Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
Today we talk about one of the great ones: Martin Scorsese. Who’s better than Marty? Myself, Conor O’Donnell, and guest Jake Kring-Schreifels. Our B-Sides today include Italianamerican, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, and Silence.
We talk about a lot in this one. How to pronounce Scorsese! How to pronounce Coppola! Catholicism! Buddhism! Making films about religions in your life! This is an episode with lofty ambitions, not unlike most Scorsese pictures!
In examining Italianamerican we muse on Marty as documentarian, including the mention of an incredibly-underrated Scorsese documentary that’s hard to find: Public Speaking starring Fran Lebowitz. We reflect on the guardedness of memory by older generations. We also recount the Muddy Waters – László Kovács...
Today we talk about one of the great ones: Martin Scorsese. Who’s better than Marty? Myself, Conor O’Donnell, and guest Jake Kring-Schreifels. Our B-Sides today include Italianamerican, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, and Silence.
We talk about a lot in this one. How to pronounce Scorsese! How to pronounce Coppola! Catholicism! Buddhism! Making films about religions in your life! This is an episode with lofty ambitions, not unlike most Scorsese pictures!
In examining Italianamerican we muse on Marty as documentarian, including the mention of an incredibly-underrated Scorsese documentary that’s hard to find: Public Speaking starring Fran Lebowitz. We reflect on the guardedness of memory by older generations. We also recount the Muddy Waters – László Kovács...
- 5/31/2024
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
As much as we’d all love the world where art is disconnected from politics, that just isn’t the case: they both inevitably influence each other. Brad Pitt learned this lesson in 1997 when his underrated period drama earned him and his colleagues an official ban from China. What movie and why upset the Chinese government so much?
Brad Pitt Got Banned from Visiting China
Brad Pitt and David Thewlis’ 1997 period drama Seven Years in Tibet follows an Australian climber who travels to the holy city of Lhasa, Tibet and becomes an instructor and a friend to the 14th Dalai Lama. While having a seemingly innocent premise, the movie went on to infuriate the Chinese government with its execution.
Historically, China and Tibet have a very troubled relationship, to say the least. In Seven Years in Tibet, the Dalai Lama is shown as a kind and compassionate man, and the...
Brad Pitt Got Banned from Visiting China
Brad Pitt and David Thewlis’ 1997 period drama Seven Years in Tibet follows an Australian climber who travels to the holy city of Lhasa, Tibet and becomes an instructor and a friend to the 14th Dalai Lama. While having a seemingly innocent premise, the movie went on to infuriate the Chinese government with its execution.
Historically, China and Tibet have a very troubled relationship, to say the least. In Seven Years in Tibet, the Dalai Lama is shown as a kind and compassionate man, and the...
- 5/17/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
Acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese confirmed last year that he had a project in the pipeline about Jesus Christ after meeting Pope Francis and has now revealed that the screenplay is complete and production is scheduled.
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organised religion,” Scorsese told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
The director has revealed that the picture will only be 80 minutes long – a far cry from the lengthy runtimes of his recent movies and is to focus on the principles of Jesus Christ’s core teachings, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Scorsese said: “Right now, ‘religion’, you say that word and everyone is up in arms because it’s failed in some ways. But that doesn’t mean necessarily that the initial impulse was wrong. Let’s get back. Let’s just think about it.
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organised religion,” Scorsese told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
The director has revealed that the picture will only be 80 minutes long – a far cry from the lengthy runtimes of his recent movies and is to focus on the principles of Jesus Christ’s core teachings, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Scorsese said: “Right now, ‘religion’, you say that word and everyone is up in arms because it’s failed in some ways. But that doesn’t mean necessarily that the initial impulse was wrong. Let’s get back. Let’s just think about it.
