GOODFELLAS at The Tivoli Midnights This Weekend

“One day some of the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother’s groceries all the way home. You know why? It was outta respect.”
GOODFELLAS plays midnights this weekend (September 22nd and 23rd) at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series. Admission is $8. 

Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS is 27 years old, but I don’t think there’s been a better mob movie since. This movie does a terrific job showing the flash and allure of being a successful mobster (the cash, the respect, the twisted sense of family) and then the dark and dirty side – the graft, lies and ferocity. Ray Liotta’s fall is as rough as his rise is seductively entertaining (think SCARFACE, only a whole lot better) and it’s punctuated by brutal acts of violence.

Overall, a great movie; features an immersive soundtrack, half the supporting cast of The Sopranos, and Lorraine Bracco, who just radiates sassy broad. And lest I forget: Joe Pesci, whose savage hothead character lends this movie its dark humor. He moves from butcher’s knife to gun (several) to ice pick and it’s always somehow funny (Whaddya mean I’m funny?“). He lights up the screen in this movie; it’s an amazing performance.

Tivoli midnights show coming up:

Sept. 29-30         SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD 

Oct. 6-7                POLTERGEIST (1980)

Oct. 13-14            RE-ANIMATOR 

Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 27-28              ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW  with live shadow cast, Samurai Electricians!
All tickets $10

Reel Late at the Tivoli takes place every Friday and Saturday night and We Are Movie Geeks own Tom Stockman (that’s me!) is there with custom trivia questions about the films and always has DVDs, posters, and other cool stuff to give away. Ticket prices are $8. We hope to see everyone late at night in the coming weeks.