Burned-out, over-the-hill actor Giovanni returns to Bologna for the funeral of his twin, Pippo Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Unfinished Business (1984) Don Owen, Isabelle Mejias, Peter Spence, Leslie Toth
Seventeen year old Isabelle Marks lives in Toronto with her divorced mother Read More »
Island (1989) Paul Cox, Irene Papas, Eva Sitteová, Anoja Weerasinghe
A formerly rich Czech-Australian emigrant comes to a tiny, poor and sleepy Greek Island to rethink her life. Read More »
Mery per sempre / Forever Mary (1989) Marco Risi, Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Francesco Benigno
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job Read More »
Malcolm (1986) Nadia Tass, Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. Read More »
Saya: Perspective in Love / Saya no iru tousizu (1986) Akiyoshi Kimata, Ikue Masudo, Tatsuo Nadaka, Masami Tsuchiya
The flamboyant editor of an underground porn magazine asks his star photographer Read More »
A Case of Honor (1989) Eddie Romero, Timothy Bottoms, John Phillip Law, Candy Raymond
Filipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. Read More »
A Chorus Line (1985) Richard Attenborough, Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins
A director is casting dancers for a large production. Large numbers of hopefulls audition, hoping to be selected. Read More »
A Month in the Country (1987) Pat O’Connor, Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, John Atkinsons
Five centuries ago a mural was created in a country church in the north of England and then hidden under layers of white paint. Read More »
Terror on Alcatraz (1987) Philip Marcus, Marvin G. Lipschultz, Aldo Ray, Sandy Brooke, Verónica Porche Ali
Frank Morris, returning decades later to the scene of his escape from Alcatraz Read More »