Tag: Scorsese
-
Every Martin Scorsese Movie Ranked, from ‘Mean Streets’ to ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Is there a single director working today with a better track record than Martin Scorsese? Ever since breaking through with his gritty, scrappy crime drama “Mean Streets,” the Italian-American’s name has been synonymous with quality, and he’s kept that train going for several years. Some films were more acclaimed than others, but from the ’70s…
-
‘I’m not a saint’: Abel Ferrara on his wild career, rehab and nightclubbing with Donald Trump
The last time our writer interviewed him, the drugged up director dozed off then asked for coke. Now sober, he reflects on #MeToo, Italian fascism and his fight for the final cutThe last time I met Abel Ferrara, he dozed off in the middle of our interview then woke up and asked me to score…
-
‘It opened a lot of old wounds’: Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone on Killers of the Flower Moon
The co-stars of Scorsese’s Oscar-tipped epic, based on the true story of murders of Native people in 1920s Oklahoma, talk about the key role of the Osage people in the film’s making, and the importance of supporting those closest to the landAs the race for the 2024 Oscars heats up, Martin Scorsese’s epic Killers of…
-
Every Main Character In ‘The Departed,’ Ranked By Power
The Departed was a major film within director Martin Scorsese’s career. A clever reimagining of the action film Infernal Affairs, The Departed changed the setting to modern-day Boston. The film finally earned Scorsese the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, which he had deserved for quite some time; it also became Scorsese’s highest-grossing…
-
‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Black Lies’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ Among Main Competition Films at Camerimage
EnergaCamerimage, the cinematography-focused film festival set for Torun, Poland, for Nov. 11-18, has announced that high-profile award contenders “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Black Lies” and “All of Us Strangers” will be featured in its main competition.“Killers of the Flower Moon,” the latest pic from director Martin Scorsese, takes audiences on a journey through 1920s…
-
None of Martin Scorsese’s Other Gangster Movies Top ‘Mean Streets’
“You don’t make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets,” says Martin Scorsese in the opening narration of his formative gangster picture, Mean Streets. This line defined the overarching thematic ideology of Scorsese’s remarkable career, one that powers on with the upcoming release of Killers of the Flower Moon. On…
-
Streaming: Native American representation on screen before Killers of the Flower Moon
Ahead of Scorsese’s Osage Nation epic hitting cinemas this month, we look at the evolution of Indigenous life in film and TV, from The Searchers to Reservation DogsMartin Scorsese’s rather magnificent Killers of the Flower Moon is two weeks away from cinemas, and its marketing campaign has been fascinating to observe. What was initially pitched…
-
Why Robert De Niro and Joaquin Phoenix Didn’t Get Along on ‘Joker’
Todd Phillips’ 2019 comic book movie Joker is either a wonderful homage to the work of Martin Scorsese or a complete ripoff of the great filmmaker’s work, depending on which movie fan you ask. The film draws heavy inspiration from Scorsese’s classic crime movies Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy, and there’s certainly a…