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Three of Us, TheThree of Us, The (Noi Tre) (1984)
Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Christopher Davidson, Ida De Benedetto, Gianni Cavina
Charming, though slender, portrayal of Mozart’s teenage life as the 14–year old musical prodigy spends a summer in Italy and starts to…
Under the VolcanoUnder the Volcano (1984)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Solid dramatisation of Malcolm Lowry's 'unfilmable' novel about the sordid death of an alcoholic diplomat in 30s Mexico. Distinguished by intense,…
VigilVigil (Incl. In Spring One Plants Alone & A State Of Seige) (1984) Recommended
Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr
A young girl's world is transformed when her father dies and a enigmatic stranger arrives in his wake. Our unique landscape provides a magnificent…
Where the Green Ants DreamWhere the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruce Spence, Ray Barrett
Dir. Herzog’s usually compelling obsessions – myths, nature, primitive experience – come a cropper in this uneven depiction of a land rights…
Widows (TV Series)Widows (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Ann Mitchell, Ann Mitchell
Gritty crime TV from the writer of PRIME SUSPECT, Lynda La Plante, about the widows of three armed robbers who take over their husbands' crime busines
Yellow EarthYellow Earth (1984) Recommended
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan, Xueyin Wang
This spearheaded the wave of modern Chinese cinema to be seen outside the People's Republic. A communist soldier visits a backwards village in 1939…
À Nos AmoursÀ Nos Amours (To Our Loves) (1983) Recommended
Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Cyril Collard
One of dir. Pialat's most satisfying dramas, this concerns a journey of a teenage girl (Bonnaire, in a stunning debut) when her family life turns…
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series)Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1983)
Dir. Kirk Browning
Feat. Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Eve Arden
From the Broadway Theatre Archive series, this is a filmed version of the 1970s revival of a 1932 Broadway version. Distinguished by extraordinary…
All The Right MovesAll The Right Moves (1983)
Dir. Michael Chapman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson
Stirring though conventional sports drama has a talented high–school football player (Cruise), weigh up his life priorities in the face of a…

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