Scorsese’s success with ‘Color of Money’ (1986) might cause envy
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Two movie stars combine with deeper thoughts about games and life in “The Hustler’s” legacy sequel.
Martin Scorsese
Scorsese’s success with ‘Color of Money’ (1986) might cause envy
‘Executioners’ (1957), ‘Cape Fear’ (1962, 1991) explore limits of modern law
Throwback Thursday (Book and movie reviews): MacDonald’s novel is surprisingly tame, the first movie keeps the censors occupied, and Scorsese’s version finally delivers the shocks.
‘King of Comedy’ (1982) an engrossingly awkward satire of showbiz
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): “Joker” would more robustly explore mental illness, but this previous De Niro film takes a simpler approach.
A neurotic half-century: Every Woody Allen film, ranked
Movie list: I’ve obsessively made my list and checked it twice, and now I need counseling. Here are my rankings of Woody Allen’s films.
3 directing legends team up for ‘New York Stories’ (1989)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Allen, Scorsese and Coppola each contribute a short film to this anthology. Two of the three are winners.
Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ a meditative mob movie
Movie review: Scorsese’s latest turns a Hoffa bio and mob flick into a meditation on what’s important in life.
‘Taxi Driver’ (1976) pounds the mean streets
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Scorsese’s film pounded the mean streets of “Joker” 43 years before it was comic-book cool.