Goodfellas

(Martin Scorsese, US 1990, 146 min., DCP)

Resolution #7: Get organized (crime). Scorsese’s mob epic and masterpiece is a ferociously entertaining tour de force of brutality, dark comedy, and great Italian cooking that charts the rise and fall of small-time mobster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his cohorts Jimmy the Gent (Robert DeNiro) and Shoeshine Tommy (Joe Pesci in an Oscar-winning performance). Deftly gliding, propulsive camerawork and an evocative period pop soundtrack (Rolling Stones, Cream, Aretha Franklin) capture the allure, the decadence, and the stress of day-to-day life as a Mafia hood.