MFB: September 1987

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1987

Vol. 54 No. 644

Les anges du péché

(USA: Angels of Sin)

France - 1943 - 96m - bw

Electric

D: Robert Bresson

The Big Easy

USA - 1986 - 101m - col

Recorded Releasing (18)

D: Jim McBride

The Big Town

USA - 1987 - 110m - col

Rank (15)

D: Ben Bolt

Business As Usual

UK - 1987 - 89m - col

Cannon (15)

D: Lezli-An Barrett
Dolby Stereo

The Comic Strip Presents... Didn't You Kill My Brother?

UK (TV) - 1987 - 55m - col

Recorded Releasing (15)

D: Bob Spiers
Originally screened on UK TV as an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... (1982-2016). For other films in this series reviewed by MFB, see: The Comic Strip Presents... The Strike (1987, Feb/1988).

The Comic Strip Presents... Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door

UK (TV) - 1987 - 50m - col

Recorded Releasing (15)

D: Stephen Frears
Originally screened on UK TV as an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... (1982-2016). For other films in this series reviewed by MFB, see: The Comic Strip Presents... The Strike (1987, Feb/1988).

Comrades

UK - 1986 - 183m - col

Curzon (15)

D: Bill Douglas
Dolby Stereo

Daoma zei

[see: Horse Thief]

Dvadtsat dnei bez voini

[see: Twenty Days Without War]

Extreme Prejudice

USA - 1987 - 104m - col

Guild (18) (cut)

D: Walter Hill
Dolby Stereo

The Good Wife
The Umbrella Woman

Australia - 1986 - 97m - col
Entertainment (15)
D: Ken Cameron
Dolby Stereo

Hellraiser

UK - 1987 - 93m - col

Entertainment (18) (cut)

D: Clive Barker
Followed by: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988, Jul/1989), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992, Feb/1993), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), Hellraiser: Inferno (2000), Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002), Hellraiser: Deader (2005), Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005), Hellraiser: Revelations (2011), Hellraiser: Judgment (2017).
Dolby Stereo

Hope and Glory

UK - 1987 - 112m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (15)

D: John Boorman
Followed by: Queen and Country (2014, Jul/2015).
Dolby Stereo

Horse Thief

盜馬賊

China - 1986 - 88m - col / scope

ICA (PG) (cut)

D: Tuan Zhuangzhuang

La Bamba

USA - 1986 - 108m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (15)

D: Luis Valdez
Dolby Stereo

Outrageous Fortune

USA - 1987 - 99m - col

Touchstone (15)

D: Arthur Hiller
Dolby Stereo

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

USA - 1987 - 87m - col

Palace (U)

D: Hal Sutherland
Dolby Stereo

Proverka na dorogakh

[see: Trial on the Road]

Rita, Sue and Bob Too!

UK - 1986 - 93m - col

Mainline (18)

D: Alan Clarke

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

USA - 1987 - 93m - col / scope

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (PG)

D: Sidney J. Furie
Series: Superman (1978, Feb/1979).
Dolby Stereo

Swimming to Cambodia

USA - 1987 - 85m - col

Mainline (18)

D: Jonathan Demme

Trial on the Road

Проверка на дорогах

USSR - 1971 - 98m - bw / scope

The Other Cinema

D: Alexei Gherman

Twenty Days Without War

Двадцать дней без войны

USSR - 1976 - 100m - bw / scope

The Other Cinema

D: Alexei Gherman

The Untouchables

USA - 1987 - 120m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Brian De Palma
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Witchboard

USA - 1985 - 98m - col

Guild (15)

D: Kevin S. Tenney
Followed by: Witchboard 2 (1993), Witchboard: The Possession (1995).

The Witches of Eastwick

USA - 1987 - 118m - col / scope

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (18)

D: George Miller
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo