Ronnie Banerjee's Reel

Actor Robert Miano has had a remarkable career in the movies, working alongside such screen notables as Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Sally Field, Benecio Del Toro, Steven Seagal, Danny Glover and many more. It was a wonderful pleasure to work with Miano on this video -- RonnieCinema style! But, like with all things, it came with a price. Now I gotta find $3,000 to make this week's vig before I get sent for... FUGETABOUTIT!

Enormous thanks to Carrie Fisher for her generosity in providing me with this plug, especially in the face of resistance from four of her handlers who clamored with immense disapproval. I'll cherish the memory of how, after much bickering ensued, she yelled, "Let's just F*CKING do it!", which instantly extinguished their protest. Despite being a wanted man and earning the death sentence on twelve systems for this, it was an absolute pleasure editing footage from the Star Wars canon and other...

Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' is arguably one of the greatest films ever made; it is art in motion and an absolute masterwork of cinema. It embodies all the ingredients of a supremely grand epic: friendship, love, loyalty, betrayal, the passage of time and the mystery of memory, among many other themes that captivate the viewer and draw them into the film's surrealistic world. This video features the immensely talented Scott Tiler Schutzman who played the memorable role of...

"The Godfather of Soul" James Brown had an illustrious career that was the stuff of LEGEND. In this tribute video, his wife Tomi Rae Brown (nee Hynie) and son James Brown II tell RonnieCinema he paid the cost to be the BOSS!

In this teaser trailer for the film Saving Little Italy that I'm producing, we see the hilarious and flirtatious escapades of the Mayor of Little Italy, who is dragged from his flippant and hedonistic lifestyle on the west coast all the way to the Big Apple to take on a more gravely serious matter -- the SAVING of Little Italy. This film stars Vinny Vella (Casino, The Sopranos), Jenny McCarthy (Scary Movie 3, BASEketball), Robert Miano (Donnie Brasco), Artie Pasquale (The Sopranos) and Angel Salazar (Scarface, Carlito's Way).

This award winning Short film, on which I was one of the producers, qualified for the 2013 Academy Awards and became eligible for an Oscar nomination consideration in the category of Best Live Action Short. In the short encounter that transpires between two perfect strangers, worlds collide, and with that clash derives a dynamic, heartfelt composition possessing humor, tenderness, tragedy and hope. Music composed by Gunnard Doboze (who scored the music for the Oscar winning film Saving Face which won Best Documentary at the 2012 Academy Awards).

A short clip from the film Kosher Nostra (2014) in which Damian Chapa (Miklo Velka from Blood In Blood Out) plays a seasoned hitman prowling the cold and unforgiving streets of New York headed towards his next assignment. His unsuspecting target for the night is Shoitan (Ronnie Banerjee), an up and coming Queens area drug runner who is every bit as ruthless. Blood is destined to spill on this fateful evening, the only question is...whose?

A short clip from the film DSK Unauthorized that I produced in which I play Detective Diwan Maharaj, the arresting agent who takes Dominique Strauss-Kahn into custody aboard an Air France jet moments prior to the plane's departure.

In this clip, which takes place on the set for the film Night Bird (2012) that I produced, Vinny Vella (Casino, The Sopranos) commends Damian Chapa (Blood In Blood Out, Under Siege, Street Fighter) for his directorial prowess by speaking into the camera and relaying a message to [Martin] Scorsese to "step aside 'cause here comes Damian, man."