Tuesday 31 January 2017

MFB: April 1984



The Butterfly Murders

Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1984
Vol. 51 No. 603

Alexandra: Queen of Sex
Alexandra
USA - 1983 - 99m - col
Black Cat (18) (cut)
D: Tim McDonald [as: Robert Freeman]

 All Night Long
Toute une nuit
France/Belgium - 1982 - 89m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Chantal Akerman

Almonds and Raisins
UK - 1983 - 90m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Russ Karel, David Elstein

 The Blood of Dr. Jekyll
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
(USA: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne)
(aka: Bloodbath of Dr. Jekyll)
(aka: Dr. Jekyll and His Women)
France - 1981 - 92m - col
New Realm (18) (cut)
D: Walerian Borowczyk

The Butterfly Murders
蝶變
Hong Kong - 1979 - 88m - col / scope
Sino Cine
D: Tsui Hark

 Die bian
[see: Butterfly Murders, The]

 The Dresser
UK - 1983 - 118m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)
D: Peter Yates

 Empty Suitcases
USA - 1980 - 51m - col
BFI
D: Bette Gordon

Endangered Species
USA - 1982 - 92m - col
V: MGM/UA (pre-VRA)
D: Alan Rudolph

Footloose
USA - 1983 - 107m - col
UIP (PG) (cut)
D: Herbert Ross
Dolby Stereo

The Golden Seal
USA - 1983 - 94m - col
New Realm (PG)
D: Frank Zuniga

Heart Like a Wheel
USA - 1983 - 113m - col
Mainline (PG)
D: Jonathan Kaplan


Hot Dog... The Movie
USA - 1983 - 98m - col
Entertainment (18)
D: Peter Markle

 Loose Connections
UK - 1983 - 96m - col
20th Century Fox (PG)
D: Richard Eyre

Love Streams
USA - 1984 - 141m - col
Cannon (15)
D: John Cassavetes

Over the Brooklyn Bridge
USA - 1983 - 106m - col
Cannon (15)
D: Menahem Golan

Over the Edge
USA - 1979 - 94m - col
Mainline (18)
D: Jonathan Kaplan

Saturday the 14th
USA - 1980 - 77m - col
Cannon (15)
D: Howard Cohen
Followed by: Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988).

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages
W.Germany - 1977 - 93m - col
Cinema of Women (15)
D: Margarethe von Trotta

Silkwood
USA - 1983 - 131m - col
Rank (15)
D: Mike Nichols

The Sky on Location
USA - 1982 - 77m - col
Circles
D: Babette Mangolte
The Story of Linda
Linda
Spain/W.Germany - 1981 - 91m - col
New Realm (18) (cut)
D: Jesús Franco [as: Jack Griffin]

 Streamers
USA - 1983 - 118m - col
Rank (18)
D: Robert Altman
Street Fleet
D.C. Cab
USA - 1983 - 99m - col
UIP (15)
D: Joel Schumacher
Dolby Stereo

 Swann in Love
Un amour de Swann
France - 1983 - 111m - col
Artificial Eye (18)
D: Volker Schlöndorff

 Uncommon Valor
USA - 1983 - 105m - col
UIP (18)
D: Ted Kotcheff
Dolby Stereo

The Waking Hour
The Velvet Vampire
USA - 1971 - 80m - col
Black Cat (18) (cut)
D: Stephanie Rothman

 Yentl
USA - 1983 - 133m - col
UIP (PG)
D: Barbra Streisand
Dolby Stereo

Zapped!
USA - 1982 - 98m - col
Entertainment (15)
D: Robert J. Rosenthal
Followed by: Zapped Again (1990).

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MFB: March 1984




Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1984
Vol. 51 No. 602

Amityville 3-D
(aka: Amityville 3 - The Demon)
USA - 1983 - 93m - col / scope / 3-D
Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)
D: Richard Fleischer
Series: The Amityville Horror (1979, Jan/1980).
Dolby Stereo

 Baby Cat
France - 1983 - 80m - col
Supreme (18)
D: Pierre Unia

Baby Love (Lemon Popsicle V)
רומן זעיר
Israel/W.Germany - 1983 - 84m - col
Cannon (18)
D: Dan Wolman
Series: Lemon Popsicle (1977, Oct/1978).