- 1/10/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Martin Scorsese has confirmed that his new movie about Jesus will film later this year.The 81-year-old director announced last year that he had a project in the pipeline about Christ after meeting Pope Francis and has now revealed that the screenplay is complete and production is scheduled.Scorsese told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: "I'm trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organised religion."The 'Killers of the Flower Moon' director has revealed that the picture will only be 80 minutes long – a far cry from the lengthy runtimes of his recent flicks – and is to focus on the principles of Jesus' core teachings.Scorsese said: "Right now, 'religion', you say that word and everyone is up in arms because it's failed in some ways."But that doesn't mean necessarily that the initial impulse was wrong.
- 1/9/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Martin Scorsese is making a(nother) film about Jesus Christ, and he intends it to be shorter than his last couple of movies.
We learned back in May of last year that Martin Scorsese intended to make another film about Jesus once he was finished with Killers Of The Flower Moon, his epic tale of love and betrayal that takes place in the heart of the Osage Nation during the 1920s.
Of course, Scorsese has tackled the topic of Jesus Christ before, in 1988’s The Last Temptation Of Christ, which reshaped some of the events laid out in the gospels depicting the life of Christ. Religion was also a key theme in his more recent movie, Silence.
What’s more, themes that are tangential to religion such as guilt, sin, forgiveness and redemption are never far from the surface in the filmmaker’s work. Still, Scorsese has stated that with...
We learned back in May of last year that Martin Scorsese intended to make another film about Jesus once he was finished with Killers Of The Flower Moon, his epic tale of love and betrayal that takes place in the heart of the Osage Nation during the 1920s.
Of course, Scorsese has tackled the topic of Jesus Christ before, in 1988’s The Last Temptation Of Christ, which reshaped some of the events laid out in the gospels depicting the life of Christ. Religion was also a key theme in his more recent movie, Silence.
What’s more, themes that are tangential to religion such as guilt, sin, forgiveness and redemption are never far from the surface in the filmmaker’s work. Still, Scorsese has stated that with...
- 1/9/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Martin Scorsese has completed his screenplay for the film about Jesus he first teased in May, the director told Los Angeles Times in a story that published Monday. Scorsese said his project will film later this year and is expected to be only 80 minutes long.
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion,” Scorsese said. The film does not yet appear to have a distributor.
Scorsese co-wrote the new project with critic and filmmaker Kent Jones. It is based on Shūsaku Endō’s book A Life of Jesus — Endo also wrote Silence, which Scorsese adapted for the screen in 2016 with actors Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson.
“I responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus,...
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion,” Scorsese said. The film does not yet appear to have a distributor.
Scorsese co-wrote the new project with critic and filmmaker Kent Jones. It is based on Shūsaku Endō’s book A Life of Jesus — Endo also wrote Silence, which Scorsese adapted for the screen in 2016 with actors Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson.
“I responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Scorsese officially has two new films in the works.
Apple Original film “The Wager” was already announced, marking Scorsese’s second adaptation of a David Grann non-fiction book following “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and now the Oscar winner has also confirmed the script for “A Life of Jesus” has been completed.
Scorsese said in an interview with The Los Angeles Times that he co-wrote the adaptation of “Silence” author Shūsaku Endō’s “A Life of Jesus” with critic and filmmaker Kent Jones. According to the L.A. Times, Scorsese “plans to shoot it later this year” in 2024. Where exactly that leaves production on “The Wager” starring Leonardo DiCaprio remains to be seen. IndieWire has reached out to Scorsese’s representatives for comment.
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion,...
Apple Original film “The Wager” was already announced, marking Scorsese’s second adaptation of a David Grann non-fiction book following “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and now the Oscar winner has also confirmed the script for “A Life of Jesus” has been completed.
Scorsese said in an interview with The Los Angeles Times that he co-wrote the adaptation of “Silence” author Shūsaku Endō’s “A Life of Jesus” with critic and filmmaker Kent Jones. According to the L.A. Times, Scorsese “plans to shoot it later this year” in 2024. Where exactly that leaves production on “The Wager” starring Leonardo DiCaprio remains to be seen. IndieWire has reached out to Scorsese’s representatives for comment.
