“The movie’s blazing energy is still astounding; the vérité street-scenes are terrific and Scorsese’s pioneering use of popular music is genuinely thrilling.”
Companion Screening to Who’s That Knocking At My Door
Harvey Keitel stars as Charlie: a small-time hood, struggling to juggle his Catholic faith with his responsibility for hot-headed friend, Johnny Boy (a movie-stealing Robert De Niro), his secret relationship with Johnny Boy's epileptic cousin, Teresa (Amy Robinson), and his loyalty to his mafioso Uncle, Giovanni (Cesare Danova). Mean Streets is one of the most influential works of American independent cinema and saw Martin Scorsese emerge as a generation-defining filmmaker. It also made a star of De Niro and set the pair upon one of the greatest actor-director partnerships in cinema history. Basically, if you haven’t seen it already do not miss! sez we.
