Review of Carlito's Way (1993) by Michael Sragow for New Yorker — 23 Mar 2015
Penn, with curled hair and wire-rims, makes a brilliant, slippery high-end shyster; his modulated hysteria is amazing. So is Brian De Palma’s direction. Few films actually made in the disco era can match the kinetic allure of this 1993 production, which has a bluesy undertow all its own.
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This review of Carlito's Way (1993) was written by Michael Sragow and published by New Yorker on 23 Mar 2015.
Carlito's Way has generally received very positive reviews.
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