Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese’s classic film based on the life of boxer Jake LaMotta, ends with an excruciating scene of the felled champ before a mirror, readying himself for a grim stage act. The film came out in 1980, but in real life, Mr. LaMotta, now 90, is still at it, planning a two-week engagement Read More
It’s a long way from Martin Scorsese’s boxing classic: a Raging Bull sequel that’s already being filmed is seen as so potentially damaging to the first film’s brand that MGM is filing a lawsuit. The film studio claims it had the rights to any sequels to the Jake LaMotta biopic from 1980–and that Read More
The worst role any performer can be saddled with is that of Greatest Actor of his Generation. It may look easy to play from the outside-it is, after all, the role of a lifetime-but in reality it requires that a strict set of rules be followed to the letter. Growing older is allowed, if necessary, Read More
Law & Disorder
When the actorVincent D’Onofrio leaves his apartment in the East
Village, he can walk down the street in almost any direction and, in a matter
of minutes, come across his face in an advertisement for Law & Order: Criminal Intent , the new television series he
stars in for NBC. It was Read More
