MFB: April 1983

Introduction for newcomers

House of the Long Shadows

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1983

Vol. 50 No. 591

America: From Hitler to M-X

USA - 1982 - 95m - bw and col

The Other Cinema (PG)

D: Joan Harvey

Barbarosa

USA - 1982 - 90m - col

Blue Dolphin (PG)

D: Fred Schepisi

Basket Case

USA - 1981 - 90m - col

Alpha (18) (cut)

D: Frank Henenlotter
Followed by: Basket Case 2 (1990, Sep/1990), Basket Case 3 (1991).

The Beastmaster

USA - 1982 - 118m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: Don Coscarelli
Followed by: Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1990), Beastmaster: The Eye of Braxus (1995).
Dolby Stereo

Carny

USA - 1980 - 106m - col

ICA (18)

D: Robert Kaylor

The Courtesans of Bombay

UK - 1982 - 75m - col

Enterprise (PG)

D: Ismail Merchant

Cousins in Love

Tendres cousines

France/W.Germany - 1980 - 91m - col

Alpha (18) (cut)

D: David Hamilton

Double Jeopardy
Olivia

(aka: Prozzie)
(aka: A Taste of Sin)
USA/W.Germany - 1981 - 85m - col
Bordeaux (18)
D: Ulli Lommel

Fanny and Alexander

Fanny och Alexander

Sweden - 1982 - 312m/189m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Ingmar Bergman

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

USA - 1980 - 83m - col

Enterprise (U)

D: Murray Lerner

Gala

Canada - 1982 - 91m - col

Crawford (U)

D: John N. Smith, Michael McKennirey

Handgun

(USA: Deep in the Heart)

UK - 1982 - 101m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Tony Garnett

High Encounters (of the Ultimate Kind)
Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie

USA - 1980 - 95m - col
Cannon (15)
D: Tommy Chong
Series: Up in Smoke (1978, Oct/1979).

House of the Long Shadows

UK - 1982 - 101m - col

Cannon (15)

D: Pete Walker

Kärlekens språk 2

[see: More About the Language of Love]

Local Hero

UK - 1983 - 111m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Bill Forsyth

Lovesick

USA - 1983 - 96m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Marshall Brickman

More About the Language of Love

Mera ur kärlekens språk

(aka: Language of Love 2)

Sweden - 1970 - 97m - col

Grand National (X - London) (cut)

D: Torgny Wickman
Rejected by the BBFC in 1972 as More About the Language of Love (under which title it was screened in London with a local certificate), then passed with cuts in 1983 when submitted by Darvill as Language of Love 2.
Series: Language of Love (1969, Mar/1971).
Also reviewed: Aug 1974

Naked Fist
Firecracker

USA/Philippines - 1981 - 83m - col
VFO (18) (cut)
D: Cirio H. Santiago

Nana

Italy - 1982 - 92m - col

Cannon (18)

D: Dan Wolman

One Man's War

La guerre d’un seul homme

France/W.Germany - 1981 - 109m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Edgardo Cozarinsky

Second Thoughts

USA - 1982 - 98m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Lawrence Turman

Sophie’s Choice

USA - 1982 - 158m - col

UIP (15)

D: Alan J. Pakula

Table for Five

USA - 1983 - 124m - col

Rank (PG)

D: Robert Lieberman

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Storie di ordinaria follia

Italy/France - 1981 - 108m - col

Miracle (18)

D: Marco Ferreri

Tender Mercies

USA - 1982 - 92m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: Bruce Beresford

They Call That an Accident

Ils appellent ça un accident

(USA: They Call It An Accident)

France - 1981 - 88m - col

Blue Dolphin (15)

D: Nathalie Delon, Yves Deschamps

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

USA - 1982 - 94m - col

Sunn Classic (15)

D: William Dear
Dolby Stereo

Tootsie

USA - 1982 - 116m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG) (cut)

D: Sydney Pollack

Trapped

(USA: Baker County, U.S.A.)

Canada/USA - 1981 - 96m - col

VFO (18)

D: William Fruet

Xtro

UK - 1982 - 86m - col

New Realm (18)

D: Harry Bromley-Davenport
Followed by: Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1991), Xtro³ (1995).