Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis’s masterpiece “Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas” Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Oh, God! Book II (1980) Gilbert Cates, George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney
A young girl receives a divine message and starts a campaign to promote faith. Read More »
Combat High (1986) Neal Israel, Keith Gordon, Wallace Langham, George Clooney
Maxwell and Perry are forced into military school after they’ve gone too far. Read More »
La Chute des Aigles / Night of the Eagles (1989) Jesús Franco, Christopher Lee, Ramon Estevez, Mark Hamill
In World War II Germany, two young men, one, an ardent Nazi, and the other, a secret anti-Nazi Read More »
Giallo alla regola (1988) Stefano Roncoroni, Remo Girone, Daniela Poggi, Paolo Malco
Fugitive criminal is hiding a suitcase full of dollars under the machine. Read More »
Black Arrow (1985) John Hough, Benedict Taylor, Georgia Slowe, Oliver Reed
In England, during the 15th century, many lords and noblemen vie for the throne. Read More »
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Nagisa Ôshima, David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto
In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. Read More »
Osmanthus Alley / Gui hua xiang (1987) Kun-Hou Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam
Ti Hung’s parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Read More »
The Death of Mario Ricci (1983) Claude Goretta, Gian Maria Volontè, Magali Noël, Heinz Bennent
A TV journalist and his assistant come to interview a sociologist whose books deal with world hunger Read More »
The Nine Demons / Jiu zi tian mo (1984) Cheh Chang, Tien-Chi Cheng, Li Wang, Fu-Chien Chang
After selling his soul to the devil, Joey is given the power to control 9 demons. Read More »