Subgenre Sampler
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Modern Romance (1981)
- Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Bruno Kirby…
- Essentially a sustained neurotic monologue, this early gem from director/star Brooks examines the dilemmas of a…
Mommie Dearest (1981)
- Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Faye Dunaway
- The eyebrow–raising private life of Joan Crawford makes for a gaudy compulsive shocker, in which Faye Dunaway puts on her most ferocious…
Muddy Waters - Live at the Chicagofest (1981)
- The great electric bluesman Muddy Waters giving his final televised performance on August 3rd, 1981 at the Chicago Blues Festival.
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My Bloody Valentine (1981)
- Dir. George Mihalka
Feat. Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck
- Apart from having one of the coolest titles of any ‘slasher movie’, this HALLOWEEN–inspired is both bloodier and more grotesque than…
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
- An honest exchange of philosophy transpires over dinner between an out–of–work playwright and a theatre director. Remarkably compelling…
My Young Auntie (1981)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Kara Hui, Liu Chia Liang
- Screwball comedy fits like a glove in this kung fu farce concerning a family inheritance and the sexual tension between a side–kicking Aunt…
Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, The (Tajemstvi hradu v Karpatech) (1981)
- Dir. Oldrich Lipsky
Feat. Michal Docolomansky, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlastimil Brodsky…
- Cult oddity based on the Jules Verne novel The Carpathian Castle, a sci–fi horror story about a campy count who haunts a house overlooking a…
Naked Civil Servant, The (1981)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, Colin Higgins
- The life and times of homosexual Quentin Crisp, as drawn from his autobiography. John Hurt is a revelation as this courageous man who endured major…
Nanny (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. Wendy Craig, John Quayle, Natalie Forbes
- Lovely period 30's BBC series following Barbara Gray (Craig) a childless, lonely woman who decides to turn her life around and become a nanny for…
Neighbors (Neighbours) (1981)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Cathy Moriarty
- Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi bicker over the back–fence in this suburban comedy.