Martin Scorsese’s tribute to the postwar musicals of his youth details the stormy relationship between a volatile sax man (Robert De Niro) and a young singer (Liza Minnelli) on their way to showbiz stardom. Balancing dark realism and operatic grandeur, the film stylishly mirrors the turbulent central romance, while the top-notch production design, stellar Laszlo Kovacs cinematography, and showstopping Minnelli numbers keep the movie’s epic runtime humming along.
“Martin Scorsese’s criminally neglected tribute to the heyday of the MGM musical has aged astonishingly well.” – Damon Wise, Empire Magazine
