Casino (1995 film) "generally favorable reviews". The film's critical profile has increased in recent years, with several critics expressing that, in retrospect, they feel it to be a more accomplished and artistically mature work than the thematically similar "Goodfellas". Casino (1995 film) Casino is a 1995 American epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci. It is based on the nonfiction book "" by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese. The two had previously collaborated on "Goodfellas". The film marks the eighth collaboration between director Scorsese and De Niro,
Vivian Rothstein feminist history film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry". Vivian Rothstein Vivian Rothstein, née Leburg (born 1945) is an activist. She was part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer project of 1965. In 1967 she was part of a peace delegation to North Vietnam, and her meeting then with the Vietnamese Women’s Union inspired her to become one of the founders of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union. The Chicago Women's Liberation Union was a feminist organization which was founded in 1969 at a conference in Palatine, Illinois. Rothstein was its first staff member, organized its representative decision-making part, and aided the establishment