\u201cTaxi Driver\u201d the 1976 film classic directed by renowned filmmaker, Martin Scorsese, is the first film in the four-part screening and lecture series offered by The Film Institute titled \u201cSunday\u2019s with Scorsese,\u201d which will be hosted by film critic and author, Stephen Whitty. \u00a0Realizing that not everyone\u2019s tastes run to Scorsese, the Institute is also offering a \u201cFriday Night Frights,\u201d a free horror film series.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSundays with Scorsese,\u201d kicks off on February 4, from 2-5 p.m. in the newly opened, state of the art Presentation Hall in the School of Communications and Media facility. The second film in the series will be a February 11 showing of another Scorsese film, the 1980 classic, \u201cRaging Bull,\u201d followed by \u201cAfter Hours\u201d on February 18 with a special appearance by screenwriter, Joe Minion. \u00a0On February 25, the series will conclude with 1990\u2019s \u201cGoodFellas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Considered to be one the finest American film directors, Martin Scorsese has made some of the most important and influential films in cinema history. The screening and lecture series offers a tour of New York City where Scorsese was born, raised, and began his career. Each film is set in a singular and, for Scorsese, significant neighborhood. \u00a0Stephen Whitty, film critic and host of \u201cSundays with Scorsese,\u201d says, “New York City isn’t just a character in Martin Scorsese’s movies — it creates his characters, from the SoHo hipsters of “After Hours” to the Bronx battlers of “Raging Bull,” the Times Square hustlers of “Taxi Driver” to the outer-borough strivers of “GoodFellas.” Scorsese’s films both brings New York neighborhoods alive and preserves them forever, and I’m looking forward to taking a tour of them over a month of Sundays.”<\/p>\n