Mean Streets - 50th Anniversary

Martin Scorsese emerged as a generation-defining filmmaker with this gritty portrait of 1970s New York City, one of the most influential works of American independent cinema. Set in the insular Little Italy of Scorsese’s youth, the director showcases his precocious mastery of film style – evident in everything from his propulsive editing rhythms to the lovingly curated soundtrack – to create an electrifying vision of sin and redemption. –Criterion Collection