1984 – Stream On Demand

Harry Dean Stanton in the film by Wim Wenders

‘Paris, Texas’ – Wim Wenders’ America on Max and Criterion Channel

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Harry Dean Stanton stars as a loner who wanders back into the life of his brother and the son he abandoned in this powerful drama of reconciliation and redemption.

‘1984’ seen from 1984 on Paramount+ and MGM+

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John Hurt and Richard Burton star in Michael Radford’s impressive film adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic, which has the distinction of being made and released in 1984.

‘The Killing Floor’ – integrating the union on Criterion Channel and MUBI

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Bill Gunn directs this independent feature, shot on location in Chicago, dramatizing the struggle to unionize the meat packers during World War I.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is The Terminator on Netflix

“I’ll be back” – The original ‘The Terminator’ on Max

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James Cameron’s scrappy, low budget time travel thriller made a star of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who plays an unstoppable cyborg from the future. It was a hit that launched a franchise, thanks to the triumph of energy and ingenuity over budget.

‘Gremlins’ vs. Christmas on HBO Max

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Joe Dante delves into the cute and the cuddly and finds the evil green monsters hiding inside in this mix of Christmas comedy, monster movie, and very, very naughty children.

Walter Hill’s ‘Streets of Fire’ on Netflix

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A self-described “A Rock and Roll Fable” from “another time, another place,” I think of Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire (1984) as a rock and roll western dropped into the urban badlands of a brick and neon noir. It opens on what appears to be the 1950s frozen in time, a working class neighborhood forgotten […]