Mentors & Role Models

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The Color of Money

Though neither a top-tier Martin Scorsese film nor a totally worthy follow-up to The Hustler (1961), The Color of Money does enough with its three principal characters and its flashy presentation of nine-ball pool to at least warrant a footnote in the annals of the sports drama canon.

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The Hit

The film’s shift away from the gangster tropes of its introductory scenes to a more contemplative and philosophical mode of storytelling makes the final scenes much more jarring.

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Renaldo & Clara

It’s the kind of overblown thing an arthouse director could release to critical praise while the vast majority would sneer and call ridiculous.