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After 2 years and 100 episodes we're retiring A Very Good Year and coming back in 2025 with a whole new show. In the meantime we're looking back at some of our favorite guests and favorite movies, by decade.In this episode we're looking at a decade that some people consider a dead zone: the 1950s. As you'll hear it was a great decade for movies. Ever heard of a guy named Hitchcock? I rest my case.Featuring the talents of Sheila O'Malley, Glenn Kenny, James Urbaniak, Beatrice Loayza, Aisha Harris, and one of the best to ever do it, Mr. Phillip Lopate.Thank you for listening! For show notes - including where to stream this week's movies, links to referenced media, and more - subscribe on Buttondown at https://buttondown.email/AVeryGoodYear. https://plus.acast.com/s/a-very-good-year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes first time feature filmmaker Malcolm Washington. His directorial debut is The Piano Lesson, adapted from the August Wilson play. Then, film critic Glenn Kenny stops by to talk about his new book The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface. And for The Treat, Curb Your Enthusiasm star Susie Essman talks about the person who has inspired her most.
In Cineversary podcast episode #76, host Erik Martin honors the 50th anniversary of the greatest sequel ever made, The Godfather Part II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. This time around he's joined by Harlan Lebo, author of The Godfather Legacy, and Glenn Kenny, film critic and author of Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. Together, they explore what makes Part II an exemplary follow-up to the original, how the movie remains evergreen, key themes that resonate today, and much more. Learn more about the Cineversary podcast at www.cineversary.com and email show comments or suggestions to cineversarypodcast@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cineversary/support
This week on “BETA,” film critic Glenn Kenny takes us behind the scenes of the 1983 gangster film, “Scarface.” Also, tragedienne, Julia Masli, is ready to solve problems. And author […]
Ep. 265: Venice 2024: Glenn Kenny on The Room Next Door, I'm Still Here, Wolfs, Separated, Finally, The Brutalist Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 81st Venice Film Festival is underway, and I'm podcasting from on site about the latest movies to screen. This time I chatted with critic Glenn Kenny (Roger Ebert, The New York Times) about a number of titles including The Room Next Door (directed by Pedro Almodóvar), I'm Still Here (Walter Salles), Separated (Errol Morris), Wolfs (Jon Watts), and Finally (Claude Lelouch), with notes on a couple of restorations. Glenn also weighs in on The Brutalist and One to One: John & Yoko. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
In a Very Special Edition of the LGM podcast, Rob and I had a great conversation with the great critic and friend of the blog Glenn Kenny about his new wonderful new book The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface. We talk about Brian De Palma's legacy as a “great artist and serious man,” […] The post LGM Podcast: Say Hello to My Little Friend appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.
In a Very Special Edition of the LGM podcast, Rob and I had a great conversation with the great critic and friend of the blog Glenn Kenny about his new wonderful new book The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface. We talk about Brian De Palma’s legacy as a “great artist and serious man,” […] The post LGM Podcast: Say Hello to My Little Friend appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.
DePalma, Stone, Pacino, Montana. We are joined by Glenn Kenny (author of The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface) to discuss excess, capitalism, happiness, tigers, sunken bathtubs, cocaine economics, and also the movie Scarface! Is it "Scar-face" or "Scarf-ace"? Who knows! Join us!
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew. An unflinching confrontation of humanity's dark side, Brian De Palma's crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino's masterful characterization of Tony Montana to the iconic "Say hello to my little friend," Scarface maintains its reputation as an unwavering game changer in cult classic cinema. With brand-new interviews and untold stories of the film's production, longtime film critic Glenn Kenny takes us on an unparalleled journey through the making of American depictions of crime. The World Is Yours highlights the influential characters and themes within Scarface, reflecting on how its storied legacy played such a major role in American culture. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.
This week on “BETA,” film critic Glenn Kenny takes us behind the scenes of the 1983 gangster film, “Scarface.” Also, tragedienne, Julia Masli, is ready to solve problems. And author […]
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew.An unflinching confrontation of humanity's dark side, Brian De Palma's crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino's masterful characterization of Tony Montana to the iconic “Say hello to my little friend,” Scarface maintains its reputation as an unwavering game changer in cult classic cinema.With brand-new interviews and untold stories of the film's production, long-time film critic Glenn Kenny takes us on an unparalleled journey through the making of American depictions of crime. The World Is Yours highlights the influential characters and themes within Scarface, reflecting on how its storied legacy played such a major role in American culture.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew. An unflinching confrontation of humanity's dark side, Brian De Palma's crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino's masterful characterization of Tony Montana to the iconic "Say hello to my little friend," Scarface maintains its reputation as an unwavering game changer in cult classic cinema. With brand-new interviews and untold stories of the film's production, longtime film critic Glenn Kenny takes us on an unparalleled journey through the making of American depictions of crime. The World Is Yours highlights the influential characters and themes within Scarface, reflecting on how its storied legacy played such a major role in American culture.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.
THE WORLD IS YOURS: THE STORY OF SCARFACEAuthor Glenn Kenny joined the show to talk:Amazing performances by Al Pacino… Michelle Pfeiffer played his wifeMary Elizabeth Mastrantonio played his sister GinaSteven Bauer his buddy F Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia, Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad)Casting is everythingPhoto Courtesy: The Movie 'Scarface' To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
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Glenn Kenny is the author of the new book “The World Is Yours: The Story of ‘Scarface,' and is one of our favorite film critics and scholars in general. He's here to talk about the mighty 1954, a less-discussed year that gave us everything from “The Seven Samurai” to “Rear Window” to “The Creature from the Black Lagoon.” For show notes - including where to stream this week's movies, links to referenced media, and more - subscribe on Buttondown at https://buttondown.email/AVeryGoodYear. https://plus.acast.com/s/a-very-good-year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, I'm rejoined by Glenn Kenny to discuss his new book The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface. Among the topics discussed: What a Scarface directed by Sidney Lumet might have looked like; how the movie secured an R rating rather than a commercially disastrous X; and whether or not Scarface is a “political” movie. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to listen to our previous encounter (and pick up his book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, it's a hoot). And please share this with a friend!
