‘King of Comedy’ (1982) an engrossingly awkward satire of showbiz
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): “Joker” would more robustly explore mental illness, but this previous De Niro film takes a simpler approach.
A neurotic half-century: Every Woody Allen film, ranked
Movie list: I’ve obsessively made my list and checked it twice, and now I need counseling. Here are my rankings of Woody Allen’s films.
3 directing legends team up for ‘New York Stories’ (1989)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Allen, Scorsese and Coppola each contribute a short film to this anthology. Two of the three are winners.
Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ a meditative mob movie
Movie review: Scorsese’s latest turns a Hoffa bio and mob flick into a meditation on what’s important in life.
‘Taxi Driver’ (1976) pounds the mean streets
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Scorsese’s film pounded the mean streets of “Joker” 43 years before it was comic-book cool.