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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…
Winter Tan, AWinter 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…
Kate Bush - The Whole Story (1986)
Feat. Kate Bush
Video compilation includes Wuthering Heights, and 13 others up to the mid 80s.
Working GirlsWorking Girls (1986) Recommended
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.…
SteamingSteaming (1985)
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Brenda Bruce
A low–rent London bathhouse is the setting for six women’s weekly get–togethers, in this adaptation of Neil Dunn’s stageplay. Often…
Ladies On the Rocks (1984)
Dir. Christian Thomsen
Feat. Gotha Anderson, Bruno Bjorn, Peter Boesen
Two women cabaret performers win the hearts of provincial audiences with their raucous brand of feminist humour. Ironically, their increasing…
Pumping Iron II - The WomenPumping Iron II - The Women (1984)
Dir. George Butler
This look at the burgeoning world of women's bodybuilding is even more entertaining than its male precursor. Conflicts over what determines a…
What Have I Done to Deserve This?What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
Heart Like a WheelHeart Like a Wheel (1983)
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Jesse Aragon, Bonnie Bedelia
Well–rated biopic of woman racing–car driver, Shirley Muldowney.
Issues Facing WomenIssues Facing Women (1983-1987)
Dir. Patricia Robins, Diana Rowan, Melanie Read
Feat. Judy McIntosh, Elizabeth McRae, Bridgette Allen
Three short films from New Zealand made by and about women. Instincts (1987) 20 mins The story of a woman in a communal relationship in the 70's…

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