This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with film critic and writer Glenn Kenny, whose new book “Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas” details the making of Martin Scorsese’s iconic film about New York City mobsters. Kenny talks about the surprising impact on tabloid tv on the aesthetic of the film as well as the people behind the scenes who were hugely important to the film’s success.

In the second hour, Dan Bernstein and Leila Rahimi were joined by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk to discuss the latest NFL storylines. Bernstein and Rahimi then listened and reacted to sound from Bears coaches at their media sessions Tuesday. Later, they were joined by Glenn Kenny, the author of "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas."

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The thirteenth episode of Boxdin, a podcast where young people talk about movies while being literally boxed in. This week we talked to acclaimed film critic and author Glenn Kenny. Glenn took us through his amazing new book "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas", a vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film. Hope you enjoy!

Glenn's book:

https://www.amazon.com/Made-Men-Goodfellas-Glenn-Kenny/dp/1335016503/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29LOKYZFRCC8P&dchild=1&keywords=made+men+the+story+of+goodfellas&qid=1602259457&sprefix=made+men+%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1

Glenn's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/glenn__kenny?lang=en

A well-respected veteran critic who is based in New York, Glenn Kenny has written for publications such as Premiere Magazine - which is where I first read his byline in the '90s - as well as Film Comment, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone. He also contributes reviews to The New York Times and RogerEbert.com.

Additionally, a film professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Glenn is the author of the books Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor, along with today's brand new release Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, and has appeared in such films as Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience and Ricky D'Angelo's The Sky is Clear and Blue Today.

Looking back on his career writing about film, music, and video components, in this highly entertaining chat, Glenn shares his evolution as an entertainment writer and also gives us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at Scorsese, De Niro, Pileggi, Goodfellas, and what class is like with Professor Kenny at NYU.

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Chris Rock stars in Season 4 of FX's hit series "Fargo," which premiered on Sunday night. On this week's Cinephile, Adnan reviews the first two episodes of the Noah Hawley drama, along with the 1954 Marilyn Monroe film "River of No Return." Adnan also speaks with Writer and Journalist Glenn Kenny about his new book "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas." And in honor of "Fargo," the guys give their picks for the Best TV Shows Based on Movies."

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Film critic Glenn Kenny went to see a struggling Martin Scorsese at his New York office around Christmas 1989, and found him working on a new, tabloid TV-inspired gangster movie about a mobster named Henry Hill. The film, of course, became Goodfellas, one of the greatest movies of all time.

To mark its 30th anniversary, Kenney just released the excellent Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. Treat yourself to it right here.

In this episode, Kenny quickly wins us over with a reference to the classic SNL sketch "The Chris Farley Show," then shares stories of the tough spot Scorsese was in as he made Goodfellas; the gangster who connects Goodfellas, The Godfather and Green Book; and talking with Scorsese again a few days after The Irishman's Oscars shutout. Also, the Tom Cruise and Madonna idea.

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Goodfellas expert, author Glenn Kenny on why it matters.

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All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 85, I critic/writer for The New York Times and RogerEbert.com and author of the much anticipated  Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, Glenn Kenny. Glenn and I discuss President's dynamism, endless rewatchability and that they don't make motion pictures like this anymore. 

About Glenn Kenny (via Roger Ebert dot com) 

Glenn Kenny is the editor of A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Writers and Artists On 25 Years of 'Star Wars' (Holt, 2002) and the author of Robert De Niro: Anatomy of An Actor (Phaidon/Cahiers du Cinema, 2014). His writings on the arts have appeared in a wide variety of publications, which include the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Humanities, and others. From the mid-1990s to the magazine's 2007 folding, he was a senior editor and the chief film critic for Premiere. There he commissioned and edited pieces by David Foster Wallace, Tony Kushner, Martin Amis, William Prochnau, and other well-regarded writers. He also wrote early features on such soon-to-be-prominent motion picture figures as Paul Thomas Anderson and Billy Bob Thornton. He currently contributes film reviews and essays to RogerEbert.com and Vanity Fair Online, Decider, the Criterion Collection website, and other outlets. He has made numerous television and radio appearances and appears as an actor in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience, and Preston Miller's 2010 God's Land. He was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has been a resident of Brooklyn since 1990; he lives in that borough with his wife.

Twitter: @Glenn__Kenny

Outlets: The New York Times, RogerEbert.com, Glenn's blog "Some Came Running" 

Blu-Ray Consumer Guide: June 2011 - Glenn Kenny

All The President's Men (Warner)

Cinematographer Gordon Willis has gone on record calling this hi-def version a botch, and complaining, quite justifiably, at not having been even contacted with a notion to being consulted on it. And it's true—if the cinematographer's alive and still has eyes and so one, he or she ought to be consulted. And then you get Vittorio Storaro and his unusual ideas concerning aspect ratios and you…oh, never mind. In any event, the Blu-ray of this classic and still extremely engaging thriller DOES render colors little toward the hot side, particularly in the scenes set in the Washington Post offices—the red filing cabinets do look as if they've been freshly painted. Redford IS very golden and blonde. And so on. On the plus side, I have to say that this only really registers as a distraction when you're concentrating on these details. In a lot of other respects, the new detail really enhances the absorbing viewing experience. But still. Come on. — B-

Glenn's Book, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, is available from 15 September 2020. 

For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese's signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made.

When Goodfellas first hit the theatres in 1990, a classic was born. Few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture, one that would inspire future filmmakers and redefine the gangster picture as we know it today. From the rush of grotesque violence in the opening scene to the iconic hilarity of Joe Pesci's endlessly quoted "Funny how?" shtick, it's little wonder the film is widely regarded as a mainstay in contemporary cinema. In the first-ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster—brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can't get enough of. Featuring interviews with the film's major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy is still essential to charting the trajectory of American culture thirty years later.

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