Tag: Casino

  • None of Martin Scorsese’s Other Gangster Movies Top ‘Mean Streets’

    None of Martin Scorsese’s Other Gangster Movies Top ‘Mean Streets’

    “You don’t make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets,” says Martin Scorsese in the opening narration of his formative gangster picture, Mean Streets. This line defined the overarching thematic ideology of Scorsese’s remarkable career, one that powers on with the upcoming release of Killers of the Flower Moon. On…

  • Saul Bass’s Only Credit as Director Is a Weird Horror Movie About Ants

    Saul Bass’s Only Credit as Director Is a Weird Horror Movie About Ants

    Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve seen his work: the hypnotic, dizzying poster for Vertigo (and its iconic opening credit sequence), the vaguely horrifying original poster for The Shining, and a pretty sizable selection of household logos, from Lawry’s to the goddamn Girl Scouts. On top of that, legendary graphic designer Saul Bass…

  • 10 Great Underrated Gangster Movies, According to Reddit

    10 Great Underrated Gangster Movies, According to Reddit

    During the 1930s, Hollywood took notice of the rising popularity of pulp fiction and detective novels was established by classics such as The Public Enemy and Little Caesar. During the New Hollywood Movement, the genre was redefined by Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece, The Godfather, and by the 1990s, movies like Goodfellas, Casino, and Bugsy had…

  • Martin Scorsese’s 10 Best Documentary Movies, Ranked

    Martin Scorsese’s 10 Best Documentary Movies, Ranked

    Martin Scorsese, now in his 80s, is a filmmaker who’s made countless iconic movies over the past 50+ years. While he’s most often celebrated for his influential gangster movies like Goodfellas, Casino, and The Departed, he’s far from someone who only makes movies in that genre. After all, he’s also behind films like After Hours,…

  • The Inspiration for ’Casino’s Gruesome True Story Explained

    The Inspiration for ’Casino’s Gruesome True Story Explained

    Through his decades-long collaboration with Martin Scorsese, Joe Pesci has given audiences a handful of memorable characters. Beginning with Joey Lamotta in Raging Bull, and continuing through with his Oscar-nominated performance as Russell Bufalino in The Irishman, the veteran actor has made a habit of commanding the screen when working with the revered filmmaker, and…

  • 10 Best Las Vegas Movies Like ‘Casino’

    10 Best Las Vegas Movies Like ‘Casino’

    1995 Casino is still recognized as one of Martin Scorsese’s best films, as well as one of the best films set in Las Vegas since it captures the essence of the city and the soul of the casino business. Las Vegas is renowned for its world-famous nightlife and various entertainment alternatives, hence, filmmakers are loaded…

  • Martin Scorsese Had To Scrap Another Movie To Make The Irishman

    Martin Scorsese Had To Scrap Another Movie To Make The Irishman

    Scorsese’s star-studded swan song, “The Irishman,” almost had a totally different plot. When the acclaimed director and his long-time collaborator Robert De Niro decided to team up again for the first time since 1995’s “Casino,” they knew it had to be a project they would both be passionate about. Their initial plans got derailed when…

  • Daniel Craig Says Making ‘Quantum of Solace’ Was a ‘Sh*t-Show’

    Daniel Craig Says Making ‘Quantum of Solace’ Was a ‘Sh*t-Show’

    Daniel Craig’s swan song as James Bond, “No Time to Die,” is finally hitting theaters on October 8 after many pandemic-related delays. That means he’s doing press rounds talking about his latest turn, and turns past, as 007. In a recent interview on The Empire Film Podcast, Craig looked back on making the second of…

  • Jonah Hill Swears the Most of Any Film Actor, Study Shows

    Jonah Hill Swears the Most of Any Film Actor, Study Shows

    Thanks to his foul-mouthed roles in “Superbad” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Jonah Hill swears the most of any film actor, a new study shows.Buzz Bingo analyzed more than 3,500 film scripts to find which has the most swear words and which actors curse the most. Thanks in part to Hill’s performance as Donnie…

  • Martin Scorsese Is in No Rush to See ‘Joker,’ Nearly Quit Filmmaking After ‘The Aviator’

    Martin Scorsese Is in No Rush to See ‘Joker,’ Nearly Quit Filmmaking After ‘The Aviator’

    Ahead of the Golden Globes kicking the final full month of awards season into overdrive, The New York Times has published a lengthy profile of Martin Scorsese, a Globe nominee for Best Director and a near-lock to earn a nomination in the same category at the Academy Awards. Scorsese is a contender this year for…