Art's Cinema Annex

☆ ☆ ☆ Fallen Angels (1995) – K.-W. Wong It has been decades since I watched Wong Kar-Wai’s breakthrough release Chungking Express ...

☆ ☆ ☆ A Bittersweet Life (2005) – J.-W. Kim Character study of a meticulously ruthless “enforcer” (Byung-hun Lee) working for a ga...

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Warlock (1959) – E. Dmytryk Fifties Western in Technicolor with more unusual character relationships than in the prototy...

☆ ☆  ½ The Incredible Journey (1963) – F. Markle Maybe we should have watched the 1993 remake but Amon and I stuck with this vers...

☆ ☆ ☆ Farewell, Friend (1968) – J. Herman A French heist film with Alain Delon and … Charles Bronson?!?  Intriguing, but actually ...

☆ ☆ ☆  ½ 1917 (2019) – S. Mendes We follow (mostly literally, with an endless tracking shot) two young British soldiers stationed...

☆ ☆ ☆ Johnny Apollo (1940) – H. Hathaway Rather soapy gangster drama that probably would have been edgier just a few years later (...