In this episode, we welcomed producer/director, DP and educator Jem Schofield. Jem has been a fixture in the industry for over twenty years — helping educate filmmakers about cinematography, lighting, cameras, lenses, producing, and much more. He's also created content for leading groups such as NAB, LinkedIn Learning, AbelCine, Apple, B&H, Canon, RØDE, Sony, Westcott, and ZEISS. In our chat, Jem shares all about his journey into the business, what types of projects he works on, his educational content — and other insights on production workflows and technology.Check out Jem's YouTube series hereThe Making Of is presented by AJA Video Systems:Maximize the production power of AJA BRIDGE LIVEWhether facilitating remote production, two-way interviews, live event streaming, multi-cam backhaul, field contribution, confidence monitoring, collaborative production, or ABR ladder profiles, AJA BRIDGE LIVE supports many streaming and contribution codecs, including NDI, H.265, H.264, MPEG-2, JPEG 2000, and now JPEG XS. The device also includes support for RTMP, ST2022-7 hitless redundancy, and input auto-reconfiguration for video and audio formats. Learn more at www.aja.com/bridge-liveNew Life Cine is a marketplace committed to getting specialized, professional cinema equipment into the hands of creators and provides a safe, transparent, solution to sell gear that no longer has a place on your set. NLC is known for their technical expertise and consultations, intimate knowledge of used and resale values, and friendly ‘white glove' service. They offer financing + escrow services for new and used gear. NLC believes that taking the uncertainty out of buying and selling used cinema equipment makes for happier filmmakers and lets the creativity flow!Check out all the gear hereZEISS CinCraft Scenario Meet the only real-time camera tracking system that works indoors and outdoors, on film sets, with green and blue screens and in LED volumes. That uses natural markers, reflective markers, and even digital markers on LED screens. That provides camera tracking data for real-time use and records it for post-production. And that integrates lens characteristics to skip the cumbersome lens calibration process. Meet ZEISS CinCraft Scenario.Featured Industry Event:Women in Media's Annual Holiday Toast Women In Media, a leading organization dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion within the entertainment industry, announces that its Annual Holiday Toast to Legendary Women in the Industry is being held on Dec 16, 2023 at the renowned Hotel Sofitel in Beverly Hills. 2023 Honorees include Natasha Foster-Owens, SVP, Production at HBO (Insecure, Divorce, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Staircase, Wizard of Lies) Jen Underdahl, VP: VFX at Marvel Studios (Loki, WandaVision, The Avengers), Stephanie Filo, Editor (2023 three-time Emmy Nominee for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, A Black Lady Sketch Show, History of the World: Part II) and Dianne Farrington, Camera Operator on Moesha, Mad About You, The Nutty Professor, and Cinematographer on Making the Five Heartbeats.Learn more and reserve tickets here!Film Book of the Month:In the first ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can't get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film's major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. Browse hereOWC Thunderbolt Go DockThe OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock is the first of its kind, full-featured Thunderbolt dock with a built-in power supply and 11 ports, for additional ease and connectivity while on the Go. It's a one-dock solution that works with all past, present and future Thunderbolt and USB devices and accessories. Visit hereCSS Music is the go-to production Music Library for the Film, TV and A/V markets. CSS offers thousands of tracks in every genre and style — helping producers and editors score their latest projects with licensing to fit any budget, from Royalty-Free or needle drop to Gratis (free) for qualified projects. With its easy-to-use search capability, great service and high-quality music, CSS has continued to serve the community since 1982. Browse the collection: cssmusic.com Any questions? Email info@cssmusic.comPodcast Rewind:Nov. 2023 - Ep. 21…The Making Of is published by Michael Valinsky.To promote your products to over 8,200 film & TV industry pros reading this newsletter, contact us at mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe
This week we're going back to 1960s Europe with The Man From UNCLE! Join us as we learn about black market weapons, kidnapped scientists, amphibious cars, CIA recruitment, and more! Sources: "Nazis and Axis Collaborators Were Used to Further US Anti-Communist Objectives in Europe; Some Immigrated to the United States," Report by the Comptroller of the United States, 1985. Available at https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87M01152R000300410001-8.pdf CIA Tried to Get Mafia to Kill Castro: Documents. Reuters, available at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-secrets-idUSN2636255220070626 Kidnapping of Dr. Walter Linse: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/openness-russia-and-eastern-europe-intelligence/2022-05-11/secret-war-germany-cias ""Kidnapped" scientist is back at Soviet Embassy," The Times of India (19 September 1967): 7. "West German Rocket Act Kidnapped," The Arizona Post (Tucson, AZ), 5 October 1962, 3. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82000867/1962-10-05/ed-1/seq-3/ "Israeli Held by Swiss; Claim Bid To 'Coerce' German Scientists," The Jerusalem Post (17 March 1963): 1. Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Yale University Press, 2014). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkz54.15 TV Tropes: "Kidnapped Scientist," https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KidnappedScientist "Remarks By President Barack Obama In Prague As Delivered," 5 April 2009, (Prague, Czech Republic), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-barack-obama-prague-delivered Sue Branford, "Nuclear secret is out," The Observer (28 June 1981): 11. Siegfried Buschschluter, "Bonn denial on S. Africa arms," The Guardian (15 August 1977): 6. Anthony Tucker, "Terrorist nuclear bombs 'feasible'," The Guardian (24 December 1973): 4. "The Amphibious Car that Lyndon Johnson Used to Prank People," available at https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/amphicar-president-johnson-1960s/ "8 Amphibious Cars You Never Knew Existed," available at https://www.wilsonvilletoyota.com/blog/social/fun/8-amphibious-cars-you-never-knew-existed/ IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E._(film) Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_man_from_uncle Glenn Kenny, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Roger Ebert . com (11 August 2015), https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-man-from-uncle-2015 Peter Bradshaw, "The Man from UNCLE review: Style paired with deathly boring substance," The Guardian (11 August 2015). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/11/the-man-from-uncle-review-style-paired-with-deathly-boring-substance Julie Miller, "The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal," Vanity Fair (11 March 2021). https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal
Ep. 203: Venice 2023 with Glenn Kenny: The Killer, Caine Mutiny, Orson Welles TV, Making Of, Restorations Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I'm your host, Nicolas Rapold. For the last day of the 80th Venice Film Festival. I'm back again with Glenn Kenny of The New York Times and RogerEbert.com to chat about a cavalcade of films. Titles include: David Fincher's The Killer; William Friedkin's final film, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; Orson Welles's Portrait of Gina, a 1958 documentary about Gina Lollobrigida for an unrealized TV series; Cedric Kahn's Making Of; the documentary Frank Capra: Mr. America; and restorations of Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev and Arturo Ripstein's Deep Crimson. He also shares his thoughts on other films like Poor Things, and on the Biennale College film funding program. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 3, 2023 is: upbraid up-BRAYD verb To upbraid someone is to speak to them in an angry or critical way in response to something they have done wrong—in other words, to scold them. // The teacher upbraided the class after discovering the chalkboard erasers had been clapped all over the walls. See the entry > Examples: “Shot mostly in black-and-white, with amusing bits of animation included (the scene in which Troyal is upbraided for ordering a steak well-done is a quirky comedic highlight), this movie gets better the more it strays from its real-life models and into hazy hallucinatory American weirdness.” — Glenn Kenny, The New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023 Did you know? First things first: do not confuse upbraid with topknot lest you be upbraided for it. Topknot is a noun referring to a hairstyle, while upbraid is a verb (and an ancient one at that) meaning “to criticize or scold severely.” However, it may soothe your pride to know that the braid in upbraid likely comes from the same source as our hirsutal verb braid, meaning “to do up (the hair) by interweaving three or more strands.” That source is the Old English word bregdan, which could be used to mean “to snatch,” “to move suddenly,” or “to plait,” i.e. “braid.” The Old English verb ūpbregdan is probably a combination of this bregdan with ūp, meaning “up.” If the connection between moving suddenly upward at someone and berating them seems obscure, you might consider upbraid to be a more formal counterpart of the expression “to get/be in someone's face.”
Ep. 198: Venice 2023 with Glenn Kenny: Ferrari, Dogman, Hollywoodgate Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I'm your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 80th Venice Film Festival has begun, and I'll be reporting from Venice about the movies that are making their premieres. For the first episode, I'm joined by Glenn Kenny of The New York Times and RogerEbert.com. We discuss Michael Mann's highly anticipated Ferrari, Luc Besson's Dogman, and Ibrahim Nash'at's extraordinary Taliban documentary Hollywoodgate, and Glenn shares what other movies he's looking forward to seeing. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
This week on Special Sauce, Kenji and film critic Glenn Kenny dig into The Menu, the satirical horror comedy film set in an exclusive restaurant on a private island. The film, starring Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor Joy, skewers foodies, the ultra wealthy, celebrity chefs, and so much more.
