Movies for June 2018: On The Waterfront and Taxi Driver

Bill T is hosting in June, and the moves to see are:

On the Waterfront (1954)

 An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Budd Schulberg, Malcolm Johnson, Robert Siodmak
Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb

Taxi Driver (1976)

 A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action, while attempting to liberate a twelve-year-old prostitute.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Paul Schrader
Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

Scores for May 2018 Films

Gemini (2017)  3.86 / 10
A Quiet Place (2018)  6.09 / 10

Films of Merit

• Babylon Berlin (TV series)
• Back to Burgundy (2017)
• Coco (2017)
• De-Lovely (2004)
• Get Out (2017)
• GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2017)
• Inside Out (2015)
• The Death of Stalin (2017)
• The Greatest Showman (2017)
• Unforgotten (TV series)
• Wings (1927)

Also:

• Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at OSF
• Major Barbara at PCS