Tag: Boxcar Bertha
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My month with Marty: what I learned watching all 26 of Scorsese’s movies
What is the thread that runs through the revered director’s films? Ahead of his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon, a critic watches all of them to find outIn the final scene of Martin Scorsese’s second feature film Boxcar Bertha, the luckless heroine, played by Barbara Hershey, vainly pursues the freight car from which her…
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Martin Scorsese’s Body of Work Extends Far Beyond Male-Centric Mafia Movies
Actors sometimes complain about being typecast, but it’s a fact of life for anyone in entertainment. John Ford is usually labeled a director of Westerns, despite “The Grapes of Wrath” and “Mister Roberts.” David Lean is known for his epics, but he also directed “Brief Encounter” and “Summertime.” Vincente Minnelli? The director of musicals, overlooking…