This week we're going back to the Old West with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs! Join us as we learn about dry counties, whether or not birds can count, bank robbery, the Chautauqua, and more! Sources: A.V. "Why America Still Has 'Dry Counties'," The Economist, available at https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/06/05/why-america-still-has-dry-counties Nancy Kay Tisdale, The Prohibition Crusade in Arizona. MA Thesis, 1965. Full text available at https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/551788/AZU_TD_BOX252_E9791_1965_251.pdf?sequence=1 Chautaqua: An American Narrative. PBS. Available at https://www.pbs.org/video/chautauqua-an-american-narrative-chautauqua-an-american-narrative/ Kelsey Ables, "What is Chautauqua? The Site of the Rushdie Attack Has a Long History," Washington Post, available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/08/13/chautauqua-history/ Jacky Emmerton, "Birds' Judgments of Number and Quantity," Avian Visual Cognition https://pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/emmerton/ Hank Davis and Jeff Memmott, "Counting Behavior in Animals: A Critical Evaluation," Psychological Bulletin 92:3 (1982): 547-71. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hank-Davis/publication/232453414_Counting_behavior_in_animals_A_critical_evaluation/links/555b44e808ae8f66f3ad5120/Counting-behavior-in-animals-A-critical-evaluation.pdf Joe Nickell, "Animal Shows" Secrets of the Sideshows, 299-321 (University Press of Kentucky, 2005). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcf40.16 Michael T. Caires, "Building a Union of Banks: Salmon P. Chase and the Creation of the National Banking System," New Perspectives on the Union War edited by Gary W. Gallagher and Elizabeth R. Varon, 160-85 (Fordham University Press, 2019). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvh1dnpx.10 E. Michael Rosser and Diane M. Sanders, "Overview of Banks and Mortgage Banking in the United States," A History of Mortgage Banking in the West: Financing America's Dreams, 19-40 (University Press of Colorado, 2017). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1vz4910.7 John Warnock, "Tucson: A Place-Making," Journal of the Southwest 58:3 (2016): 361-616. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26310194 Brian D. Behnken, "Bandits Everywhere: Anti-Mexican Violence, Mexican and Mexican American Resistance," Borders of Violence and Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835-1935 (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469670140_behnken.11 Robert M. Utley, "Who Was Billy the Kid?" Montana The Magazine of Wester History 37:3 (1987): 2-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4519066 Stuart H. Traub, "Rewards, Bounty Hunting, and Criminal Justice in the West: 1865-1900," Western Historical Quarterly 19:3 (1988): 287-301. https://www.jstor.org/stable/968233 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_ballad_of_buster_scruggs Peter Bradshaw, "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs review - the Coens' brutal salute to the western," The Guardian, 31 August 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/31/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-review-coen-brothers-western Glenn Kenny, "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," RogerEbert.com 9 November 2018, https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-2018 Terry Gross interview, Fresh Air, https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692636652/filmmakers-joel-and-ethan-coen-on-singing-cowboys-and-working-with-oxen Claire Lampen, "All the Allegations Against James Franco," The Cut 13 July 2022. https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/all-the-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-james-franco.html BBC News, "Liam Neeson bemoans sexual harassment 'witch hunt' in Hollywood," 13 January 2018, https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-42675667 BBC News "Liam Neeson in racism storm after admitting he wanted to kill a black man," 5 February 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47117177
Ep. 136: Venice: Master Gardener, Dead for a Dollar, A Couple, Sergio Leone doc, with Glenn Kenny Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I'm your host, Nicolas Rapold. This time at the Venice Film Festival, I talk with critic Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.Com and The New York Times about Paul Schrader's Master Gardener, Walter Hill's Dead for a Dollar, Frederick Wiseman's A Couple, and documentaries about Sergio Leone and Richard Harris. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow's Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass
How two New York classics captured the essence of Times Square then – and what they tell us about it now. No two films capture the urban grime and desperate time of New York City in the late 1960s and 1970s like John Schlesinger's “Midnight Cowboy” and Martin Scorsese's “Taxi Driver.” Both films set much of their action in Times Square (and specifically on “The Deuce,” the block of porno houses and grindhouses on 42nd between Seventh and Eighth Avenues), evocatively documenting that district in its heyday – or its nadir, depending on who you talk to. In this episode, we'll examine the history of Times Square, and its evolution from Gotham's epicenter of sex to its soulless current iteration, as well as the making of “Midnight Cowboy” and “Taxi Driver.” And in telling those stories, we'll look at how the “Disneyfication” of Times Square mirrors the suburbanization of New York, and ask what was lost (and gained) in the transition. Our guests are “Midnight Cowboy” cinematographer Adam Holender, film critic and historian Glenn Kenny, historian and author Kim Phillips-Fein, and “Taxi Driver” director Martin Scorsese. Check out our website at funcitycinema.com for more information and episodes.
In this episode we talk with Glen Kenny about his book called, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. We talk about his conversations with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and others connected to Goodfellas. It's a fun conversation, so have a listen and enjoy. I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers. https://www.amazon.com/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503Thanks for listening!
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 2021 Venice Film Festival series of podcasts continues with a deluxe installment featuring Glenn Kenny, a New York Times and RogerEbert.com contributor. It's Glenn's first time on the podcast and he makes up for lost time with a feast of movies: Dune from Denis Villeneuve, Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers, Paul Schrader's The Card Counter, The Cathedral (a sample selection from the Biennale-funded section), and documentary on an outré horror filmmaker, Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess. You can support this podcast and read show notes with links at: rapold.substack.com Opening music: “Monserrate” by The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass
Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas hit cinemas thirty years ago like a shot to the back of the head. Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and an amazing Ray Liotta, the film climbed the crime ladder of hits wrong by wrong, now standing toe to toe with The Godfather and The Sopranos. New York journalist and film critic Glenn Kenny has written the definitive book on the film – Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas – an essential read for all you mooks out there. John Bleasdale talked to him about the film, his book and its impact and we got on like The Bamboo Lounge on fire.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bloody. Unnerving. Thrilling. Thirty-plus years after its release, Goodfellas still packs a punch. Or should I say a kick in the head? Martin Scorsese directed the movie. Based on Wiseguy, a book by Nicholas Pileggi about the gangster Henry Hill, Goodfellas stars Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco. The movie is renowned for its tracking shots, a wise-cracking and crazy-violent Joe Pesci, a shocking opening, complex and shifting storytelling and a heady mix of intimidating Italian guys. In this episode, I interview Glenn Kenny, the author of Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas about what he learned while researching and writing his book. Kenny is a film critic whose work has appeared in the New York Times and RogerEbert.com.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 17, 2021 is: purloin per-LOYN verb : to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust Examples: "A comfortable career of prosperity, if it does not make people honest, at least keeps them so. An alderman coming from a turtle feast will not step out of his carnage to steal a leg of mutton; but put him to starve, and see if he will not purloin a loaf." — William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 1848 "White Fox, played with brisk, exemplary swagger by Hsu Feng, is a master thief employed by a corrupt landowner who wants to purloin a priceless sutra from a Buddhist monastery." — Glenn Kenny, The New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020 Did you know? The word purloin features in the title of a famous Edgar Allan Poe story in its past tense form: "The Purloined Letter" was included in Poe's 1845 Tales, and involves the search for a letter that a cabinet minister has stolen and is now using to blackmail the rightful owner, an unnamed woman of royalty. When Poe opted for purloin for his story, he was employing a term in use since the 15th century with the meaning "to put away; to inappropriately take or make use of." The word had earlier use, now obsolete, with the meaning "to set aside; to render inoperative or ineffectual," a meaning that links more clearly to the word's Anglo-French origin: purluigner means "to prolong, postpone, set aside," and comes from pur-, meaning "forward," and luin, loing, meaning "at a distance." Its ultimate root is Latin longus, long, meaning "long."
