Crashing through decades of Franco-era repression From the very beginning of his career, Martin Scorsese was marked as the new hope of American cinema. Director, producer, editor, writer, actor, historian, movie buff, film preservationist and champion of artists' rights, Martin Scorsese has left his mark on virtually every aspect of filmmaking. Honored with AFI's 25th Life Achievement Award and plaudits from critics and filmmakers alike, he is among the finest and most influential of American directors, past and present. His body of work covers a wide range of genres and subjectsincluding New York street-smart stories, a genteel literary adaptation, a scandalous religious epic, a "woman's picture" and a work on the Dalai Lama. Enjoy some of the most passionate and exciting films ever made-all by Martin Scorsese.

MEAN STREETS

"You don't pay for your sins in church, but in the streets." Waking to the sound of the Ronettes, guilt-ridden small-time hood Harvey Keitel tries to keep a low Mafioso profile, but loco pal Robert De Niro just doesn't seem to give a damn about those gambling debts. Scorsese's frenzied breakthrough work was "a true original of our period, a triumph of personal filmmaking."-Pauline Kael.

Directed/written/produced by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Mardik Martin, from a story by Scorsese; co-produced by Jonathan T. Taplin. US, 1973, color, 110 min. RATED R

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RAGING BULL

Scorsese's profanity-packed blowtorch biopic of the middleweight legend has consistently topped critics' Best of the Decade lists, while winning a Best Actor Award for De Niro. The fighter never hits the canvas in the ring, but his battles with wife Cathy Moriarty and brother Joe Pesci are a war of attrition with no winners. Supporting nominee Pesci was managing a restaurant when De Niro suggested him for the role.

Directed by Martin Scorsese; written by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin, from the book by Jake La Motta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter; produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler. US, 1980, b&w, 129 min. RATED R

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TAXI DRIVER

"You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro's super-alienated Vietnam-vet Gotham hack Travis Bickle yearns for a rain that'll "wash all the scum off the streets," blows his big date with Cybill Shepherd, then turns mohawked crusader at the sight of pimp Harvey Keitel slapping around child prostitute Jodie Foster. Scorsese's controversial, electrifying film (there is currently talk of a sequel) features the great Bernard Herrmann's final score-he died the day after recording it.

Directed by Martin Scorsese; written by Paul Schrader; produced by Julia and Michael Phillips. US, 1976, color, 114 min. RATED R

THE KING OF COMEDY

The dream of Robert De Niro's Rupert Pupkin, a 34-year-old messenger boy who lives with his mother, is to do his standup routine on Jerry Lewis's late night talk show and become the "king of comedy"-and he moves to stalking and kidnapping to achieve it. A horrifying and hilarious skewering of celebrity worship, highlighted by Lewis's serious, icy cold performance and De Niro-accomplice Sandra Bernhard's over-the-top portrayal of a certifiably star-struck society girl.

Directed by Martin Scorsese; written by Paul D. Zimmerman; produced by Arnon Milchan. US, 1983, color, 109 min. RATED R

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

In Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's hyper-formalized society of upper-crust 1870s New York, it's clear, although no one actually says anything, that Daniel Day-Lewis will be heading to the altar with seemingly quiet and mousy Winona Ryder- until distant relation Michelle Pfeiffer arrives. Memorably intense (if clothed and unspoken) passion, amidst dazzling period evocation.

Directed/written by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Jay Cocks, from the novel by Edith Wharton; produced by Barbara De Fina. US, 1993. color, scope, 139 min. RATED PG

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK

On VJ Day, charming but irresponsible jazz saxophonist Robert De Niro and mainstream singer Liza Minelli meet. But the path of love was never less smooth than in Scorsese's ambiguous ode to the great musical films of his youth-and in its haunting, unresolved final scene.

Directed by Martin Scorsese; written by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin; produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler. US, 1977, color, 167 min. RATED PG

GOODFELLAS

Based on the true story of Henry Hill, this is a "Hitman's Progress" as Ray Liotta goes from numbers runner to government squealer. After a latenight mob "whack," Liotta and mobster mentors Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci drop by Mom's to pick up a forgotten shovel for the burial, then sit down to an obligatory meal. Pesci's portrayal of a psycho killer won him an Oscar.

Directed/written by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Nicholas Pileggi, from Wise Guy by Pileggi; produced by Irwin Winkler. US, 1990, color, 145 min. RATED R

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST

Willem Dafoe's carpenter Christ struggles with demons' temptations and the confusions of the world to fulfill his mission. But even on the cross, he must face a hallucination- the ultimate temptation: a good man's normal life. Scorsese's austere adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's classic novel caused great controversy. "I cannot think of another film on a religious subject that has challenged me more fully."-Roger Ebert.

Directed by Martin Scorsese; written by Paul Schrader, from the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis; produced by Barbara De Fina. US, 1988. color, scope, 164 min. RATED R

CASINO

In his re-teaming with GOODFELLAS screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, Scorsese weaves the narratives of Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone to tell the sordid backstory of Las Vegas in the days before poker tournaments became a television staple and Sin City became a corporately operated family destination. Mob man Joe Pesci remembers early Vegas: "A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes." Stone's performance earned her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Lead Actress.

Directed/written by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Nicholas Pileggi; produced by Barbara De Fina; 1995, US, color, 178 min. RATED R

GANGS OF NEW YORK

In a corrupt 1860s New York ruled by Tammany Hall and Irish gangs, Leonardo DiCaprio returns to Five Points to become protégé to Daniel Day-Lewis's gang leader "Bill the Butcher"-the man who, years before, killed his dad (Liam Neeson). An epic recreation of Old New York-incredibly executed entirely on the Cinecitt‡ lot in Rome-electrified by DayLewis's sensational return to the screen after a five-year hiatus.

Directed by Martin Scorsese; written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; produced by Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein. US, 2002, color, scope, 166 min. RATED R