Barfly (1987)

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

Angel Heart (1987)

Angel Heart 1987 movie

A darker shade of Noire. To say this movie was controversial is putting it mildly, a few too-many seconds of Mickey Rourke’s thrusting posterior earned it an X rating – but a little editing wizardry knocked it down to an R before its theatrical run. Not that it benefited at the box office. Still, Alan … Read more