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As Thick As Thieves (1988)
Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Christophe Malavoy, Claire Nebout, Francois Cluzet
A practical joke goes awry for a group of successful business men who mislead an aspiring friend into thinking he's struck it rich. Hilarious…
Dragons ForeverDragons Forever (1988)
Dir. Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
Final martial–arts rumble for the 'three brothers' team of Chan, Hung and Biao (see PROJECT–A), here playing three spokes in a nefarious…
KingsajzKingsajz (Kingsize) (1988)
Locked inside an abandoned library basement, tiny dwarfs work hard to maintain their all–male dwarf commune. When a scientist synthesizes…
La LectriceLa Lectrice (1988)
Dir. Michel Deville
Feat. Miou-Miou, Christian Ruche, Maria Casares
Miou–Miou plays a hired 'reader' who leads us through a series of exchanges with various disabled personalities. A sensual treat for those…
Police Story 2Police Story 2 (1988)
Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung
Jackie Chan directs this follow–up to his landmark hit, playing a demoted detective who must use his wiles to track down bomb–scare…
Women On the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownWomen On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
Speedy sparkling slapstick from Almodovar, in which pregnant Carmen Maura is dumped by her boyfriend, harassed by his suicidal ex–wife and…
A Taxing WomanA Taxing Woman (1987)
Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Nobuko Miyamoto
A nicely offbeat look at the potentially boring subject of tax evasion. Nobuko Miyamoto plays our star tax collector who meets her match in a hotshot…
Boyfriends and GirlfriendsBoyfriends and Girlfriends (My Girlfriend's Boyfriend) (1987)
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir
Through a series of deceptions and misunderstandings, four Parisians come to discover their true feelings for each other. Entrancing tale of…
IntervistaIntervista (1987)
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini
An easy–going ode to dir. Fellini's early career at Cinecitta Studios, this takes the form of a mock interview–flashback, with the…
Life Is a Long Quiet RiverLife Is a Long Quiet River (1987) Recommended
Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Benoit Magimel, Helene Vincent, Andre Wilms
Wry, off–beat comedy with a resonant message about two families of different classes who discover that their twelve–year–old…

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