The Warped Shelf – Goodfellas (AFI Top 100 #92)
As far back as we can remember, we’ve always wanted to talk about Goodfellas. And Casino, by extension. It’s all mobs all the time today.Episode #160
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Cinematic Soulmates: Raging Bull and Boogie Nights
Obsession is a favorite topic of many filmmakers, and it’s one that you see recur quite often in cinema. Films as diverse as Sunrise (1927), Amadeus (1984), Zodiac (2007), Jaws (1975) and countless others have all touched upon the subject of obsession in one way or another. Quite often, the films are about the way in which obsession leads to […]
Read moreCinematic Soulmates: The King of Comedy and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
For some people, fame is like a drug, and their desire to attain it becomes the driving force of their lives. This has been the case for a very long time, but it seems to have reached a sort of fevered pitch in the modern era. The rise of “reality television” would seem to bear this out. Indeed, for over […]
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