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Martin Scorsese's Best Marriage of Film and Music Is Showcased in 'Goodfellas'

Martin Scorsese is a master filmmaker and often just as brilliant at incorporating music into his work. Nowhere have those skills shone brighter than in Goodfellas.

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The Tragedy of the Family Game in 'The Road to Perdition'

Sam Mendes’ virtuoso control behind the camera mesmerizes and hypnotizes, his depiction of Depression-era America a stasis of tragedy, each death inevitable but slow to ferment.

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The Gangster Film Reader by Alain Silver and James Ursini [Eds]

In an age when gangsters have given way to gangstas, it's refreshing to find a book that takes the older breed seriously.

David Sterritt

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Shallow Graves

Martin Scorsese's hotly tipped Oscar fave, The Departed, plumbs the depths of the psychological and sociological motives of violence, loyalty, and duty.

Michael Patrick Brady

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The Departed (2006)

The Departed's understanding of identity is deeply rooted in place and culture -- South Boston, Irish Catholicism, masculine rituals.

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The 50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far

Jackie Chan's 10 Best Films

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Martin Scorsese's Best Marriage of Film and Music Is Showcased in 'Goodfellas'

Martin Scorsese is a master filmmaker and often just as brilliant at incorporating music into his work. Nowhere have those skills shone brighter than in Goodfellas.

The Tragedy of the Family Game in 'The Road to Perdition'

Sam Mendes’ virtuoso control behind the camera mesmerizes and hypnotizes, his depiction of Depression-era America a stasis of tragedy, each death inevitable but slow to ferment.

New book examines the mystery of the 'Scarface' phenomenon

The Gangster Film Reader by Alain Silver and James Ursini [Eds]

In an age when gangsters have given way to gangstas, it's refreshing to find a book that takes the older breed seriously.

Shallow Graves

Martin Scorsese's hotly tipped Oscar fave, The Departed, plumbs the depths of the psychological and sociological motives of violence, loyalty, and duty.

The Departed (2006)

The Departed's understanding of identity is deeply rooted in place and culture -- South Boston, Irish Catholicism, masculine rituals.

For Leonard DiCaprio, Scorsese's 'The Departed' was one film to kill for

Jack Nicholson loves being the 'nice juicy bad guy' in Scorsese's 'Departed'

The 50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far

Ahead of the Curve: An Interview with Patrice Rushen

The Cost of Comfort: Racial Hierarchies in 'King of the Hill'

Fujiya & Miyagi Debut Stunning Vince Clarke remix of "Fear of Missing Out"(premiere)

On the Permeable Place between Science and the Supernatural

Janet LaBelle's "I Only See You" Is Spare, Haunting Ballad (premiere)

18th & Addison Bemoan "Leeches" in New Video (premiere)

Fujiya & Miyagi Debut Stunning Vince Clarke remix of "Fear of Missing Out"(premiere)

The Mariachi Ghost Frame the Duality of Humankind in "Cuerpo Mortal" (premiere)

Eleni Mandell Sings of Friendship, Hope for the Future on "Evelyn" (premiere + interview)

Electro-Worldbeat's Azam Ali Shares Mesmering Video for "Phantoms" Ahead of New LP (premiere)

Hustle and Drone Take Pop in a Dark Direction Via "Stranger" (premiere)

FYKE's "Antisocial" Highlights Social Anxiety Disorder (premiere)

Dirt Poor Robins Revel in Cinematic Fatalistic Glory on "Scarecrows" (premiere)