Scorsese’s Stations of the Cross: ‘Mean Streets’ at 50
Sean Murphy"Don't you have something you really want to do?" Eternal props to John Cassavetes, mentor not only to Martin Scorsese, but innumerable other apprentices who carried his torch and elevated…
RIP Ronnie Spector, and a Celebration of Sound & Vision
Ronnie Spector in the CBS Records studio in Soho Square. Ronnie is in London to promote her new single 'Say Goodbye to Hollywood', London, circa 1977. (Photo by Tom Sheehan/Sony…
Why Taxi Driver Still Endures
Besides being a masterpiece, Taxi Driver endures in part because the conditions that inspired it endure. Not many critics would name it as the best American movie, and it probably…
Taxi Driver: 40 Thoughts for 40 Years
Not many critics would name it as the best American movie, and it probably would rank as few fans’ favorite films. Is Taxi Driver, nevertheless, the most important American film?…
PUNCH DRUNKER: THE 50 GREATEST MOVIE FIGHTS OF ALL TIME (Part Five)
10. True Romance Yes, Clarence vs. Drexl could easily make the list. But even Oldman’s genius has to take second place to the scene. And you know which scene we’re…
Sinners and Saints (File Under: The Catholic Church is (Still) Decadent and Depraved)
So here is the best thing I've seen this week relating to the Pope slinking away into post-Prada obscurity. Selena Coppock Pope Benedict is stepping down from his official duties,…
The Catholic Church is Decadent and Depraved: Papal Edition
So here is the best thing I've seen this week relating to the Pope slinking away into post-Prada obscurity. Selena Coppock Pope Benedict is stepping down from his official duties,…
A History of Violence
When you think about the distinctive ingredients of Americana, the elements that comprise what we think about when we think of what makes America so...American, it's easy to recite the clichéd…
Farewell to a Goodfella: Henry Hill, R.I.P.
Well, it finally happened, albeit a lot later than many of his enemies would have liked. The world's most famous --and recalcitrant-- bad-guy-turned-FBI-informant, Henry Hill, has passed away at age…
The Catholic Church is (still) Decadent and Depraved
Follow the money. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. These are the two oft-invoked quotes I kept thinking to myself as I read Sabrina Rubin Erdley's piece, "The…