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Tag Archives: 1980s
State of Grace / L’état de grâce (1986) Jacques Rouffio, Nicole Garcia, Sami Frey, Pierre Arditi

The story of an affair between a bachelor junior minister in the French Read More »
The Beast (1988) Kevin Reynolds, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Steven Bauer

During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer Read More »
Loulou (1980) Maurice Pialat, Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand

Maurice Pialat’s portrait of contemporary France mocks prosperity as a substitute Read More »
Cannery Row (1982) David S. Ward, Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley

Monterey, California in the 1940’s. Cannery Row – the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located Read More »
The Ambassador (1984) J. Lee Thompson, Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson

Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian Read More »
A Few Days with Me / Quelques jours avec moi (1988) Claude Sautet, Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Marielle

After being discharged from a mental institution, a man is tasked by his mother to revive a struggling supermarket in Limoges. Read More »
Gideon’s Trumpet (1980) Robert L. Collins, Henry Fonda, José Ferrer, John Houseman

True story of Clarence Gideon’s fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. Read More »
Crosstalk (1982) Mark Egerton, Gary Day, Penny Downie, Brian McDermott

A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. Read More »
Deadly Love (1987) Michael S. O’Rourke, Jim Alves, Cassie Brown, Eileen Hart

Two love-sick teenagers named Buddy and Ann decide to elope, but Buddy is murdered. Read More »