August 8, 1982

Tout feu, tout flamme (1982) **

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French comedy starring Isabelle Adjani and Yves Montand. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's weakest film.

La Boum 2 (1982) *

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Sophie Marceau plays a French teenage girl having the usual problems of a French teenage girl.

Danton (1982) ***

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Une Chambre en ville (1982) ***

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July 7, 1982

The Flight Of The Eagle (1982) ***

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The State Of Things (1982) ***

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Space Adventure Cobra (1982) ***

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Vabank (1982) ***

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Przypadek (1982) ***

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Przesluchanie (1982) ***

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The Prodigal Son (1982) **

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Very nice kung-fu fights in a rather disjointed film. **

Yol (1982) **

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Man's inhumanity to man is the subject of this powerful, but confusing Turkish/Swiss drama. Its narrative structure is a mess. It severl...

Identification Of A Woman (1982) ***

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The Shaolin Temple (1982) **

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Directed by Cheung Kam-Yim. Shot in China, it was Jet Li's first film. A young slave sees his father being beaten to death. In an attemp...

Ninja In The Dragon's Den (1982) ***

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The New York Ripper (1982) ***

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Luz del Fuego (1982) ***

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Labyrinth Of Passion (1982) ***

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Another Way (1982) ***

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June 6, 1982

Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1982) ***

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The Draughtman's Contract (1982) ***

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May 5, 1982

La Dame en couleurs (1982) *

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Dans le Quebec sous Maurice Duplessis, des petits orphelins se retrouvent dans une institution pour des malades mentaux.
April 4, 1982

The Split Cherry Tree (1982) ****

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Andrei Konchalovsky directed this excellent Oscar-nominated short film about a student from a poor family.

Rio (1982) ***

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Hungry Like The Wolf (1982) ***

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Travelling Hopefully (1982) ***

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Fine documentary about the ACLU.

Trygg-Hansa-Brollope (1982) ***

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Peel (1982) ***

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The Chauffeur (1982) ***

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Lettre à Freddy Buache (1982) *

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Short documentary about Lausanne, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Nancy's First Day (1982) ***

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A commercial for United Airlines.

If You Love This Planet (1982) *

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Crude Communist propaganda in favour of unilateral nuclear disarmament. The film won an Oscar in 1983, but lost the Cold War 6 years later.

Vincent (1982) ****

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Brilliant Disney animated film directed by Tim Burton.

Tango (1982) ****

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The Strange Case of Mr Donnybrook's Boredom (1982) ***

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Amusing cartoon about bored rich people.

Souvenirs de guerre (1982) ***

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War is denounced in no uncertain terms in this beautiful film drawn directly onto the negative.

Once We Were Birds (1982) ***

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A flock of wild Gypsy birds discovers a golden cage, where a life of luxury and opulence awaits them. Beautiful Gypsy music enchances this t...

The Great Cognito (1982) ***

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The Snowman (1982) ***

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The Sound Collector (1982) **

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Two boys are playing a game with sounds by imagining various stories.

Skywhales (1982) **

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A cartoon about warriors living in a fortress above clouds, flying huge airplanes and fighting against winged whales. It won the Special Jur...

Chicken (1982) **

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A chicken is flying. Or is he?

Fun With Mr Future (1982) *

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A weak Disney cartoon.
March 3, 1982

Samanka, l'ile de passions (1982) ***

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Yes Minister: Skeleton In The Cupboard (1982) ***

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Cafe Flesh (1982) ***

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Yes Minister: Moral Dimension (1982) ***

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Yes Minister: Bed Of Nails (1982) ***

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The Inconfessable Orgies Of Emmanuelle (1982) ***

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Cheers: Truce Or Consequences (1982) ***

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Cheers: Sam At Eleven (1982) ***

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February 2, 1982

Sophie's Choice (1982) **

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Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her performance as an Auschwitz survivor ridden by guilt and shameful secrets.

The Verdict (1982) **

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Paul Newman plays an alcoholic lawyer in this courtroom drama.
January 1, 1982

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) *

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A fake "Pink Panther" comedy consisting in part of unused footage of Peter Sellers from previous films. A travesty, and a very bor...
December 12, 1981

Top 10 Films of 1981

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1.  "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"  (Steven Spielberg, USA) 2.  "My Dinner With André"  (Louis Malle, USA) 3. "Q...