4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 11, 2018

Taxi! is indubitably parked in the pantheon of misquotes and few people probably realize it. Yes, this is the film where Warner Bros. tough guy James Cagney purportedly sneered, “You dirty rat, you killed my brother!” I remember hearing the line in everything from The Monkees to M*A*S*H   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 16, 2018

This past Christmas my son got me a Mill Creek box set called Awesomely Cheesy Movies. 100 movies on 24 disks, it’s actually a combination of two of their earlier released sets, “The Swinging Seventies”, and “The Excellent Eighties”. For those of you who may not be fam   read more

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on November 9, 2016

Distributor: Sony Pictures Release Date: November 08, 2016 Region: Region A Length: 114 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio: 5.1 French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Portuguese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital + Various Other Languages S   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 17, 2015

Well. Whatever it is, you should clean up this city here, because this city here is like an open sewer you know. It’s full of filth and scum. And sometimes I can hardly take it. ~ Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle is an American icon...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 17, 2015

Well. Whatever it is, you should clean up this city here, because this city here is like an open sewer you know. It’s full of filth and scum. And sometimes I can hardly take it. ~ Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle is an American icon...   read more

Classic Reel Girl Posted by BG Voita on November 22, 2015

Normally associated with light, fluffy comedies (Annabel series, MGM musicals, and—of course—I Love Lucy), Lucille Ball seems an unlikely candidate to traverse the dark streets of the underworld. This is exactly where she found herself, though, when her agent arranged a loan out to Twent   read more

Classic Reel Girl Posted by BG Voita on June 27, 2015

This is part of the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently, Silver Screenings, and Once Upon a Screen and sponsored by Flicker Alley. To read more amazing posts covering film history, click here. Note: There will be spoilers in this post. Since the beginning, dance   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on April 1, 2014

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #006 on the list, Martin Scorcese‘s Taxi Driver. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on April 1, 2014

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #006 on the list, Martin Scorcese‘s Taxi Driver. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a...   read more

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on November 14, 2013

“We looked at Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man for the moves when Henry Fonda goes into the insurance office and the shifting points of view of the people behind the counter. That was the kind of paranoia that I wanted to employ.” -Martin Scorsese Alfred Hitchcock’s influence is qui   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on July 12, 2013

Even when the story falls apart, Del Ruth’s direction still keeps Taxi! somewhat afloat. It only runs seventy minutes and the first half is pretty good stuff. When it starts, the film’s about one cab company trying to muscle out its competitors–Guy Kibbee and James Cagney being so   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by benobrian on January 9, 2013

There are some films that would have would have all but faded into obscurity were it not for a single line of dialogue. In these films, the characters and situations aren’t amongst cinema’s most cherished and the film’s title may not hold any cultural capital for most people. However, through...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 25, 2011

The taxi business can get pretty cutthroat in New York City.  Pop Riley (Guy Kibbee) is an independent cabbie who for the past six years has laid claim to a choice corner outside of the restaurant where his daughter Sue (Loretta Yong) works as a waitress.  When rival Consolidated Cab...   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on August 19, 2010

A word of caution to the more conservative audience:  Taxi Driver is set in a city where all the shady creatures and sights are all out crawling the filthy streets and it takes a lonely, insomnia stricken, socially inept young man slowly sinking into a moment of insanity to “flush...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on February 15, 2009

If you ask around among James Cagney fans about which of his movies they’d most like to see get a DVD release, this pre-code film will be near the top of the list. It was a huge box office success at the time, and is memorable in his career for...   read more