Art's Cinema Annex

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ The Red Badge of Courage (1951) – J. Huston John Huston’s version of Stephen Crane’s famous civil war novel was famously...

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Excalibur (1981) – J. Boorman Often beautiful, sometimes muddled, anecdotal version of the Arthurian legend from directo...

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ The Dam Busters (1954) – M. Anderson Michael Redgrave’s wartime inventor Wallis is hard at work to make a “bouncing” bom...

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ The Player (1992) – R. Altman Robert Altman’s “comeback” film (from Michael Tolkin’s script) seems to have lost a bit of...

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Angel Heart (1987) – A. Parker There were only 11 minutes left when I finally looked at my watch and said, “This is star...

☆ ☆ ☆ Near Dark (1987) – K. Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow’s look at a gang of outlaw vampires in Oklahoma (and thereabouts) was complete...

☆ ☆ ☆ Darkest Hour (2017) – J. Wright Gary Oldman’s performance as Winston Churchill is probably the only reason to watch this fil...