October 10, 1983

Austeria (1983) ****

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Excellent Polish drama set during World War I in south-eastern Poland. Poetic, sensual, surprising and exotic. One of Jerzy Kawalerowicz...

Terms Of Endearment (1983) ****

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Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) ****

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Fanny And Alexander (1983) ****

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The Ballad Of Narayama (1983) ****

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Risky Business (1983) ****

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Pauline à la plage (1983) ****

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Zelig (1983) ****

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Brilliant mockumentary by Woody Allen.

The Right Stuff (1983) ****

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Compelling drama about the Mercury astronauts.
September 9, 1983

Trading Places (1983) ***

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Octopussy (1983) ***

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Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi (1983) ***

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The Big Chill (1983) ***

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All The Right Moves (1983) ***

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The Pirates Of Penzance (1983) ***

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Kevin Kline gives an outstanding performance as the Pirate King in this entertaining adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's immortal ope...

Tender Mercies (1983) ***

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Nice, simple film about a former country music singer (Robert Duvall).

Up To A Certain Point (1983) ***

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A film about machismo. Director Tomas Gutierrez Alea elaborates on a theme often raised in Cuban films (like "Retrato de Teresa" a...

Le Bal (1983) ***

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An Algerian film about France, directed by an Italian. The concept is brilliant: 50 years of French history told through dancing in the same...

Sudden Impact (1983) ***

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Suburbia (1983) ***

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Scarface (1983) ***

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Liquid Sky (1983) ***

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Flashdance (1983) ***

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The Evil Dead (1983) ***

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The Dead Zone (1983) ***

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Rumble Fish (1983) ***

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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Rue Cases-Negres (1983) ***

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Memorable French drama set in Martinique.

Never Say Never Again (1983) ***

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Sean Connery's last James Bond movie. A remake of "Thunderball".

Local Hero (1983) ***

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Wonderful film set in a small village in Scotland.

The King Of Comedy (1983) ***

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Two loosers (Robert de Niro and Sandra Bernhard) kidnap a successful TV host (Jerry Lewis). Strange black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese...

A Christmas Story (1983) ***

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Wonderfully witty and cynical film about a little boy who wants a BB gun for Christmas. Undoubtedly NRA's all-time-favorite film.
August 8, 1983

Tchao Pantin (1983) ***

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Mortelle randonnée (1983) **

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L'Été meurtrier (1983) ***

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Coup de foudre (1983) **

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Prenom Carmen (1983) ***

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À nos amours (1983) ***

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La vie est un roman (1983) *

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July 7, 1983

Wielki Szu (1983) ***

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Woman In Flames (1983) ***

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Patsany (1983) ***

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E la nave va (1983) **

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Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain (1983) **

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One of many "sword & sorcery" Hong Kong epics, those with flying witches, magicians, monsters, spirits and hopping vampires. M...

The Legend Of Suram Fortress (1983) *

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Boring Armenian film. Static images.

Seeding Of A Ghost (1983) ***

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The Fourth Man (1983) ***

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Forbidden Relations (1983) ***

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Dark Habits (1983) ***

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La Chiave (1983) ***

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The Boxer's Omen (1983) ***

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Nostalghia (1983) **

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Andrei Tarkovski's least impressive film.
June 6, 1983

Videodrome (1983) ***

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The Year Of Living Dangerously (1983) ***

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April 4, 1983

Mirage (1983) *****

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Beat It (1983) ****

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Excellent Michael Jackson music video.

Thriller (1983) ****

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A memorable music video from Michael Jackson, directed by John Landis. In 1984, it received five MTV Video Music Awards nominations (inclu...

The Pressures Of The Text (1983) ****

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One of the funniest experimental films ever made, a wonderful satire on intellectual snobbery. The film forces the viewer to reconsider th...

Syntagma (1983) ****

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