The Cotton Club (
1984) | IMDb:
6.5
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Exposed (
1983) | IMDb:
5
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...
Starring:
Nastassja Kinski
,
Rudolf Nureyev
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Ian McShane
,
Bibi Andersson
,
Ron Randell
Directed by:
James Toback
My Favorite Year (
1982) | IMDb:
7.3
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Starring:
Peter O'Toole
,
Mark Linn-Baker
,
Jessica Harper
,
Joseph Bologna
,
Bill Macy
,
Lainie Kazan
Quest for Fire (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.
Starring:
Everett McGill
,
Ron Perlman
,
Nicholas Kadi
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Gary Schwartz
,
Naseer El-Kadi