La balance
France - 1982 - 102m - col
Gala (18)
D: Bob Swaim

 Beyond the Door
Oltre la porta
(USA: Beyond Obsession)
(aka: Jail Bird)
Italy - 1982 - 116m - col
Premier (18)
D: Liliana Cavani

The Black Stuff
UK - 1978 - 107m - col
BFI
D: Jim Goddard

Carry Greenham Home
UK - 1983 - 69m - col
Contemporary (15)
D: Beeban Kidron, Amanda Richardson

Champions
UK - 1983 - 115m - col
20th Century Fox (PG)
D: John Irvin
Dolby Stereo

Christine
USA - 1983 - 110m - col / scope
Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)
D: John Carpenter
Dolby Stereo

Count the Hours
(aka: Every Minute Counts)
USA - 1952 - 74m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Jun 1953.

Curse of the Pink Panther
UK - 1983 - 110m - col / scope
UIP (PG)
D: Blake Edwards
Series: The Pink Panther (1963, Feb/1964).

Dream Flights
Полёты во сне и наяву
(USA: Flights in Dreams and in Reality)
USSR - 1982 - 90m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)
D: Roman Balayan

 Fast-Walking
USA - 1981 - 116m - col
V: Guild (pre-VRA)
D: James B. Harris

Flaming Star
USA - 1960 - 92m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Mar 1961.



Flight to Berlin
UK/W.Germany - 1983 - 90m - col
BFI (15)
D: Christopher Petit

High Road to China
USA - 1983 - 105m - col
Miracle (PG)
D: Brian G. Hutton

Hound Dog Man
USA - 1959 - 87m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: May 1960.
4-channel stereo

 The Lineup
USA - 1958 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Aug 1958.

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
USA - 1983 - 83m - col / scope / 3-D
Entertainment (PG)
D: Charles Band
Dolby Stereo

 Polioty vo sne naiavou
[see: Dream Flights]

The Right Stuff
USA - 1983 - 193m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)
D: Philip Kaufman
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Roman zair
[see: Baby Love (Lemon Popsicle V)]
Savage Islands
Nate and Hayes
USA/New Zealand - 1983 - 99m - col
UIP (PG)
D: Ferdinand Fairfax
Dolby Stereo

 Star Struck
Australia - 1982 - 102m - col
Entertainment (PG)
D: Gillian Armstrong
Dolby Stereo

Strange Invaders
USA - 1983 - 93m - col / scope
Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)
D: Michael Laughlin
Strangers in Love
In Love
USA - 1983 - 96m - col
Black Cat (18) (cut)
D: Chuck Vincent

 Street Girls
USA - 1974 - 84m - col
Black Cat (18) (cut)
D: Michael Miller

Stryker
Philippines - 1983 - 86m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (18) (cut)
D: Cirio H. Santiago

Terms of Endearment
USA - 1982 - 132m - col
UIP (15)
D: James L. Brooks
Followed by: The Evening Star (1996, May/1997).

Testament
USA - 1983 - 90m - col
UIP (PG)
D: Lynne Littman
Dolby Stereo

Vassa
Васса
USSR - 1983 - 136m - col
Contemporary (PG)
D: Gleb Panfilov

When the Mountains Tremble
USA - 1983 - 83m - col
Cori
D: Pamela Yates, Thomas Sigel

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Monday 30 January 2017

MFB: February 1984





Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1984
Vol. 51 No. 601

The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
UK - 1983 - 74m - col
Concord
D: Murray Grigor

The Big Chill
USA - 1983 - 105m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)
D: Lawrence Kasdan
Followed by: Grand Canyon (1991, May/1992).

The Big Steal
USA - 1949 - 71m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Oct 1949.

Born in Flames
USA - 1983 - 80m - col
COW Films (15)
D: Lizzie Borden

Carmen
Spain - 1983 - 101m - col
Curzon (15)
D: Carlos Saura
Series: Blood Wedding (1981, Mar/1982).

The Cause of Ireland
UK - 1983 - 107m - col and bw
Platform
D: Chris Reeves

 Crime in the Streets
USA - 1956 - 91m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Aug 1957.

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße
W.Germany - 1972 - 103m - col
V: Thorn EMI (pre-VRA)
D: Samuel Fuller
Originally broadcast on W.German TV as an episode of Tatort (1970-present).

