Tag Archives: Taxi Driver

“There’s nothing you can tell me about guilt.” — Martin Scorsese

Posted on November 17, 2025 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. It will be a huge loss when this man goes. He holds up the torch for continuity of cinema history, and his breadth and depth of knowledge – which he is so eager to share – … Continue reading →

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“It’s important not to indicate. People don’t try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.” — Robert De Niro

Posted on August 17, 2025 by sheila

I haven’t written about the majority of his roles – not for lack of admiration (and in some cases, awestruck wonder) – but here is what I have written: I included his “you talkin’ to me” scene in my gigantic … Continue reading →

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Things done and seen in Chicago

Posted on July 5, 2022 by sheila

I haven’t flown in three years, maybe more. There’s still a lot of stress in going out into the world and mingling with the populace. Plane tickets are insanely expensive right now too. But I was determined to take a … Continue reading →

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Robert De Niro sleeping, God’s eye view

Posted on July 4, 2022 by sheila

Taxi Driver Mad Dog and Glory

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Nowhere Man

Posted on March 21, 2022 by sheila

He’s so incredibly handsome but it hurts – it literally hurts – to even look at him in this. It’s like a magic trick.

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Mirrors #5: For Oscilloscope: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Posted on May 9, 2019 by sheila

Here it is, a piece I have wanted to write for years, and finally got around to it. For Oscilloscope: Mirror, Mirror: When Movie Characters Look Back at Themselves

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Great Movie Posters

Posted on August 12, 2016 by sheila

A meme has been going around Facebook to post your favorite movie poster of “a great film.” It’s been a lot of fun to see all the different artwork posted by people. Figured I’d share some of them. First, I … Continue reading →

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From Tales of Hoffmann to Taxi Driver: My Interview with Legendary Editor Thelma Schoonmaker

Posted on March 11, 2015 by sheila

The Tales of Hoffmann, a filmed opera from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, opens in a brand-new 4K restoration at The Film Forum this Friday. Scorsese’s long-time Oscar-winning editor (and the wife of the late Michael Powell) Thelma Schoonmaker supervised … Continue reading →

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Jennifer McCabe on Acting: “Bring Yourself.”

Posted on March 8, 2012 by sheila

Jennifer McCabe I met Jennifer McCabe in 1995 when we both were grad students at the Actors’ Studio MFA Program in Manhattan. We became friends, of a sort, during our 9 a.m. dance classes at the Alvin Ailey Dance Studio … Continue reading →

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God’s Lonely Man: Taxi Driver Restored

Posted on March 29, 2011 by sheila

Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s lonely man… In honor of Taxi Driver‘s 35th anniversary, a stunning new 35mm restoration is now making the arthouse rounds, … Continue reading →

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