Film Festivals 1985
This year's festival line-up was spiced with a number of absolute gems including the powerful "El Norte", Shohei Imamara's masterpiece "The Ballad of Narayama", the Coen Brothers' acclaimed "Blood Simple", Jim Jarmusch's engaging look at the American dream, "Stranger Than Paradise" and the hilarious "This is Spinal Tap".
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Lili Marleen (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
An extravagant story of love, war and propaganda in the shadows of Nazi Germany, Fassbinder's "Lili Marleen" is, ironically, one of his few English la... Read more
And The Ship Sails On (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti
A uniquely Felliniesque ocean voyage, circa 1914, with a journalist (Freddie Jones) acting as our host and introducing us to a variety of celebrated g... Read more
Comfort And Joy (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Bill Forsyth
Starring: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Alex Norton
The acclaimed director Bill Forsyth ("Gregors Girl" "Local Hero") is back with another hilarious, off-beat look at human nature. Bill Paterson plays A... Read more
Morons From Outer Space (1985)
4.5/10
Director: Mike Hodges
Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Jimmy Nail, Paul Bown
Hilarious misadventures of four ordinary aliens who crash on Earth. The aliens are quite uninterested in Earth, but curious humans find them to be so... Read more
The Hit (1984)
7.1/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey, John Hurt, Laura Del Sol, Terence Stamp, Tim Roth
Terence Stamp is Willie, a gangster's henchman turned supergrass (informer) trying to live in peaceful hiding in a remote Spanish village. Sun-dappl... Read more
Eating Raoul (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Paul Bartel
Starring: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran
Characterized as a 'dextrous, beautifully timed, macabre comedy of manners which tackles kinky sex, economics, gourmet cooking, modern marriage, and e... Read more
Mr Wrong (1985)
3.8/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Heather Bolton, David Letch, Gary Stalker
Aka "Dark of the Night". What would you do if the car you had just bought made noises like somebody's dying breaths. This made in New Zealand psycho... Read more
This is Spinal Tap (Blu-ray) (1983)
7.9/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Tony Hendra, June...
This hilarious, pseudo-rockumentary follows the U.S. comeback tour of Spinal Tap, a raucous British heavy metal band that has seen better days. The fi... Read more
Rock and Rule (1983)
Director: Clive A Smith
Starring: Don Francks, Paul Le Mat, Susan Roman
Animated fantasy about a rock and roll star who has plans to bring forth a demon from another dimension. The one vital element that he keeps searching... Read more
The Razor's Edge (1984)
6.6/10
Director: John Byrum
Starring: Bill Murray, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, Theresa Russell, James Keach
Bill Murray gives a finely balanced comic and dramatic portrayal as Larry Darrell, a man searching for meaning after World War I in this adaptation of... Read more