In Paris, a naïve young actress lands a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Il était une fois Marilyn Jess / Sodomies brûlantes (1987) Michel Caputo, Marilyn Jess, Marina Borringer
In 1987, renowned French adult film star Marilyn Jess is making her final film Read More »
Jubiabá (1986) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Julien Guiomar, Charles Baiano
A white girl and a black boy grow up together in the same house. Read More »
Abolition / Abolição (1988) Zózimo Bulbul, Camila Amado, Benedita da Silva, Abdias do Nascimento
A documentary, mostly in color, but with historical photography and pictures in black and white. Read More »
She’s Back (1989) Tim Kincaid, Carrie Fisher, Robert Joy, Matthew Cowles
Paul is a meek electrician who, with his nagging, dominating wife Beatrice Read More »
Nowhere to Run (1989) Carl Franklin, David Carradine, Jason Priestley, Kieran Mulroney
Rural Texas, 1960 — An age of good times and innocence, when growing up was supposed to be easy. Read More »
Leila and the Wolves / Leila wa al ziap (1984) Heiny Srour, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Nabila Zeitouni
A film that weaves together re-enactments, archive footage and fairy-tale sequences Read More »
Suzanne og Leonard (1984) John Hilbard, Pernille Falck, Ole Meyer, Preben Neergaard
Leonard has escaped from prison and is hunted not only by the police, but also by unscrupulous gangsters. Read More »
La bonne / The Corruption (1986) Salvatore Samperi, Florence Guérin, Trine Michelsen, Cyrus Elias, Benito Artesi
A beautiful wife, neglected by her husband, her sensual maid, who holds the reigns. Read More »
The Boost (1988) Harold Becker, James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. Read More »