GOODFELLAS Film Screening (Eng subs)
Saturday 6. December at 15:00 - 17:35
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
Martin Scorsese | 1990 | USA | 146 minutes
Presented in the original English audio with English subtitles. There'll be a short 10 minute intermission at the halfway point.
GOODFELLAS is one of the defining crime films of the twentieth century: a sharp, relentless portrait of the American mafia seen from the inside. The story follows Henry Hill from his teenage fascination with neighbourhood gangsters through his rise as a trusted associate of the Lucchese family. What begins as glamour, power, and belonging slowly shifts into paranoia, addiction, and betrayal as the world around him tightens.
Scorsese shapes the film through a mix of documentary detail and high energy filmmaking. We move through the day to day operations of the mob, from hijackings and loan sharking to the famous Lufthansa heist. The film shows how violence becomes routine, how loyalty has limits, and how the line between family and fear blurs with each passing year. Lorraine Bracco’s performance as Karen Hill creates a second point of view, revealing the attraction and the rot of this lifestyle with equal clarity. (Bracco also plays Dr Melfi in The Sopranos.)
The style remains electric. Scorsese’s long tracking shots put you inside cramped bars and busy kitchens. The editing jumps sharply between decades and moods. The soundtrack, built from doo-wop, rock, soul, and punk, marks each step of Henry’s rise and fall. Joe Pesci delivers one of the most volatile performances in modern cinema, while Robert De Niro brings a cold steady menace that anchors the film.
GOODFELLAS endures because it avoids mythmaking. It shows the mafia as chaotic, insecure, and greedy rather than noble. More than thirty years later, its still remain unmatched in American crime cinema.
Location: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
How to find FOMO: Enter the Bazari via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left behind the jewellery stand. The cinema entrance is one flight up in the stairwell.
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
