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Baby, It's YouBaby, It's You (1983)
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano
High–school sweethearts Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano undergo the trials of the late 60s counter–culture America. Characters and…
LiannaLianna (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries
A mother–of–two breaks out of her cold marriage by way of an affair with a senior lecturer in this defining lesbian film of the 1980s,…
My Brother's WeddingMy Brother's Wedding (1983)
Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Everett Silas
Crude but affecting follow–up to KILLER OF SHEEP concerns a South Central LA resident torn between attending the funeral of his best friend, or…
Variety (1983)
Dir. Bette Gordon
Feat. Sandy McLeod, Will Patton
A woman takes a job at a porn theatre and finds herself fascinated by the clientele. Raw, downbeat drama provides an unusual perspective on the…
SmithereensSmithereens (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Richard Hell
Hanging out on the lower rung of the gritty New York music scene in the early 80s, a flaky adolescent girl struggles to make her mark or find…
Essential John SaylesEssential John Sayles (Return of the Secaucus 7, Lianna, Brother From Another Planet) (1980-1984)
Dir. John Sayles
Three seminal films from John Sayles' formative years as a spearhead of the American independent cinema movement.
Falls, TheFalls, The (1980)
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray
One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Permanent VacationPermanent Vacation (1980)
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Chris Parker, John Lurie
Directorial debut feature for future icon Jim Jarmusch, who made this on the cusp of graduating from film school. Set around the wanderings of a…
Return of the Secaucus 7Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre
In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
Killer of SheepKiller of Sheep (1977) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Henry Sanders
A recently exhumed landmark of African–American cinema, dir. Burnett’s long–lost thesis film observes the daily hardships of an…

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