Cannon Films

Phantom of the Opera (1989)

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Phantom of the Opera

At the time of its release in 1989, the Broadway musical was reaching it’s fever pitch, so it made sense that Menahem Golan, true to form, would attempt to cash-in on its success with a modern horror-splattered take on the classic story. It still leans heavily into gothic atmosphere, but this Phantom throws Robert Englund … Read more

Barfly (1987)

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Charles Bukowski's Barfly (1987).

Charles Bukowski makes a movie. You can smell Barfly (1987) before you even hit play. That hot, fetid stink of beer sweat and piss-soaked alleyways under a neon buzzing like a swarm of flies hitting a dirty bug zapper. It’s a film that shouldn’t exist – too grimy for prestige, too literary for the Ivar … Read more