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Subgenre Sampler

 
Dark EyesDark Eyes (1987)
Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni
The Soviet director ventures to Italy for this exquisite Chekhovian romantic tragedy in which Marcello Mastroianni abandons rationale for the allure…
Dead, TheDead, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston
James Joyce's novella adapted as personal, fascinating vignettes of family life in Ireland, 1904. Anjelica Huston stars in her father's final film.
Debajo Del Mundo Debajo Del Mundo (Underground) (1987)
Dir. Beda Docampo Feijóo
Feat. Oscar Ferrigno Jr., Gabriel Rovito
Intense WW2 drama focused on a Polish family who make the drastic decision to bury themselves underground to hide from the Nazis. Based on a true…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series)Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Drowning by NumbersDrowning by Numbers (1987) Recommended
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson
Blackly comic tale of three women who each drown their husbands. Peppered with references to game–playing, you can take part by counting to…
East of IpswichEast of Ipswich (1987)
Dir. Tristram Powell
Feat. Edward Rawle-Hicks
Michael Palin drew from his childhood memories of seaside family holidays in penning this coming–of–age dramedy for the BBC, set in the…
Ebony Tower, TheEbony Tower, The (1987)
Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi
Self–conscious but watchable satire has a young art critic finding himself attracted to the unusual lifestyle of a reclusive painter. Based on…
Empire of the SunEmpire of the Sun (1987)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
A much–admired Spielberg epic in which a young boy witnesses the Japanese invasion of China in WWII. Based on the memoirs of sci–fi…
Family ViewingFamily Viewing (1987)
Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney
A technically basic yet highly original film that weaves director Egoyan's obsessive themes – technology, voyeurism, dysfunction – into…
Five CornersFive Corners (1987)
Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff
Ambitious, although ultimately chaotic, drama set in the Bronx in 1964, where a young Jodie Foster is stalked by her former boyfriend (Turturro), who…

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