Blackeyes is an attempt to explore “what does go on between men and women in their heads Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Serpent’s Way (1986) Bo Widerberg
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Read More »
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako, Wan Kin Cheng, John Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase Read More »
Into Thin Air (1985) Roger Young, Ellen Burstyn, Robert Prosky, Sam Robards
Ellen Burstyn stars as the Canadian mother of a college student who vanishes mysteriously Read More »
The Country Girl (1982) Gary Halvorson
Director Bernie Dodd hires alcoholic has-been actor Frank Elgin and strikes Read More »
The Sea and Poison / Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Kei Kumai, Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Read More »
Bérénice (1983) Raoul Ruiz, Anne Alvaro, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Jean Badin
A lush, baroque adaptation of Jean Racine’s 1670 tragedy about a Roman emperor Read More »
Beauty and the Beast (1983) Skønheden og udyret
When Mette and her father are left alone over the Christmas holidays Read More »
G.B.H. (1983) David Kent-Watson, Cliff Twemlow
Superstar bouncer Steve Donovan is pulled back into the world of gang violence when he accepts Read More »
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon / Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée (1986) Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Micheline Presle, Claude Piéplu, Xavier Deluc
Jacques and Jacqueline do not have much more pleasant to say to each other Read More »