MFB: October 1985

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1985

Vol. 52 No. 621

Ben Nicholson 1894-1982

UK - 1985 - 52m - col

Concord

D: John Read

The Black Cauldron

USA - 1985 - 80m - col / Super Technirama 70

Walt Disney (U)

D: Ted Berman, Richard Rich
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Cop au Vin

Poulet au vinaigre

France - 1984 - 110m - col

Virgin (15)

D: Claude Chabrol
Followed by: Inspecteur Lavardin (1986, Jan/1987).

Draw!

Canada/USA - 1984 - 98m - col

V: PolyGram (15)

D: Steven Hilliard Stern

The Fruits of Passion

Les fruits de la passion

France/Japan - 1981 - 83m - col

New Realm (cut)

D: Shūji Terayama

Hell Squad

(aka: Commando Girls)

(aka: Commando Squad)

USA - 1984 - 87m - col

Cannon (15)

D: Kenneth Hartford

Hot Resort

USA - 1984 - 91m - col

Cannon (18) (cut)

D: John Robins

Letter to Brezhnev

UK - 1985 - 95m - col

Palace (15)

D: Chris Bernard
Dolby Stereo

Lifeforce

USA/UK - 1985 - 115m/101m - col / scope

Cannon (18)

D: Tobe Hooper
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Australia - 1985 - 107m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: George Miller, George Ogilvie
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Mad Max (1979, Nov/1979).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

USA/Japan - 1985 - 120m - col and bw

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Paul Schrader
Dolby Stereo

The Official Story

La historia oficial

Argentina - 1985 - 115m - col

Virgin (15)

D: Luis Puenzo

One Dark Night

USA - 1982 - 88m - col

Premier (15)

D: Tom McLoughlin

Porky’s Revenge

Canada - 1985 - 92m - col

20th Century Fox (18)

D: James Komack
Series: Porky's (1981, Jun/1982).

Red Heat

Red Heat: Unschuld in Ketten

W.Germany/USA/Austria - 1985 - 106m - col

Miracle (18) (cut)

D: Robert Collector

Rote Hitze

[see: Red Heat]

The Scorpion

De schorpioen

Netherlands - 1984 - 98m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Ben Verbong

Screwballs II: Loose Screws
Loose Screws

Canada - 1985 - 92m - col
Avatar (18)
D: Rafal Zielinski
Series: Screwballs (1983, Nov/1983).

The Sex Mission

Seksmisja

Poland - 1984 - 121m - col

Cinegate (15)

D: Juliusz Machulski

Sexual Desires

Colegialas lesbianas y el placer de pervertir

Spain - 1982 - 85m - col

Eagle (18) (cut)

D: Alfonso Balcázar [as: Al Bagram]

St. Elmo’s Fire

USA - 1985 - 108m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Joel Schumacher
Dolby Stereo

Stranger Than Fiction

UK - 1985 - 88m - col

BFI

D: Ian Potts

They Were Sisters

UK - 1945 - 115m - bw

General Film (A)

D: Arthur Crabtree
Also reviewed: Apr 1945.

Whodunit?
Island of Blood

(aka: Scared Alive)
USA - 1982 - 83m - col
Entertainment (18)
D: William T. Naud

The Wicked Lady

UK - 1945 - 103m - bw

Eagle-Lion (A)

D: Leslie Arliss
Also reviewed: Nov 1945.