Casino
IFC Center, 6th Avenue 323, 10014, Manhattan
About
A screening of the film "Casino", followed by a Q&A with co-screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi after the 6:00 show. Martin Scorsese directs this three-hour epic, based on Pileggi's nonfiction book and reporting, chronicling Chicago and Kansas City mobsters' attempts to infiltrate Las Vegas in the 1970s and '80s, wash dirty money, and skim from the casinos. Robert De Niro stars as handicapper Ace Rothstein, Sharon Stone as his glamorous wife Ginger, and Joe Pesci as the hot-tempered enforcer Nicky Santoro. The film mixes relationship psychodrama, business satire, and bloody gangsterism into a durable work about greed, envy, and bloodshed.
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Critics
7.8Very good
Critics praise the film's bold style, bravura performances, and lasting power, now calling it a Scorsese masterpiece. Faults include its excessive length, familiar territory recalling earlier work, cold characters, and overstuffed storytelling that keeps viewers at a distance.
Reviews: Cinephilia & Beyond, Variety, 150 Word Reviews, TMDb
Trailer
Showtimes
Sun 1 Nov
IFC Center6th Avenue 323, 10014
Venue
IFC Center is in New York City’s Manhattan.
6th Avenue 323, 10014
IFC Center 34 more events- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 178 min