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 17, 2021 is: purloin per-LOYN verb : to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust Examples: "A comfortable career of prosperity, if it does not make people honest, at least keeps them so. An alderman coming from a turtle feast will not step out of his carriage to steal a leg of mutton; but put him to starve, and see if he will not purloin a loaf." — William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 1848 "White Fox, played with brisk, exemplary swagger by Hsu Feng, is a master thief employed by a corrupt landowner who wants to purloin a priceless sutra from a Buddhist monastery." — Glenn Kenny, The New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020 Did you know? The word purloin features in the title of a famous Edgar Allan Poe story in its past tense form: "The Purloined Letter" was included in Poe's 1845 Tales, and involves the search for a letter that a cabinet minister has stolen and is now using to blackmail the rightful owner, an unnamed woman of royalty. When Poe opted for purloin for his story, he was employing a term in use since the 15th century with the meaning "to put away; to inappropriately take or make use of." The word had earlier use, now obsolete, with the meaning "to set aside; to render inoperative or ineffectual," a meaning that links more clearly to the word's Anglo-French origin: purluigner means "to prolong, postpone, set aside," and comes from pur-, meaning "forward," and luin, loing, meaning "at a distance." Its ultimate root is Latin longus, long, meaning "long."
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 17, 2021 is: purloin per-LOYN verb : to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust Examples: "A comfortable career of prosperity, if it does not make people honest, at least keeps them so. An alderman coming from a turtle feast will not step out of his carriage to steal a leg of mutton; but put him to starve, and see if he will not purloin a loaf." — William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 1848 "White Fox, played with brisk, exemplary swagger by Hsu Feng, is a master thief employed by a corrupt landowner who wants to purloin a priceless sutra from a Buddhist monastery." — Glenn Kenny, The New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020 Did you know? The word purloin features in the title of a famous Edgar Allan Poe story in its past tense form: "The Purloined Letter" was included in Poe's 1845 Tales, and involves the search for a letter that a cabinet minister has stolen and is now using to blackmail the rightful owner, an unnamed woman of royalty. When Poe opted for purloin for his story, he was employing a term in use since the 15th century with the meaning "to put away; to inappropriately take or make use of." The word had earlier use, now obsolete, with the meaning "to set aside; to render inoperative or ineffectual," a meaning that links more clearly to the word's Anglo-French origin: purluigner means "to prolong, postpone, set aside," and comes from pur-, meaning "forward," and luin, loing, meaning "at a distance." Its ultimate root is Latin longus, long, meaning "long."
Today we travel back to 1819 Manchester with Peterloo! Join us as we get really fired up and talk about casualties of the Peterloo Massacre, women in the reform movement, and more! Sources: Peterloo Casualties: "Lists of the killed and wounded from the Peterloo Massacre" https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/lists-of-the-killed-and-wounded-from-the-peterloo-massacre "Ian Hernon, Riot! Civil Insurrection from Peterloo to the Present Day (Pluto Press, 2006). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18fs8hm.6 and https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18fs8hm.7 and https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18fs8hm.8 and https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18fs8hm.9 " Katrina Navickas, "Peterloo and the changing definition of seditious assembly," Protest and the politics of space and place, 1789-1848 (Manchester University Press, 2016), 82-105. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1b3h98h.11 Robert Poole, "'By the Law or the Sword': Peterloo Revisited," History 91:2 (April 2006): 254-276. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24427836 "Historian tracks down living descendants from rare Peterloo veterans photograph," Manchester Metropolitan University (15 August 2019). https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/?id=10817 National Archives, HO 42/198 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1905817 Protestors and Symbolism: Murray Pittock, "Henry Hunt's White Hat: The Long Tradition of Mute Sedition," Commemorating Peterloo: Violence, Resilience and Claim-making during the Romantic Era eds. Michael Demson and Regina Hewitt, 84-99 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvnjbgpx.9 Katrina Navickas, ""That sash will hang you": Political Clothing and Adornment in England, 1780-1840," Journal of British Studies 49:3 (July 2010): 540-65. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23265378 Peter Linebaugh, "The Red Cap of Liberty," Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard (University of California Press, 2019), 384-95. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvd1c81c.39 Paul A. Pickering, "Class without Words: Symbolic Communication in the Chartist Movement," Past & Present 112 (August 1986): 144-62. https://www.jstor.org/stable/651001 J. David Harden, "Liberty Caps and Liberty Trees," Past & Present 146 (February 1995): 66-102. https://www.jstor.org/stable/651152 James Epstein, "Understanding the Cap of Liberty: Symbolic Practice and Social Conflict in Early Nineteenth-Century England," Past & Present 122 (February 1989): 75-118. https://www.jstor.org/stable/650952 Surviving banner: http://rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/127936/only-surviving-protest-banner-from-1819-peterloo-massacre-unveiled-at-touchstones Film Background: Indie Film Hustle, "Mike Leigh: Writing a Screenplay with Improvisation and Actors," available at https://indiefilmhustle.com/mike-leigh/ Daniel Schindel, "Mike Leigh on Why His New Film on an 1819 Massacre Feels Eerily Relevant Today," Observer, available at https://observer.com/2019/04/mike-leigh-on-why-his-new-film-about-an-1819-massacre-feels-eerily-relevant-today/ Glenn Kenny, Review on Rogerebert.com, available at https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peterloo-2019 Scout Tafoya, The Unloved, Part 69: Peterloo, available at https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/the-unloved-part-69-peterloo Mary Fildes: Reenactment of Mary Fildes' Petition, available at Remembering Peterloo, https://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2019/07/18/remembering-peterloo-protest-satire-and-reform/ EP Thompson, Making of the English Working Class, 1963. EP Thompson, Customs in Common. The New Press, 1980. Ashley J. Cross, "What a World We Make the Oppressor and the Oppressed: George Cruikshank, Percy Shelley, and the Gendering of Revolution in 1819." ELH 71, 1 (2004) Iain McCalman, "Females, Feminism, and Free Love in an Early Nineteenth Century Radical Movement," Labour History 38 (1980) Christina Parolin, "The She-Champion of Impiety: Female Radicalism and Political Culture in Early-Nineteenth Century England," in Radical Spaces: Venues of Popular Politics in London 1790-1845. ANU Press. James Epstein, "Understanding the Cap of Liberty: Symbolic Practice and Social Conflict in Early-Nineteenth-Century England," Past and Present 122 (1989) John Tyas and Journalism: News UK Archives, Peterloo Massacre (Includes scanned copy of Tyas's article). Available at https://medium.com/@NewsUKArchives/peterloo-massacre-f7ad4d156130 News UK Archives, Times Editor Before a Cabinet Council (Scanned Letter to the Editor). Available at https://medium.com/@NewsUKArchives/times-editor-before-a-cabinet-council-4a43e4d8da02 Stephen Bates, "The Bloody Clash That Changed Britain," Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/04/peterloo-massacre-bloody-clash-that-changed-britain Margaret Holborn, "How Peterloo Led to the Founding of the Manchester Guardian," Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/2019/aug/15/how-peterloo-led-to-the-founding-of-the-manchester-guardian
