cheerful cynicism

Mostly because I'm tracking my Scorsese watching with this blog. Also, Leonardo DiCaprio and SO MUCH BOSTON ACCENTEDNESS. 1. Shutter Is...

1. Alice Doesn't Live Her Anymore (1974) managed to fly in the face of my auteur-with-a-misogynist-bent idea of Scorsese. Chronicling ...

Raging Bull (1980) was nominated for many awards and is highly rated in many "best films ever" lists. It won Oscars for Robert De...

I finally got around to Zach Braff's Garden State (2004) and Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) , and I got pretty bored with ...

In pursuit of understanding why Martin Scorsese is a great director, I rented one of his classics, Taxi Driver (1976), and I think I get hi...

After already standing 2 hours with Joe Pesci in Goodfellas , I decided I'd just get the 3 more hours of him out of the way with Casino ...

I've got a lot of time the next few days before I go home for Christmas (thanks weather) so I rented some movies I've always heard a...