Though only a few of Scorsese’s films focus on religious stories, deeper questions about faith, doubt and living in a violent world tend to haunt his movies.
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Despite the perpetrators being tried and convicted, anti-Indigenous sentiment roiled the area for decades.
David Grann’s account of a sensational murder investigation, the basis for Martin Scorsese’s latest film, delves into the mythologies of the old Wild West
From Mean Streets to The Exorcist and Badlands, 1973 was a year that showcased the audacious talent in Hollywood that was experimenting with darker themes and new film techniques.
Dangerously seductive, Goodfellas is perhaps the defining work of Martin Scorsese’s career.
Despite the efforts to expand the Academy, women and people of colour are once again conspicuous by their absence this year.
Hoffa’s ghost continues to haunt the labor movement.
For decades, animators have attempted to recreate realistic human faces without entering what’s called the ‘uncanny valley.’
With big theatre chains refusing to show Martin Scorsese’s new big budget mob movie, the future of cinema is looking a little dimmer.
Martin Scorsese believes superhero movies are ‘not cinema’. What do the experts think?
The film is a powerful reworking of the novel by Japanese novelist Endō Shūsaku.
Martin Scorsese’s new film Silence will be shown to an audience of priests at the Vatican today. It tells the story of persecuted Christians in 17th century Japan - an event still remembered by Nagasaki’s Catholic community.
This big budget series about the rock business failed to connect with its market.
Bruce Isaacs analyses two related but very different scenes: the famous Copacabana tracking shot from Goodfellas (1990) and the opening scene in Hugo (2011).
Bruce Isaacs looks at an intense and emotionally charged scene from the 1980 classic, Raging Bull.
Bruce Isaacs analyses the iconic ‘You talkin’ to me’ scene from Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.
Film scholar Bruce Isaacs dissects five classic Martin Scorsese scenes. In episode two, Isaacs looks at the opening credit sequence from the iconic 1973 film Mean Streets.
Film scholar Bruce Isaacs dissects five classic Scorsese scenes, beginning with the celebrated director’s first film, Who’s That Knocking At My Door?
From ‘Mean Streets’ to ‘Vinyl’, from The Ronettes to The Clash, music has long been a muse to film director Martin Scorsese. He plays it on set, conceives sequences with certain songs in mind and uses it to chart his characters’ changing fortunes.
The Wolf of Wall Street is Martin Scorsese’s Scarface – and that isn’t meant as a compliment. I watched Brian De Palma’s 1983 film again recently. I had been looking forward to it: the Blu-ray edition…
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