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Keitel wakes to the sound of the Ronnettes. De Niro dances solo to 'Mickey's Monkey' in one of the few films that understands rock 'n' roll. It is also a piece of pure Italian-American about guilt and the fringes of crime in New York's Little Italy. Obsessive, baroque - see it for De Niro's best performance and the breathless, head-on energy of Scorsese's direction. TIME OUT MAGAZINE