Mark Ciemcioch December 12, 2019 Ultimate Movie Year How a real life encounter propelled the action in “Heat” Mark Ciemcioch December 12, 2019 Ultimate Movie Year The presence and relationship between Pacino and De Niro makes "Heat" one of the definitive movies of both of their careers.
Mark Ciemcioch November 24, 2019 Movies 'The Irishman' is a coda for mob movies, and maybe for cinema Mark Ciemcioch November 24, 2019 Movies It would be wrong to accuse Martin Scorsese of only making crime pictures when it accounts for less than half of his career, but as "The Irishman" shows, there are few better filmmakers who grapple with the immorality of powerful men.
Mark Ciemcioch September 19, 2019 Ultimate Movie Year Why ‘GoodFellas’ is an exploration of evil, not an endorsement Mark Ciemcioch September 19, 2019 Ultimate Movie Year The criminality of the men and women of “GoodFellas” is intoxicating, but the lives and bodies left in their wake are sobering.