NOTE: This show and others on this channel contains adult language, jokes and situations that are intended strictly for a mature audience! If you are too young or too sensitive for this material then please do not watch or listen to our show, thank you! Welcome to Episode SEVENTEEN of our ongoing Pop Culture discussion, THE GEEKING SQUAD PODCAST! On this show, the three hosts (Larry, Megan, and Vito) discuss topics that are currently in the news or being discussed by the folks over in the Geeking Squad group on Facebook. Topics covered are always things appealing to geeks like us! From Star Wars to Star Trek, superhero movies and comics, sci-fi, horror, and action/adventure, as well as weird and funny stories in the news dealing with UFOs, ghosts, mysteries and conspiracies and much more! All for fun and always with a laugh! In this episode: - Show introduction and hellos- Larry and Vito can't understand why Megan doesn't love the G.I. JOE PSA parody videos from years back. - WHAT'S SHAKIN' BACON? segment:- BILL BURR FIRES BACK AT STAR WARS FANS COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS ACCENT!- LARS MIKKELSEN SIGNED TO PLAY GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN- LIAM NEESON REVEALS HE'D RETURN AS GUI-GON JINN- LUCASFILM WANTS CHRIS PRATT FOR YOUNG INDIANA JONES- GODZILLA VS KING KONG RELEASE DATE SET FOR MARCH!- ULTRA THIN MATERIAL "GRAPHINE" DEVELOPED THAT CAN STOP BULLETS? -Commercial break for THE PRESCRIBED FILMS PODCAST NETWORK (The PFPN) - SQUADTALK segment intro:- The hosts discuss a recent story about some space debris of some sort that passed by Earth, and how certain people such as Harvard professor Avi Loeb has theorized that it's debris from an alien civilization. They discuss their own theories and Megan comes up with some very unusual (and unlikely) ideas on how to find potentially hidden alien visitors in space.... -"SO WHADDAYOU SUGGEST?" RECOMMENDATIONS segment: -VITO suggests checking out the channel of musician PATRICK PIETSCHMANN, who does keyboard playthroughs of various pieces of popular songs and scores utilizing cool MIDI and video technology. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs7O9sOUQiBGBxaaAguIwig -MEGAN recommends checking out the show, "COUPLES COURT" on YouTube, featuring a husband & wife 'The Cutlers', presiding over various battling couples in a court setting. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCis8-aFFycLZgNI4bqNcE5g -LARRY suggests checking out the book "MADE MEN: THE STORY OF GOODFELLAS" by Glenn Kenny, an in-depth look at the making of the Martin Scorsese film with lots of never before heard tales and insights. https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Made-Men/Glenn-Kenny/9781335016508?id=7194241431079 PODCAST/CHANNEL SUGGESTION this episode we suggest you check out the YouTube channel PUSHINGUPROSES, an entertaining and great channel by another fellow Midwest based host, doing great comical reviews of classic television shows like "Murder, She Wrote", "Magnum P.I.", "Goosebumps" and much more! https://www.youtube.com/user/pushinguproses If you'd like to help support the show, visit our Patreon page for info - https://www.patreon.com/Geekingpoetic We are a part of the Prescribed Films Podcast Network! Check out their website to get links to our show, as well as all the other great shows they have to offer - https://www.thepfpn.com Facebook - @geekingpoeticInstagram - @geekingpoeticTwitter - @geeking_poetic #PopCulture #GeekCulture #PushingUpRoses #GeekingPoeticPodcast #thePFPN
Mike and Dan are joined by Glenn Kenny, who talks about his new book, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. After explaining the genesis of the book, Glenn jumps into the 15 Minute Film Fanatics formation, discussing his overall impressions of the film, one of his favorite moments, and what he thinks of the ending. Along the way, they also discuss the film's initial test audiences, how the film portrays a closed "in or out" world of violence and sadism, and the viewer's relationship with Henry Hill. So stop making the meatballs, hide from that helicopter, and join us for an extended episode about a film that's universally admired and quoted. Thanks again to Glenn Kenny for joining us. Get a copy of Made Men on Amazon or wherever books are sold. Please follow or subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and on Twitter @15MinFilm. You can also contact us at fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com. Incredible bumper music by John Deley.
Since our last conversation was cut short by the delivery of a new over, author Glenn Kenny returns to share gangster stories and talk about his book Made Men. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50353733-made-men See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week’s guest is Glenn Kenny, the author of the excellent new book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. Glenn is is a film critic whose work appears in the New York Times and Roger Ebert dot com. He has also written for The Current, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, the New York Daily news, Playboy, Film Comment, and other publications. In addition to Made Men, Glenn is the author of Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor and the editor of an excellent collection of essays about Star Wars, A Galaxy Not So Far Away.
When we think of the past four years of the Trump administration, the analogies to The Godfather come immediately to mind. The reality truly reflects the sometimes magisterial and always violent family saga of the large organized crime familyBut what about for the foot soldiers that have been corrupted by Trump? Those who have taken on his imprimatur to lie, steal and cheat. To understand them, we need to go back 30 years and look at Nicholas Pileggi's Wise guys, later to become the movie Goodfellas.The movie was iconic and perhaps we could have learned form from it. Glenn Kenny digs keep into the movie, and those lessons in his book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. My conversation with Glenn Kenny:
Ted is back this week to talk with Glenn Kenny, who's been writing knowledgeable, incisive film criticism with verve, discursive sentences, attitude, and the pop culture acumen of a rock critic for decades. On this episode we discuss his new book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, his love of Martin Scorsese's film and filmmaking, both from encyclopedic and a proximity standpoint, his New Jersey upbringing, the literary influence Nabokov had, and his time at Premiere magazine in the '90s when it was in competition with Entertainment Weekly. Also: his love of the grand cross-pollinating pop-cultural narrative histories of Greil Marcus, his influence from Lester Bangs, why Aleksei German's Hard to Be a God is actually an amazing screwball comedy worth 12 viewings, his book on Robert DeNiro, and why that actor takes the roles he's taken for the last few decades.Glenn Kenny is a film critic whose work currently appears in the New York Times and RogerEbert.com. He has also written for The Current, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, the New York Daily News, Playboy, Film Comment, and was formerly an editor for Premiere magazine. He also publishes on his blog, Some Came Running.Ted Haycraft is film critic for WFIE-14 and co-hosts Cinema Chat on its Midday show. He can also be found on Cinema Chat's Facebook page.
This week at the Silver Screen Video we are happy to have writer/author/movie critic Glenn Kenny. You can currently pick up Glenn's book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas wherever books are sold. You will not be disappointed. It's perfect for fans of the film as well as fans of movies in general. You can also read numerous other things Glenn has written at Rotten Tomatoes, Criterion, NY Times, and more. We were happy to have him joining us this week and hope you guys enjoy the episode. See link below if you would like to leave us a voicemail. Just make an account, which is free and easy, and you'll be able to leave us a voicemail. https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/message Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to email at silverscreenvideopodcast@gmail.com with any comments or thoughts. Also be sure to follow us on Instagram @silverscreenvideopodcast or Twitter @SilverVideo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/support
On this special episode, Mike talks with author Glenn Kenny about his new book, Made Men, the Story of Goodfellas, a terrific tome all about Martin Scorsese's seminal 1990 gangster film.Get the book at https://amzn.to/2Kj23AbLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this special episode, Mike talks with author Glenn Kenny about his new book, Made Men, the Story of Goodfellas, a terrific tome all about Martin Scorsese's seminal 1990 gangster film. Get the book at https://amzn.to/2Kj23Ab
Steve interviews Kenny Albert (00:12:23) from NBC and Fox Sports. Kenny talks about being in the NHL's inner bubble, teaming up with Jonathan VIlma, and calling a high school football game. Kenny also talks about Doc Emrick retiring, the NFL's safety protocols. and the Howard Stern Show. Also, Glenn Kenny (01:02:22)debuts to talk about his new book about the cinematic classic, Goodfellas. Glenn explains why he wrote a book about Goodfellas, the bizarre life of Henry Hill, and meeting Martin Scorsese. Glenn also talks about Joe Pesci, his favorite scenes in the movie, and the movie starting with a violent scene. Steve starts the show talking about the Ivy League's decision to cancel hockey season. The book club talks about a new book not working out and lays out the plan for the rest of 2020. OLT ends the program with Steve bringing on a guest to make a very special announcement. For more information follow the podcast on twitter @sports_casters Email: thesportscasters@gmail.com
This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with film critic and writer Glenn Kenny, whose new book “Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas” details the making of Martin Scorsese’s iconic film about New York City mobsters. Kenny talks about the surprising impact on tabloid tv on the aesthetic of the film as well as the people behind the scenes who were hugely important to the film’s success.
