Tag: Joe Pesci
No Small Parts, Only Small Asses: Leigh Zimmerman as “Fashion Model” in Home Alone 2
In 1992, the world was a much different place. So, too, was New York, which so loves to bill itself as its own world (if [Read More…]
Thinkin’ Bout How Harry and Marv Would Be Out of “Business” During the Age of the Lockdown
We already knew the 90s were a Golden Age in so many ways. A period not just when casual comfort was deemed the height of [Read More…]
The Irishman: A Mafia Epic That Can Only Exist in the Past
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster,” says Irish-American mafioso Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) at the beginning of [Read More…]
The Sam Rothstein Philosophy of Love
As one of Martin Scorsese’s grand opuses of the 1990s, Casino holds grim truths up to the light so that we might all see them [Read More…]
