Tagged: marty

The Color of Money

The Color of Money (green, for those wondering) is a 1986 film starring Tom Cruise and Paul Newman as pool players who work together to hustle their unsuspecting opponents – until ultimately they turn...

The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy brings back Robert De Niro as the starring role for the fifth time over Marty’s eight films to date. And for the fifth time, he plays a person that, if...

Raging Bull

I’m very glad I finally got around to watching this. Part of the reason I decided on Scorsese for my director deep dive was to give me an excuse to watch some stone-cold classics...

New York, New York

This film, not the city, stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as they enter a complicated on-and-off again relationship fueled by love, hate, and music. It’s like La La Land, except the audience...

Taxi Driver

I normally try to avoid most spoilers in my articles, but it is not possible to talk about this film without a spoiler warning here. Marty’s fifth feature film, Taxi Driver, follows Travis Bickle...

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Apologies for the three week hiatus. We should be back on-track now. Marty’s fourth feature film was something completely different to him. The film follows Alice, a widow attempting to raise her son while...

Mean Streets

Scorsese’s third film, Mean Streets, is the spiritual sequel to his directing debut, Who’s That Knocking at My Door, both in terms of themes and its star, Harvey Keitel. This is the first time...

Boxcar Bertha

Based on the strength of his first film, Martin Scorsese was hired by producer Roger Corman to direct his next project, Boxcar Bertha, the story of a southern girl turned criminal who goes on...

Who’s That Knocking at My Door

Andddddd we’re back! Welcome to my highly anticipated (at least in my own head) series where I’ll be reviewing all 26 of Martin Scorsese’s feature films in chronological order. I’ve had a great time...

Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese’s new epic film details the growth of true American evil, detailing the systematic murders of the Osage people and conquest of their land after oil is discovered on it. While this was...