Why we all need to think about growing our own food.Marjory Wildcraft is a former Real Estate executive that is now devoted to educating us that food scarcity is more common than we could imagine.Wildcraft is the founder of The Grow Network, half a million people connect to grow food from balconies to back yards across the country.Also, stopping by is film critic Glenn Kenny, with his new book in time for the 30th anniversary of Goodfellas.What stories he has of the background of the making of the movie.His new book, called Made Men, The Story of Goodfellas.
In the second hour, Dan Bernstein and Leila Rahimi were joined by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk to discuss the latest NFL storylines. Bernstein and Rahimi then listened and reacted to sound from Bears coaches at their media sessions Tuesday. Later, they were joined by Glenn Kenny, the author of "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The thirteenth episode of Boxdin, a podcast where young people talk about movies while being literally boxed in. This week we talked to acclaimed film critic and author Glenn Kenny. Glenn took us through his amazing new book "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas", a vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese's signature film. Hope you enjoy! Glenn's book: https://www.amazon.com/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29LOKYZFRCC8P&dchild=1&keywords=made+men+the+story+of+goodfellas&qid=1602259457&sprefix=made+men+%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1 Glenn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/glenn__kenny?lang=en
A well-respected veteran critic who is based in New York, Glenn Kenny has written for publications such as Premiere Magazine - which is where I first read his byline in the '90s - as well as Film Comment, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone. He also contributes reviews to The New York Times and RogerEbert.com.Additionally, a film professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Glenn is the author of the books Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor, along with today's brand new release Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, and has appeared in such films as Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience and Ricky D'Angelo's The Sky is Clear and Blue Today.Looking back on his career writing about film, music, and video components, in this highly entertaining chat, Glenn shares his evolution as an entertainment writer and also gives us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at Scorsese, De Niro, Pileggi, Goodfellas, and what class is like with Professor Kenny at NYU.Originally Posted on Patreon (9/15/20) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41636882Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive
How does your career stay on track at a time of very high unemployment, great technological change and enormous uncertainty? We explore these questions and much more with one of the advertising industry's most successful commercial directors. When he was 23, Bruce Van Dusen was desperate for a job. For the next 40 years, he thought that every commercial that he made would be his last. With a mix of audacity, determination, and hard work, plus a dash of deep personal insecurity, Bruce developed a remarkable knack for crafting stories that could be told in 30 seconds. His wise and highly entertaining new book is "60 Stories About 30 Seconds: How I Got Away With Being a Pretty Big Commercial Director Without Losing My Soul (Or Maybe Just Part of It)."We discuss some lessons Bruce learned along the way-- lessons that he wished he had known when he started out in his crazy, fast-changing industry. Such as: Go to a meeting any time anywhere; Treat all famous people like they're not; Nothing lasts forever unless you tinker with it all the time.Listen to Crazy Eddie "I Know He's Crazy, But Is He Alive?", one of the many hilarious stories from Bruce's book here.Recommendation: Jim is reading "Made Men. The Story of Goodfellas", by Glenn Kenny. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. In the first ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can’t get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film’s major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas (Hanover Square, 2020) shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. Glen Kenny is a long-time film critic based in New York. He currently writes for RogerEbert.com and the New York Times. His Twitter handle is @Glenn_Kenny. Joel Tscherne is an Adjunct History Professor at Southern New Hampshire University. His Twitter handle is @JoelTscherne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. In the first ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can’t get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film’s major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas (Hanover Square, 2020) shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. Glen Kenny is a long-time film critic based in New York. He currently writes for RogerEbert.com and the New York Times. His Twitter handle is @Glenn_Kenny. Joel Tscherne is an Adjunct History Professor at Southern New Hampshire University. His Twitter handle is @JoelTscherne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. In the first ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can’t get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film’s major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas (Hanover Square, 2020) shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. Glen Kenny is a long-time film critic based in New York. He currently writes for RogerEbert.com and the New York Times. His Twitter handle is @Glenn_Kenny. Joel Tscherne is an Adjunct History Professor at Southern New Hampshire University. His Twitter handle is @JoelTscherne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. In the first ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can’t get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film’s major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas (Hanover Square, 2020) shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. Glen Kenny is a long-time film critic based in New York. He currently writes for RogerEbert.com and the New York Times. His Twitter handle is @Glenn_Kenny. Joel Tscherne is an Adjunct History Professor at Southern New Hampshire University. His Twitter handle is @JoelTscherne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. About the Author Glenn Kenny is a long time film critic based in New York. He has written for publications such as Film Comment, the Village Voice, and Rolling Stones and contributes film reviews to the New York Times and RogerEbert.com. He teaches film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is the author of "Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor" and has appeared in films such as Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience" and Ricky D'Angelo's "The Sky Is Clear and Blue Today." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support
Film critic Glenn Kenny went to see a struggling Martin Scorsese at his New York office around Christmas 1989, and found him working on a new, tabloid TV-inspired gangster movie about a mobster named Henry Hill. The film, of course, became Goodfellas, one of the greatest movies of all time. To mark its 30th anniversary, Kenney just released the excellent Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. Treat yourself to it right here.In this episode, Kenny quickly wins us over with a reference to the classic SNL sketch "The Chris Farley Show," then shares stories of the tough spot Scorsese was in as he made Goodfellas; the gangster who connects Goodfellas, The Godfather and Green Book; and talking with Scorsese again a few days after The Irishman's Oscars shutout. Also, the Tom Cruise and Madonna idea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, we're joined by critic and author Glenn Kenny to talk Goodfellas and his book on the film, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. We try very hard to sound smart! You can buy Glenn's book (which is fantastic!) right here: https://www.amazon.com/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On the latest LGM podcast, Erik, Paul and me spoke with longtime friend of the blog Glenn Kenny about his superb new book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. I will have more about it in a follow-up post, but suffice it to say it’s the best book of its kind I’ve read since Julie […]
For Cineversary podcast episode #27, host Erik Martin wears a wire and goes undercover with film critic Glenn Kenny, author of the new book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, to uncover the secrets behind perhaps the greatest mob movie ever made, “Goodfellas,” directed by Martin Scorsese, which celebrates a 30th anniversary this month. Erik and Glenn explore why this film is worth commemorating all these years later, its cultural impact and legacy, what we can learn from the picture today, how it has stood the test of time, and more. Learn more about the Cineversary podcast at tinyurl.com/cineversarypodcast and email show comments or suggestions to cineversegroup@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cineversary/support
Glenn Kenny chats with Trey Elling about MADE MEN: THE MAKING OF GOODFELLAS, including: Joe Pesci's initial reluctance in playing Tommy, the origin of the 'how am I funny' scene, real-life bad guys In the secondary cast, how Michael Imperioli impressed Robert De Niro in a few days on the set as the Spider character, how Tommy's death disproves a supposed nobility within the mob, Martin Scorsese's love of picking music for his films, Barbara De Fina as the unsung hero in getting the film made, and much more.
