Subgenre Sampler
Whales of August, The (1987)- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price - A gently homespun slice of life in one's final years, with the joyous presence of late cinema icons Bette Davis, Lillian Gish and Vincent Price.
Winter Tan, A (1987)- Dir. Jackie Burroughs, Louise Clark, John Frizzell
Feat. Jackie Burroughs - Based on the late Maryse Holder's raw, confessional letters from Mexico, Jackie Burroughs brilliantly interprets this woman who "took a holiday from…
Black Widow (1986)- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey… - Husband–murdering Theresa Russell, is cautiously snooped by Debra Winger.
Crimes of the Heart (1986)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek… - Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek play the Magrath sisters, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi to regroup and settle their…
Kate Bush - The Whole Story (1986)- Feat. Kate Bush
- Video compilation includes Wuthering Heights, and 13 others up to the mid 80s.
Life and Loves of a She-Devil, The (1986)- Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Julie T Wallace, Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge… - Splendidly ripe BBC adaptation of Fay Weldon's quasi–feminist satire in which a housewife (Wallace) discovers her husband's (Waterman)…
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh - One of prolific Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark's most celebrated films is a genre–blending romp set around the Peking Opera in 1913. A…
Space Camp (1986)- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott… - Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Working Girls (1986)- Dir. Lizzie Borden
Feat. Louise Smith, Deborah Banks - A frankly realistic, 'fly–on–the–wall' insight into the daily lives of women working in a high–class New York brothel.…
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean (Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean) (1985)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black - The repressed anxieties and memories of five women are triggered when they congregate to celebrate their childhood hero, James Dean. Stunningly…
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