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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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The Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese Thriller That’s Basically a Horror

Since 2002, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have collaborated on multiple feature films. With the hotly anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon on the horizon–– which will also bring frequent Scorsese mainstay Robert De Niro into the fold alongside Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemons–– now is a great time to revisit Scorsese and DiCaprio’s past […]

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Martin Scorsese Says He Almost Quit Filmmaking After ‘Gangs Of New York’ & Bad Experiences With Studio Executives

Even though Martin Scorsese’s films end up getting major distribution with large studios, the filmmaker works primarily independently. He is no longer beholden to the traditional Hollywood studio system where executives have a say in the creative aspects of a film. And in a new GQ interview, the iconic filmmaker opened up about the experiences […]

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Martin Scorsese Almost Quit Hollywood After ‘Gangs of New York’ and Weinstein: ‘I’d Be Dead’ If I Did That Again

Martin Scorsese is opening up about a breaking point in his career.While filming his 2002 film “Gangs of New York,” Scorsese said he felt creatively strangled by the studio system, particularly by working with producer Harvey Weinstein with whom Scorsese fought over the length and budget of the period piece.“I realized that I couldn’t work […]

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Tom Hanks Was Almost in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Gangs of New York’

Tom Hanks had a tremendous 2002, but it could have been completely different had he accepted the offer to star in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York. His performance in Catch Me If You Can was the most notable of that particular year, but it was his role as Michael Sullivan in Road to Perdition […]

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‘Warrior’ Review: Streaming’s Best Action Series Returns From The Dead With A Gripping Third Season

If there’s a silver lining to your favorite show taking three years off between seasons, it’s that I’ve had plenty of time to get people into “Warrior.” I’ve always pitched Max’s period action series as a West Coast version of “Gangs of New York,” one that weaves together historiography and spectacle in equal measures and […]

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Tom Fleischman, Oscar-Winning Sound Engineer, Resigns From Academy Over Controversial Telecast Overhaul

Tom Fleischman, a frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee and a five-time Oscar-nominee for his work as a rerecording mixer, has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in response to the organization’s plan to reformat and pre-tape eight categories and weave them into live broadcast of the 2022 Academy […]

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