Author Sharon Dolin looks at her life through the lends of Alfred Hitchcock movies. Also, Stephen Graham Jones on his horror novel, "The Only Good Indians." And we explore the enduring appeal of "Goodfellas" with film critic Glenn Kenny.
Goodfellas expert, author Glenn Kenny on why it matters. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An exploration of Kubrick's seminal Vietnam War film with a panel of special guests including actors Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio, Kubrick's personal assistant Leon Vitali, cinematographer Douglas Milsome, journalist and author Tim Cahill, Vietnam veteran and film professor Harry Haines, film and philosophy professor Daniel Shaw. author Randy Rasmussen (Stanley Kubrick: 7 Films Analyzed), writer Jason Sanford, critics Glenn Kenny and Keith Uhlich, and a never-before-released interview with Kubrick himself. Access over 60 hours of bonus content by becoming a Patreon supporter of the series. Visit TheKubrickSeries.com or Patreon.com/TheKubrickSeries for more details. Support this podcast
An assortment of Kubrick's closest collaborators and various critics and analysts examine the mysteries of Kubrick's masterpiece of horror, which stands as his most mainstream and pleasing, yet deceptively cryptic works. Guests include actor and Kubrick's long-time personal assistant Leon Vitali, Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, assistant director Brian W. Cook, film critics Glenn Kenny, Keith Uhlich, Robert Castle and Tony Macklin, personal assistant Tony Frewin, Stephen King authority and author Tony Magistrale, authors Randy Rasmussen, R. Barton Palmer, Geoffrey Cocks, and Mario Falsetto, film professor Steve Mamber, author and filmmaker Jay Weidner, ABC News reporter Bill Blakemore, ROOM 237 filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Tim Kirk, director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), and film analyst John Krysko. Hosted by Jamey DuVall. Support this podcast
In celebration of one of the most beautifully photographed and haunting films ever made, our panel of special guests explore the rewards of Kubrick's costume epic Barry Lyndon. Guests include actor and long-time Kubrick assistants Leon Vitali and Tony Frewin, writer/director Neil Labute (Your Friends and Neighbors), assistant directors Andy Anderson and Brian Cook, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, author Randy Rasmussen, critics Glenn Kenny, Robert Horton and Keith Uhlich, and film professor Steve Mamber. Hosted by Jamey DuVall. Support this podcast
Goodfellas expert, author Glenn Kenny on why it matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're pleased to present our very first bonus episode, in which we talk a bit about making "Fight the Power," expand on some of the themes within it, preview our next installment, and share our full, one-hour interview with author Brandon Harris ("Making Rent in Bed-Stuy"). These bonus episodes will only be available to Patreon subscribers starting next month, but we decided to drop one on the main feed so you get a sense of what's coming down the line. On that note, we tease our September bonus episode. You see, this spring, when Jason interviewed Martin Scorsese for the book, the filmmaker shared a sacred document: his list of 60+ essential New York movies. This is (as far as we can tell!) a Fun City Cinema exclusive. So we're going to walk through that list with you next month, with the help of film critic and historian Glenn Kenny, author of https://www.amazon.com/dp/1335016503/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_FJrsFb91RF01V (Made Men: The Story of 'Goodfellas,') - which is also out next month, coincidentally enough (not coincidentally). So that's what's on the horizon. Here's the bonus episode. Hope you enjoy it. Support this podcast
All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 85, I critic/writer for The New York Times and RogerEbert.com and author of the much anticipated *Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas,* Glenn Kenny. Glenn and I discuss President's dynamism, endless rewatchability and that they don't make motion pictures like this anymore. About Glenn Kenny ( via Roger Ebert dot com ( https://www.rogerebert.com/contributors/glenn-kenny#:~:text=He%20has%20made%20numerous%20television,that%20borough%20with%20his%20wife. ) ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Kenny is the editor of A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Writers and Artists On 25 Years of 'Star Wars' (Holt, 2002) and the author of Robert De Niro: Anatomy of An Actor (Phaidon/Cahiers du Cinema, 2014). His writings on the arts have appeared in a wide variety of publications, which include the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , Rolling Stone , the Village Voice , Entertainment Weekly , Humanities , and others. From the mid-1990s to the magazine's 2007 folding, he was a senior editor and the chief film critic for Premiere. There he commissioned and edited pieces by David Foster Wallace, Tony Kushner, Martin Amis, William Prochnau, and other well-regarded writers. He also wrote early features on such soon-to-be-prominent motion picture figures as Paul Thomas Anderson and Billy Bob Thornton. He currently contributes film reviews and essays to RogerEbert.com ( http://rogerebert.com/ ) and Vanity Fair Online, Decider, the Criterion Collection website, and other outlets. He has made numerous television and radio appearances and appears as an actor in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience , and Preston Miller's 2010 God's Land. He was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has been a resident of Brooklyn since 1990; he lives in that borough with his wife. *Twitter:* @Glenn__Kenny ( https://twitter.com/glenn__kenny?lang=en ) *Outlets: The New York Times, RogerEbert.com, Glenn's blog "Some Came Running"* Blu-Ray Consumer Guide: June 2011 ( https://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2011/06/blu-ray-consumer-guide-june-2011.html ) - Glenn Kenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *All The President's Men* (Warner) Cinematographer Gordon Willis has gone on record ( http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/04/whv_screwed_up.php ) calling this hi-def version a botch, and complaining, quite justifiably, at not having been even contacted with a notion to being consulted on it. And it's true—if the cinematographer's alive and still has eyes and so one, he or she ought to be consulted. And then you get Vittorio Storaro and his unusual ideas concerning aspect ratios and you…oh, never mind. In any event, the Blu-ray of this classic and still extremely engaging thriller DOES render colors little toward the hot side, particularly in the scenes set in the Washington Post offices—the red filing cabinets do look as if they've been freshly painted. Redford IS very golden and blonde. And so on. On the plus side, I have to say that this only really registers as a distraction when you're concentrating on these details. In a lot of other respects, the new detail really enhances the absorbing viewing experience. But still. Come on. *— B-* *Glenn's Book,* Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas ( https://www.amazon.com/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503 ) , is available from 15 September 2020. *For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese's signature film Goodfellas , hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made.* When Goodfellas first hit the theatres in 1990, a classic was born. Few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture, one that would inspire future filmmakers and redefine the gangster picture as we know it today. From the rush of grotesque violence in the opening scene to the iconic hilarity of Joe Pesci's endlessly quoted "Funny how?" shtick, it's little wonder the film is widely regarded as a mainstay in contemporary cinema. In the first-ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas , film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can't get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film's major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Kenny was the esteemed critic of Premiere Magazine for many years before beginning his own blog at somecamerunning.typepad.com. He now reviews films for MSN. Support this podcast
The seventh episode of Boxdin, a podcast where young people talk about movies while being literally boxed in. This episode we talked about the work of controversial new director S. Craig Zahler, including his films "Bone Tomahawk", "Brawl in Cell Block 99", and "Dragged Across Concrete". We were also joined by acclaimed film critic and author Glenn Kenny. Glenn spoke to us about Zahler's films and his new book about the making of GoodFellas; "Made Men: The Story of GoodFellas". You can pre-order "Made Men" at the links below: https://www.amazon.ca/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/made-men-glenn-kenny/1136665462 A Sentenza Films Movie Podcast
An exploration of Kubrick's seminal Vietnam War film with a panel of special guests including actors Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio, Kubrick's personal assistant Leon Vitali, cinematographer Douglas Milsome, journalist and author Tim Cahill, Vietnam veteran and film professor Harry Haines, film and philosophy professor Daniel Shaw. author Randy Rasmussen (Stanley Kubrick: 7 Films Analyzed), writer Jason Sanford, critics Glenn Kenny and Keith Uhlich, and a never-before-released interview with Kubrick himself. Support this podcast
An exploration of Kubrick's seminal Vietnam War film with a panel of special guests including actors Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio, Kubrick's personal assistant Leon Vitali, cinematographer Douglas Milsome, journalist and author Tim Cahill, Vietnam veteran and film professor Harry Haines, film and philosophy professor Daniel Shaw. author Randy Rasmussen (Stanley Kubrick: 7 Films Analyzed), writer Jason Sanford, critics Glenn Kenny and Keith Uhlich, and a never-before-released interview with Kubrick himself. Access over 60 hours of bonus content by becoming a Patreon supporter of the series. Visit TheKubrickSeries.com or Patreon.com/TheKubrickSeries for more details.
