In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
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 »
Money (1983) Robert Bresson, Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Crime, Drama
A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop Read More »
Talking to Strangers (1988) Rob Tregenza, Ken Gruz, Marvin Hunter, Dennis Jordan, Experimental, Drama
It consists of only nine ten minute segments. Each shot/sequence was filmed only once in 35mm film with direct sound. Read More »
Fire Festival (1985) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Kiwako Taichi, Norihei Miki, Drama
The villagers in a beautiful remote area of Japan are divided into the woodsmen, who worship the mountain goddess, and the fishermen, who worship the goddess of the sea. Read More »