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Tag Archives: 1980s
Broken Mirrors / Gebroken spiegels (1984) Marleen Gorris, Lineke Rijxman, Henriëtte Tol, Edda Barends

Lineke Ripman and Henriette Tol play two whores who begin to rebel against their lot in life. Read More »
The Happenings / Ye che (1980) Ho Yim, Kwok Keung Cheung, Chau-Wah Yim, Jan-Wah Yim

A group of bored teenagers with more hormones and bravado than sense stop at a service station after a leaving a disco. Read More »
The Big Picture (1989) Christopher Guest, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Longstreth

Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. Read More »
Nuit docile (1987) Guy Gilles, Patrick Jouané, Claire Nebout, Pascal Kelaf

A man decides one night to leave the woman he loves. He tells him by phone. All night, he calls her. Read More »
Oviri / The Wolf at the Door (1986) Henning Carlsen, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jean Yanne

This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland) Read More »
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1984) George Stevens Jr., Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman

Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors Read More »
Wives – Ten Years After (1985) Anja Breien

Ten years have passed since our three heroines’ first outing in 1975. Now the women meet at yet another class reunion. Read More »
Heroes for Hire (1984) John Lloyd, Bruce Baron

Miami 1980, doctor transplants some sort of metal object into a patient arm. Read More »
Robo Vampire (1988) Godfrey Ho, Robin Mackay, Nian Watts, Harry Myles

Narcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. Read More »