An assortment of Kubrick's closest collaborators and various critics and analysts examine the mysteries of Kubrick's masterpiece of horror, which stands as his most mainstream and pleasing, yet deceptively cryptic works. Guests include actor and Kubrick’s long-time personal assistant Leon Vitali, Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, assistant director Brian W. Cook, film critics Glenn Kenny, Keith Uhlich, Robert Castle and Tony Macklin, personal assistant Tony Frewin, Stephen King authority and author Tony Magistrale, authors Randy Rasmussen, R. Barton Palmer, Geoffrey Cocks, and Mario Falsetto, film professor Steve Mamber, author and filmmaker Jay Weidner, ABC News reporter Bill Blakemore, ROOM 237 filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Tim Kirk, director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), and film analyst John Krysko. Hosted by Jamey DuVall. Support this podcast
An assortment of Kubrick's closest collaborators and various critics and analysts examine the mysteries of Kubrick's masterpiece of horror, which stands as his most mainstream and pleasing, yet deceptively cryptic works. Guests include actor and Kubrick’s long-time personal assistant Leon Vitali, Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, assistant director Brian W. Cook, film critics Glenn Kenny, Keith Uhlich, Robert Castle and Tony Macklin, personal assistant Tony Frewin, Stephen King authority and author Tony Magistrale, authors Randy Rasmussen, R. Barton Palmer, Geoffrey Cocks, and Mario Falsetto, film professor Steve Mamber, author and filmmaker Jay Weidner, ABC News reporter Bill Blakemore, ROOM 237 filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Tim Kirk, director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), and film analyst John Krysko. Hosted by Jamey DuVall.
In this episode, we go after the New York Times reviewer Glenn Kenny over his ridiculous review of Shia Labeouf's "Honey Boy", which was directed by Alma Ha'rel and written by Shia himself. And then we talk about Shia's earlier 2019 starring role in Peanut Butter Falcon. Oh yeah and we drink some beer. Oh yeah, and Glenn Kenny, you're wrong.
This week Patrick and an expert panel of film historians, cultural commentators, writers and critics discuss Martin Scorsese's iconic movie 'Taxi Driver'. Joining Patrick on the panel were Dr Harvey O Brien, author of 'Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back' and an assistant professor at the School of English, Drama and Film, UCD, Glenn Kenny, film critic and journalist for the New York Times and the author of 'Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor', Dr Todd Berliner, Professor of Film Studies, University of North Carolina and the author of 'Hollywood Incoherent: Narration in Seventies Cinema', Dr Julie Lobalzo Wright, Fellow in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick and the author of 'Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Music Stars inAmerican Cinema' and film writer, teacher and cultural critic Dr Jonathan Kuntz, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Just in time for the episode that frustrated the broadest set of Twin Peaks viewers, New York Times / rogerebert.com (rogerebert.com) writer Glenn Kenny joins us to tackle the upside of frustration, as well as many, many other tangents, including the show's possible riffing on Lynch's real-life persona and the new series' sneaky ties to soap-opera aesthetics.
Neste programa, Marcos Beccari e Rogério de Almeida inauguram o Cinema Não Obstante, uma série sobre filmes que você não precisa assistir para ouvir. O filme aqui discutido é "The End of the Tour" (James Ponsoldt, 2015), baseado no bestseller "Although of course you end up becoming yourself" (2010), em que David Lipsky relata uma entrevista fracassada com o escritor David Foster Wallace. Edição: Felipe Ayres Arte da vitrine: Marcos Beccari >> 0h8min28seg Pauta Principal Links - Artigo “Pressão Pedagógica e Imaginário Cinematográfico Contemporâneo”, de Rogério de Almeida: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xcrstOnll5ptv38teXoZQAZIfUhNPCCm/view?usp=sharing - Matéria “Why The End of the Tour isn't really about my friend David Foster Wallace”, de Glenn Kenny (2015): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/29/why-the-end-of-the-tour-isnt-really-about-my-friend-david-foster-wallace - Processo Seletivo PPGDesign UFPR - Turma 2019: http://www.prppg.ufpr.br/site/ppgdesign/pb/processo-seletivo/ - Orientação de Marcos Beccari no PPGDesign: https://marcosbeccari.com/ufpr/pos-design/ - Assine o feed do Não Obstante: feed.naoobstante.com/. - Patreon do AntiCast (que patrocina o Não Obstante): www.patreon.com/anticastdesign. - Site Não Obstante: www.naoobstante.com/.
Part two of the epic summing up of cinema in 2013 - featuring Graeme Tuckett, Liam Maguren, Marie O'Sullivan, David Larsen, Sarah Watt and Glenn Kenny.
Jeff with Glenn Kenny and Drew McWeeney
Jeff with Glenn Kenny and Drew McWeeney
Jeff with Ed Douglas from Coming Soon
In episode #1 of The Cinephiliacs, Peter sits down with the former Premiere and current MSN Movies chief film critic Glenn Kenny to talk about his life reviewing movies. Glenn discusses his early childhood reading about films he never thought he would see, his days as a minor rock star and music critic, and eventually finding his way to Premiere. The two also explore his habit of policing bad criticism, his issues with Joe Swanberg, and his relationship with David Foster Wallace. Finally, they get into the Michelangelo Antonioni film, Blow-Up, examining how it refutes categorization (and how Antonioni turns a photo shoot into cinema's greatest sex scene). 0:00-4:20 - Act One: Establishing Shots 4:37-1:35:37 - Act Two: Deep Focus – Glenn Kenny 1:36:25-1:52:12 - Act Three: Double Exposure – Blow-Up (Michaelangelo Antonioni) 1:52:13-1:53:29 - Close
Aspect Radio March 6, 2010 Hosts: Ben Flanagan, Corey Craft Guest: Glenn Kenny CLICK HERE TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD!!! We happily welcomed back film critic Glenn Kenny, whose blog you can read at somecamerunning.typepad.com, to discuss the latest from Martin Scorsese, Roger Ebert and tonight’s Oscar ceremony. Follow us on Twitter! Send any other feedback to 90.7movies@gmail.com […]
Aspect Radio March 6, 2010 Hosts: Ben Flanagan, Corey Craft Guest: Glenn Kenny CLICK HERE TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD!!! We happily welcomed back film critic Glenn Kenny, whose blog you can read at somecamerunning.typepad.com, to discuss the latest from Martin Scorsese, Roger Ebert and tonight’s Oscar ceremony. Follow us on Twitter! Send any other feedback to 90.7movies@gmail.com […]