Family Business
USA - 1982 - 87m - col
BFI
D: Tom Cohen

First Name Carmen
Prénom Carmen
France/Switzerland - 1983 - 84m - col
Artificial Eye (18)
D: Jean-Luc Godard

Ghost Dance
UK/W.Germany - 1983 - 100m - bw and col
The Other Cinema
D: Ken McMullen

 The Heartbreakers
Die Heartbreakers
W.Germany - 1983 - 114m - col
Contemporary (15)
D: Peter F. Bringmann
Dolby Stereo

Kressin und die Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße
[see: Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street]

 The Lift
De lift
Netherlands - 1983 - 99m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)
D: Dick Maas

Nutcracker Fantasy
くるみ割り人形
Japan - 1979 - 81m - col
Ambassador (U)
D: Takeo Nakamura

 The Price of Peril
Le prix du danger
France/Yugoslavia - 1983 - 98m - col
Brent Walker (18)
D: Yves Boisset

 Risky Business
USA - 1983 - 99m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)
D: Paul Brickman
Dolby Stereo

Sahara
USA - 1983 - 111m - col / scope
Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG) (cut)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Scarface
USA - 1983 - 170m - col / scope
UIP (18) (cut)
D: Brian De Palma
4-channel stereo

Shadows From Light
UK - 1983 - 59m - bw
Concord
D: Stephen Dwoskin

Slayground
UK - 1983 - 89m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)
D: Terry Bedford

Star 80
USA - 1983 - 103m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)
D: Bob Fosse

This Isn't Wonderland
C’est pas le pays des merveilles
Canada - 1981 - 57m - col
Circles
D: Helen Doyle, Nicole Giguère

To Be or Not to Be
USA - 1983 - 107m - col
20th Century Fox (PG)
D: Alan Johnson
Dolby Stereo

 Two of a Kind
USA - 1983 - 87m - col
20th Century Fox (PG)
D: John Herzfeld
Dolby Stereo

The Verdict
USA - 1946 - 86m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Aug 1946.

White Dog
USA - 1981 - 90m - col
UIP (15)
D: Samuel Fuller

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MFB: January 1984




Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1984
Vol. 51 No. 600

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
USA - 1983 - 90m - col
Virgin (15)
D: Henry Jaglom

Close Up
UK - 1983 - 70m - col
London Film-Makers' Co-Operative
D: Peter Gidal

Daniel
USA - 1983 - 129m - col
20th Century Fox (15)
D: Sidney Lumet

The Death of Mario Ricci
La mort de Mario Ricci
Switzerland/France/W.Germany - 1983 - 101m - col
Gala (PG)
D: Claude Goretta

The First Turn-On!!
USA - 1983 - 87m - col
Premier (18)
D: Michael Herz, Daniel Weil

Gorky Park
USA - 1983 - 128m - col
Rank (15)
D: Michael Apted

Homeground
UK - 1982 - 54m - col
Blue Dolphin
D: Tony Harrild

The Honorary Consul
(USA: Beyond the Limit)
UK - 1983 - 104m - col
20th Century Fox (18)
D: John Mackenzie

Lianna
USA - 1982 - 112m - col
Mainline (18)
D: John Sayles

Lookin’ to Get Out
USA - 1982 - 105m - col
V: Guild (pre-VRA)
D: Hal Ashby



Mighty Mouse in The Great Space Chase
USA - 1982 - 87m - col
Miracle (U)
D: Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Gwen Wetzler, Kay Wright, Lou Zukor
Compiled from material in the TV series The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle (1979-82), released as a theatrical feature.

The Moon in the Gutter
La lune dans le caniveau
France/Italy - 1983 - 137m - col / scope
Palace (18)
D: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Dolby Stereo

 My Nights With Messalina
Bacanales romanas
Spain - 1982 - 81m - col
Cannon (18) (cut)
D: Jaime J. Puig [as: Jacob Most]
Followed by: Bacanales romanas II parte (1985).

My Therapist
USA - 1983 - 82m - col
GTO (18) (cut)
D: Al Rossi

New York Nights
USA - 1983 - 111m - col
Brent Walker (18) (cut)
D: Simon Nuchtern

Parade
France/Sweden - 1974 - 85m - col
Premier (U)
D: Jacques Tati

Revenge of the Ninja
USA - 1983 - 90m - col
Cannon (18) (cut)
D: Sam Firstenberg
Series: Enter the Ninja (1981, Oct/1981).

Rumble Fish
USA - 1983 - 94m - bw and col
UIP (18)
D: Francis Ford Coppola
Dolby Stereo

Sudden Impact
USA - 1983 - 117m - col / scope
Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)
D: Clint Eastwood
Series: Dirty Harry (1971, May/1972).

Trading Places
USA - 1983 - 116m - col
UIP (15)
D: John Landis

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
USA/Spain/Canada - 1983 - 89m - col
VTC (15) (cut)
D: John Hough
Series: A Man Called Horse (1970, Sep/1970).

Under Fire
USA - 1983 - 127m - col
Rank (15)
D: Roger Spottiswoode
Dolby Stereo

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
UK/USA - 1982 - 90m - col
Thorn EMI (PG)
D: D.A. Pennebaker
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