Tag: Mary Magdalene
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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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Hey, Remember When Joaquin Phoenix Played Jesus?
Although films about religious subject material are often mired in controversy, they’ve also been surprisingly successful when it comes to attracting niche audiences. Even though films like Martin Scorsese’s 1988 masterpiece The Last Temptation of Christ and Mel Gibson’s controversial 2004 religious epic The Passion of the Christ earned both defenders and critics from the…
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Australia’s Porchlight Films To Go Dark After 23 Years
Australian production firm Porchlight Films will cease operations after 23 years of making features that include Justin Kurzel’s “True History of the Kelly Gang,” and Garth Davis’ “Mary Magdalene.” The company also produced David Michod’s 2010 Australian “Animal Kingdom” feature that sparked a successful U.S. TV series.The three founding partners Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts and…
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Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Posthumous Directing Debut Will Play at This Year’s Berlin Film Festival
Jóhann Jóhannson died in 2018, but as one of the most celebrated composers in Hollywood, he left behind a legacy and a body of work that included scores for Prisoners, The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Arrival, Mandy, Mary Magdalene, and more. Now there’s one more element being added to that legacy: Jóhansson’s feature directorial debut,…