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Vinyl, Ep. 1.07: “The King And I” might mark Richie’s turning point
Vinyl, Season 1, Episode 7: “The King and I” Written by David Matthews Directed by Allen Coulter Airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO If Vinyl has managed to convey one thing about Richie’s personality, it’s that he never does anything halfway. He has to run his business with a constant pipeline of cocaine direct to his nose. […] More
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Vinyl, Ep. 1.06: Richie Is Trapped in a Destructive “Cyclone”
Vinyl, Season 1, Episode 6: “Cyclone” Written by Carl Capotorto & Erin Cressida Wilson Directed by Nicole Kassell Airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO If it succeeds at anything, Vinyl knows how to do a good coke scene. Bobby Cannavale has perfected the wild-eyed look of someone who’s been doing cocaine for three days straight, […] More
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Vinyl, Ep. 1.05: “He in Racist Fire” turns up the heat
Vinyl, Season 1, Episode 5: “He in Racist Fire” Written by Adam Rapp Directed by Peter Sollett Airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO The revelation from last week’s episode of Vinyl was that the show can be hilarious when it wants to be. It was a necessary discovery, because Vinyl would eventually implode if it chose to […] More
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Vinyl, Ep. 1.04: “The Racket” finds the series hitting its stride
Vinyl, Season 1, Episode 4: “The Racket” Written by Debora Cahn Directed by S. J. Clarkson Airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO Perhaps Vinyl has regained its footing. The first three episodes of the series were filled with drama – Richie falling off the wagon, murdering Buck Rogers, and threatening his already shaky marriage. The episodes were […] More
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Vinyl, Ep. 1.03: “Whispered Secrets” struggles to juggle storylines
Richie takes a backseat in an episode that introduces a particularly sedate real-life rock star. More
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Vinyl, Ep. 1.02: “Yesterday Once More” finds a solid groove
A more streamlined second episode still has some kinks to work out. More
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Vinyl, Ep. 1.01: “Pilot” shows great promise
Vinyl, Season One, Episode One: “Pilot” Written by Terence Winter and George Mastras Directed by Martin Scorsese Airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO It seemed inevitable that Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger would work together at some point. After all, The Rolling Stones have created the essential music of Scorsese’s life, and his films would […] More
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‘Taxi Driver’s 40th Anniversary: No Escape for God’s Lonely Man
America has always possessed a winning mentality, and proudly boasts about it at any passing opportunity. Between politicians who claim the United States is the greatest country in the world – with no statistical data on hand to back such claims, no less – and college frat boys wearing tees or tank tops that read […] More
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‘Raging Bull’ still transcends genre at 35
Martin Scorsese’s ‘Raging Bull’—oft-cited these days as the director’s magnum opus— first premiered in New York on November 14, 1980 to a volley of mixed reviews. At least, that’s what the Internet would have modern researchers believe. More
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Watch a new trailer for Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter HBO series ‘Vinyl’
Following the success of Boardwalk Empire, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter are once again partnering on a new HBO series titled Vinyl. Set in 1970s New York, the series will explore the drug- and sex-fueled music business as punk and disco were breaking out, all through the eyes of a record executive trying to resurrect […] More
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‘Goodfellas’ at Twenty-Five and its Gray American Dream
Goodfellas turned 25 on Sunday. We were introduced to Henry Hill and his gangster cohorts in a world where Martin Scorsese had never won an Oscar. It was a world where The Godfather was the reigning champion of gangster films, uncontested, except possibly for The Godfather Part II. Goodfellas introduced us to a new kind of […] More
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New on Video: ‘Day for Night’
“Day for Night,” a much loved, widely awarded, and truly joyous work about the trials and triumphs of making a film and the extraordinary power of motion pictures as objects of affection and obsession. More
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