Tag: The Irishman
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‘The Irishman’ Review: Martin Scorsese Reflects On Mortality With a Funny, Melancholy Masterwork
The Irishman opens with a long, one-take tracking shot that feels familiar. One of the most famous film moments of director Martin Scorsese‘s acclaimed career involves the long, one-take tracking shot in Goodfellas, following gangster Henry Hill and girlfriend Karen as they descend through a series of backrooms and basements to work their up way…
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‘The Irishman’: Martin Scorsese Crafts A New Gangster Epic, With A Deeper Sense Of Soul & Morality [Nyff Review]
Perhaps no director better portrays the passage of time than Martin Scorsese, who has set films in five different centuries and usually tells stories that span decades, not days. So when his latest film, “The Irishman”— another mobster drama, but this time with more spiritual depth— starts with a burst of nostalgic ’50s music, the…
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Robert De Niro Hopes Trump Is Impeached: ‘He’s Such A Low Life’
Robert De Niro was not afraid to express his support for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.“I hope he gets impeached, it has to be followed through,” De Niro told Variety’s Marc Malkin at the New York premiere for the Netflix film “The Irishman.” “He’s such a low life… He taints everybody around him.”Not a…
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‘The Irishman’ Will Be an Oscar Epic for Netflix
What’s telling about Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” is how few studios were willing to take on its $159-million price tag. Only one company stepped up: Netflix. Since the dawn of Hollywood, the major studios have been willing to gamble on grand ambition and spectacle, from 1927’s first Oscar-winner “Wings” and David Lean’s desert epic “Lawrence…
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‘The Irishman’ Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s Latest Gangster Epic Has a Melancholy Bittersweetness
“The Irishman” opens with a needle-drop (The Five Satins’ “In the Still of the Night”) and a lengthy tracking shot, lest there were any doubt that this is the eagerly-awaited new film from director Martin Scorsese. But his return to the gangster milieu is anything but a greatest-hits compilation from a filmmaker in his autumn…
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Thirteen Don’t-Miss Films and Programs at the 2019 New York Film Festival
The 2019 New York Film Festival kicks off tonight with Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman — and do you really need us to recommend it to you? With our editorial staff seeing the film tonight, we’ve been avoiding Film Twitter, where extremely positive reactions have been leaking out from this morning’s press screening. But Scorsese’s long-anticipated,…
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New Trailer for ‘The Irishman’ Reveals Martin Scorsese’s Return to Organized Crime
The new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is now here. We’ll have our thoughts up shortly but wanted to bring it to your attention as quickly as possible. The Irishman opens in theaters in limited release on November 1st and hits Netflix on November 27th. The highly anticipated film stars Robert De Niro, Al…
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‘The Irishman’ Official Trailer: Scorsese Gets Epic With Gangsters De Niro, Pesci, and Pacino
Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” is just days away from its world premiere at the New York Film Festival and Netflix is marking the occasion ahead of time by debuting tons of new footage — this time, courtesy of the movie’s official trailer. Scorsese is fully back in gangster movie mode, a genre he has long…
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‘The Irishman’ Trailer: A Lot Can Happen in a Lifetime, Especially in a Martin Scorsese Movie
Martin Scorsese returns to organized crime in a big way with his first Netflix movie, the three and a half hour drama The Irishman. The film is playing at the New York Film Festival this week, so a new trailer has arrived to showcase the movie starring Robert De Niro. And in case you somehow…
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10 Must-See Films at This Year’s New York Film Festival
The entire film world will be anticipating the buzz around “The Irishman” when it kicks off the New York Film Festival this week, but as Nyff launches the second half of the fall festival season, there is a lot more to its lineup than opening night. Each year, the New York gathering loads up on…