Eliane is obsessed by the violent rape of her mother back in 1955, the very incident which spawned her. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
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. Read More »
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 »
Conseil de famille / Family Business (1986) Costa-Gavras, Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant, Guy Marchand, Comedy, Crime
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. Read More »
White Nights (1985) Taylor Hackford, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Drama
An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. Read More »
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) Yong-Kyun Bae, Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Drama
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment – Hyegok calls him Kibong! Read More »
Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986) André Téchiné, Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Messenger of Death (1988) J. Lee Thompson, Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Action, Crime, Thriller
Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. Read More »