Tag: The Last Temptation of Christ
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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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Why It Took Martin Scorsese Forever To Make ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’
Development hell has been a concept for as long as films have been in production, but in the case of Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, that hell manifested itself in a startlingly religious form as, according to an interview with Film Comment, increasing budgets and religious protests challenged the hopes of a wide…
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‘Taxi Driver’ Writer Slams Robert De Niro for Reprising Travis Bickle Role in Uber Ad: ‘Why Bob Would Do This Is Beyond My Reckoning’
“Taxi Driver” screenwriter Paul Schrader has expressed his disapproval of Robert De Niro reprising his role as Travis Bickle in an Uber ad campaign.“Ouch. Why Bob would do this is beyond my reckoning,” Schrader wrote on Facebook on Wednesday evening. “But I haven’t seen it. If I’m lucky I never will.”Reports began circulating this week…
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Martin Scorsese’s 10 Best Documentary Movies, Ranked
Martin Scorsese, now in his 80s, is a filmmaker who’s made countless iconic movies over the past 50+ years. While he’s most often celebrated for his influential gangster movies like Goodfellas, Casino, and The Departed, he’s far from someone who only makes movies in that genre. After all, he’s also behind films like After Hours,…
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What Has Taken Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis So Long?
Every filmmaker has their passion project. Often these take the form of high-concept and higher-budget productions that cross the line between artistic pursuits and commercial viability with such determination they are almost guaranteed to never get the backing of a major studio — at least not without serious compromise and a proven back catalog of…
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Venice film festival to honour Paul Schrader
Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader will receive the Golden Lion achievement of the 79th Venice International Film FestivalUS director and screenwriter Paul Schrader will receive the lifetime achievement Golden LIon at the 79th Venice International Film FestivalSchrader wrote and co-wrote four of Martin Scorsese’s screenplays: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, and…
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Venice to Honor Paul Schrader With Golden Lion for Career Achievement
The Venice Film Festival will honor U.S. director and screenwriter Paul Schrader, a key figure of New Hollywood cinema, with its 2022 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.Schrader wrote Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” and “The Last Temptation of Christ” and co-wrote “Raging Bull.” He has directed dozens of films, including “American Gigolo,” “Mishima: A Life in…
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Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader Reunite for ‘Three-Year Series’ About ‘Origins of Christianity’
Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader are responsible for some of the most iconic and controversial films of all time, from “Taxi Driver” to “Raging Bull” and “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and now the pair are working together once again for a streaming series about the origins of Christianity. Schrader let the existence of the…
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Tiffany Haddish, Willem Dafoe and Tye Sheridan Join Oscar Isaac in ‘The Card Counter’
Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, and Willem Dafoe have been cast in “The Card Counter,” a casino-set revenge thriller starring Oscar Isaac.Paul Schrader is directing the movie from a screenplay he wrote. Martin Scorsese also joined the project as an executive producer. It’s the fifth collaboration between Schrader and Scorsese, who previously worked together on “Taxi…