Goodfellas

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7 Most Intense Arguments in Movies, From Marriage Story to Goodfellas

If you love a good verbal sparring, you'll enjoy this list of the seven most intense arguments in movies.

11 months ago
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How the Most Famous Shot in Goodfellas Got Comically Thwarted

The three-minute Goodfellas tracking shot that takes us into the Copacabana nightclub and proves Henry Hill's gangster credentials is one…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

Martin Scorsese at 80: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

Martin Scorsese turns 80 Thursday, and in honor of his birthday, we're sharing this edition of Things I've Learned as…

1 year ago
  • Acting

Robert De Niro to Play Rival Gangsters in Wise Guys From Goodfellas Writer Nicholas Pileggi

Robert De Niro will play two dueling rival gangsters in the new mob movie Wise Guys, written by Goodfellas screenwriter…

2 years ago
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Young Moviemakers on Film’s Future; Arizona Makes Its Move; RIP Paul Sorvino

We spoke with four young filmmakers about the future of film, and they're not fans of TikTok; Sony introduces a…

2 years ago
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Ray Liotta, Goodfellas and The Many Saints of Newark Star, Dies at 67

Ray Liotta, best known for his iconic role as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and for roles in…

2 years ago
  • Screenwriting

How to Start a Script With a Killer Opening Scene

A great opening scene is vital to a successful screenplay and film, especially in the competitive world of screenwriting (and filmmaking)…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

The Real Driver in Green Book Appeared in Goodfellas, The Godfather and The Sopranos

Wondering what Viggo Mortensen's Green Book character, Frank Anthony Vallelonga, did after the film? The man better known as Tony…

4 years ago
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Movie News: Let’s Talk Goodfellas, Satanists and Cults

In today's very dark and scary Movie News Rundown, Miranda July explains how families are like cults; you and your…

4 years ago
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Is The Irishman’s Opening Scene a Goodfellas Callback?

The Irishman opens with a scene that feels like a darkly comic twist on the most famous shot in Goodfellas.…

4 years ago
  • First Draft

10 Screenplay Structures To Flesh Out Your Formless Story

Since we're all spending more time indoors lately, its prime time to write that screenplay you've been putting off. So…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

How the Goodfellas Tracking Shot Went Comically Wrong

Perhaps the most memorable single scene of Ray Liotta's career is also the longest: The stunning sequence in Goodfellas in…

5 years ago
  • Winter 2019

Flash Forward: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is Building a Promising Career With Good Instincts and His Family’s Steadfast Support

"I just always loved and enjoyed watching movies,” says Jorge Lendeborg Jr. of how he got bit by the proverbial bug. “My…

5 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Hollywood’s Four Classic Narrative Types, Part I: When the Bad Guys Win

Cinematic stories give lessons on human thought and behavior. This is their most basic social purpose. The story places a…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Light My Fire: Free Fire’s DP on How Comprehensive Lighting Let Ben Wheatley’s Shoot-Out Flick Go Full Throttle

Free Fire marks the sixth project I’ve shot with writer-director Ben Wheatley. Our story is set in 1978 Boston, so…

7 years ago
  • Movie News

All-Seeing Eye: God’s Front-Row Seat in the Films of Martin Scorsese (Video)

Many of Martin Scorsese's characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we've…

7 years ago
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  • Summer 2015

10 Classic Films and What You Can Steal From Them: Courtesy of The Wolfpack

Watching movies is escape: It’s a tired cliché, but one brought hauntingly to life in first-time director Crystal Moselle’s startling…

9 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned: Thelma Schoonmaker

This Wisdom Wednesday, legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker shares the lessons she's learned from over three decades in the cutting room.…

10 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Thelma Schoonmaker

Academy Award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker's long, presitgious career is one of Hollywood's most enduring, rivaled possibly by her longtime collaborator,…

17 years ago
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Comfortable State of Anxiety: An Interview with Martin Scorsese

A ramble with America’s Greatest Living Director about his long career and his new “eastern western,” Gangs of New York.…

22 years ago