(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Taxi Driver (1976), directed by renowned filmmaker, Martin Scorsese, is the first film in the four-part screening and lecture series hosted by film critic and author, Stephen Whitty. “Sundays with Scorsese,” kicks off on February 4, from 2:00pm-5:00pm in the newly opened, state of the art Presentation Hall in the School of Communications & Media at Montclair State University. The second screening in the series will be on February 11 with Raging Bull (1980) followed by After Hours (1985) on February 18 with a special appearance by screenwriter, Joe Minion. The series will conclude on February 25 with GoodFellas (1990).
Wildly considered to be one the finest American film directors, Martin Scorsese has made some of the most important and influential films in cinema history. This 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. Stephen Whitty, film critic and host of “Sundays with Scorsese,” 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."
Director of Programming at the Film Institute at Montclair State, Susan Skoog, an instructor in the school’s Filmmaking program, said, "A mission of the Film Institute is to show classic films the way they were intended, on the big screen with an audience, which we began with the “Sundays with Hitchcock” series in the Fall. This winter, we are beyond thrilled to bring the ferocious power of Martin Scorsese’s films to our students and the community, many of whom never had the chance to see these cinematic masterpieces in the theatre.”
“Sundays with Scorsese” will continue every Sunday in February from 2:00pm-5:00pm in the Presentation Hall in the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State.
The Schedule for the “Sundays with Scorsese” series is as follows: Taxi Driver - February 4; Raging Bull - February 11; After Hours - February 18; GoodFellas - February 25.
About Stephen Whitty: A two-time former chair of the Circle, Stephen Whitty writes for the New York Daily News, The Star-Ledger, nj.com and many other sites, newspapers and national magazines. He has his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the arts and has taught and lectured at NYU, Rutgers, Baruch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of the Moving Image and the New York Public Library. He appears regularly as a guest on television and radio, and as a juror at film festivals; his most recent book is “The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia.”
About The Film Institute at Montclair State: Founded in the fall of 2014, the Film Institute at Montclair State is dedicated to the preservation, growth and enrichment of the art of film through research, education, professional development and community programming. Based within the College of the Arts at Montclair State University and supported by the School of Communication and Media, the Film Institute leverages the University’s rich resources in filmmaking and film scholarship together with the impressive array of film industry assets and opportunities in New York City, New Jersey and Los Angeles. To register for this free event, click here.
