MFB: November 1984

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1984

Vol. 51 No. 610

49th Parallel

UK - 1941 - 123m - bw

General Film (U)

D: Michael Powell
Also reviewed: Oct 1941.

Angel of Vengeance
Ms .45

USA - 1980 - 84m - col
V: Warner (18) (cut)
D: Abel Ferrara

Baby It’s You

USA - 1982 - 104m - col

Mainline (15)

D: John Sayles

The Brother From Another Planet

USA - 1984 - 108m - col

Virgin (15)

D: John Sayles

A Canterbury Tale

UK - 1944 - 124m - bw

Eagle-Lion (U)

D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Also reviewed: Jun 1944.

A Christmas Story

USA - 1983 - 93m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Bob Clark
Followed by: Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988), It Runs in the Family (UKV: My Summer Story, 1994), A Christmas Story 2 (2012).

Deep Red

Profondo rosso

(aka: The Hatchet Murders)

Italy - 1975 - 126m/105m - col / scope

V: Fletcher (pre-VRA) (cut)

D: Dario Argento

Having It All

USA - 1982 - 95m - col

GTO (PG)

D: Ed Zwick

The Hotel New Hampshire

USA - 1984 - 108m - col

Thorn EMI (18)

D: Tony Richardson
Dolby Stereo

Kaos

Italy - 1982 - 187m - col

Cannon / Gala (15)

D: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural

(aka: Lemora)

(aka: Lemora: The Lady Dracula)

USA - 1973 - 90m - col

V: Cinema Indoors (pre-VRA)

D: Richard Blackburn

Moscow on the Hudson

USA - 1984 - 117m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Paul Mazursky
Dolby Stereo

Motel
Pink Motel

USA - 1982 - 88m - col
Enterprise (18)
D: Michael J. Macfarland

Mutant

USA - 1983 - 99m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: John ‘Bud’ Cardos
Dolby Stereo

The Natural

USA - 1984 - 137m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: Barry Levinson
Dolby Stereo

The Party Animal

USA - 1983 - 77m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: David Beaird

The Philadelphia Experiment

USA - 1984 - 101m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: Stewart Raffill
Followed by: Philadelphia Experiment II (1993).

The Pope of Greenwich Village

USA - 1984 - 120m - col

UIP (15)

D: Stuart Rosenberg

A Private Function

UK - 1984 - 94m - col

HandMade (15)

D: Malcolm Mowbray

Rat-Trap
Elippathayam
എലിപ്പത്തായം
India - 1981 - 121m - col
BFI (PG)
D: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Red Dawn

USA - 1984 - 114m - col

UIP (15)

D: John Milius
Dolby Stereo

Repo Man

USA - 1984 - 92m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Alex Cox

Slapstick of Another Kind

USA - 1982 - 94m - col

Virgin (PG)

D: Steven Paul

The Small Back Room

(USA: Hour of Glory)

UK - 1948 - 106m - bw

British Lion (A)

D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Also reviewed: Mar 1949.

Stranger Than Paradise

USA/W.Germany - 1984 - 89m - bw

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Jim Jarmusch

Surf II

USA - 1983 - 91m - col

Enterprise (18)

D: Randall Badat

Tightrope

USA - 1984 - 114m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Richard Tuggle

Valley Girl

USA - 1982 - 99m - col

New Realm (15)

D: Martha Coolidge