists’ housing in New York, and Central American politics, director Yvonne Rainer meanders through a lot of philosophical and rhetorical territory. Read More »
Routine Pleasures (1986) Patrick Amos, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Documentary
What do a club devoted to model trains and the legendary film critic and painter Manny Farber have in common? These two story lines intersect in an attempt to recreate the past. Read More »
Ananas (1984) Amos Gitai, Documentary
One day, when I opened my refrigerator, I looked closely at a can of pineapple. It had been “made in the Philippines,” “packaged in Honolulu,” “distributed in San Francisco” and the label “printed in Japan”. Read More »
Point de fuite / Vanishing Point (1984) Raoul Ruiz, Steve Baës, Rebecca Pauly, Paulo Branco, Drama
A character escapes from the police and after all the money played to draw covers crime novels.
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The Territory / O Território (1981) Raoul Ruiz, Geoffrey Carey, Paul Getty Jr., Jeffrey Kime, Drama, Horror
A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Read More »
Turnaround (1987) Ola Solum, Doug McKeon, Tim Maier, Jonna Lee, Action, Mystery
Magicians grandson and his girlfriend and their friends are victimized by a bike gang of her former boyfriend. Read More »
Intervista (1987) Federico Fellini, Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Cinecitta, the huge movie studio outside Rome, is 50 years old and Fellini is interviewed by a Japanese TV crew about the films he has made there over the years as he begins production on his latest film. Read More »
A Freira e a Tortura (1983) Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, David Cardoso, Vera Gimenez, Claudia Alencar, Drama, Erotic
Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who’s accused of political crimes. Read More »
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) Tony Richardson, Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the novel by John Irving, this unusual comedic drama follows the exploits of the eccentric hotel-operating Berry family. Read More »