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Subgenre Sampler

 
Where the Green Ants DreamWhere the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruce Spence, Ray Barrett
Dir. Herzog’s usually compelling obsessions – myths, nature, primitive experience – come a cropper in this uneven depiction of a land rights…
Who's the Boss? (TV Series)Who's the Boss? (TV Series) (1984-1992)
Feat. Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Katherine Helmond
Very likeable 1980s sitcom, set in a suburban mansion, with a household comprised of an advertising executive (Light), her elderly mother (Helmond),…
Widows (TV Series)Widows (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Ann Mitchell, Ann Mitchell
Gritty crime TV from the writer of PRIME SUSPECT, Lynda La Plante, about the widows of three armed robbers who take over their husbands' crime busines
Wind in the Willows (TV Series)Wind in the Willows (TV Series) (1984-1988)
Fine puppet–animation brings to life Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger in three episodes of from the Thames TV series. Based on Kenneth Grahame's…
Woman In Red, TheWoman In Red, The (1984)
Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Gene Wilder, Kelly Le Brock, Charles Grodin
Perhaps the height of Gene Wilder comedic indulgence, playing a middle–aged average man who becomes besotted with the womanly curves of leggy…
Yellow EarthYellow Earth (1984) Recommended
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan, Xueyin Wang
This spearheaded the wave of modern Chinese cinema to be seen outside the People's Republic. A communist soldier visits a backwards village in 1939…
10 to Midnight10 to Midnight (1983)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens
Rather dubious vehicle for Bronson as a cop used to bending the rules, but who gets caught out for falsifying evidence against a nasty…
A Night on the TownA Night on the Town (1983)
Dir. John Vernon
Feat. Elaine Paige, Frank Gorshin, Lewis Collins
Lighthearted musical revue has a photographer and a designer transported through time back to the 1930's. Featuring the music of Gershwin, Cole…
À Nos AmoursÀ Nos Amours (To Our Loves) (1983) Recommended
Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Cyril Collard
One of dir. Pialat's most satisfying dramas, this concerns a journey of a teenage girl (Bonnaire, in a stunning debut) when her family life turns…
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series)Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…

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