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
With the three and a half hour Killers of the Flower Moon pulling in solid numbers this weekend, we wanted to know what movie in the iconic filmmaker’s filmography has been your favorite. Not necessarily the best, just your favorite. So if the extended music video for Michael Jackson’s Bad is the one you can watch over and over again, by all means click that button! We didn’t include any of his documentaries such as The Last Waltz or Shine a Light but if those are your favorites, click the “Other” button and let us know in the comments why you love them so much.
Favorite Martin Scorsese Directed FilmWho's That Knocking at My Door (1967)Boxcar Bertha (1972)Mean Streets (1973)Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)Taxi Driver (1976)New York, New York (1977)Raging Bull (1980)The King of Comedy (1982)After Hours (1985)The Color of Money (1986)Bad (Michael Jackson Music Video...
Favorite Martin Scorsese Directed FilmWho's That Knocking at My Door (1967)Boxcar Bertha (1972)Mean Streets (1973)Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)Taxi Driver (1976)New York, New York (1977)Raging Bull (1980)The King of Comedy (1982)After Hours (1985)The Color of Money (1986)Bad (Michael Jackson Music Video...
- 10/22/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
As “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount) debuts in theaters ahead of streaming on Apple, critics are ranking their favorite Scorsese movies. Looking at the auteur’s 26 films by their adjusted box-office gross, it’s a very different outcome.
“Flower Moon” will probably not make Scorsese’s top 10. It’s expected to place in the middle third of the director’s films with a domestic gross projected at up to $100 million. To be one of his 10 highest, it would need to surpass $104 million.
Five of the director’s seven biggest hits came in this century, the most recent being 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Four of his top five star Leonardo DiCaprio including “The Departed,” the director’s biggest hit (both adjusted and unadjusted) as well as his sole Best Picture winner.
Adjusted, here is the box-office order for Scorsese’s 26 feature releases. (Excluded are his two concert documentaries.
“Flower Moon” will probably not make Scorsese’s top 10. It’s expected to place in the middle third of the director’s films with a domestic gross projected at up to $100 million. To be one of his 10 highest, it would need to surpass $104 million.
Five of the director’s seven biggest hits came in this century, the most recent being 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Four of his top five star Leonardo DiCaprio including “The Departed,” the director’s biggest hit (both adjusted and unadjusted) as well as his sole Best Picture winner.
Adjusted, here is the box-office order for Scorsese’s 26 feature releases. (Excluded are his two concert documentaries.
- 10/20/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Philip Glass has been composing soundscapes of ambient intrigue for documentary filmmaker Errol Morris for decades, from the groundbreaking true-crime doc “The Thin Blue Line” to the Robert McNamara portrait “The Fog of War.” Now, the three-time Oscar-nominated modernist composer and co-writer Paul Leonard-Morgan have crafted the original score for Morris’ John le Carré documentary “The Pigeon Tunnel,” the Apple TV+ documentary that opens Friday, October 20. Also premiering that day will be the film’s original soundtrack from Platoon, and IndieWire shares an exclusive track off the album below.
“It is our pleasure to share ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ soundtrack,” said Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan, adding that “the orchestral journey this score took us on, combing the cimbalom of ’60s espionage soundtracks with symphonic orchestral work, led to 80 minutes of score, almost the entirety of the film.”
The film centers on four days of interviews with le Carré in 2019 that...
“It is our pleasure to share ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ soundtrack,” said Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan, adding that “the orchestral journey this score took us on, combing the cimbalom of ’60s espionage soundtracks with symphonic orchestral work, led to 80 minutes of score, almost the entirety of the film.”
The film centers on four days of interviews with le Carré in 2019 that...
- 10/17/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Clockwise from upper left: The Departed (Warner Bros.), Martin Scorsese accepting his Academy Award for Best Director (Kevin Winter/Getty Images), Raging Bull (United Artists), The Last Temptation Of Christ (Universal)Graphic: Karl Gustafson
To generations of film lovers, it seems as if Martin Scorsese has always been with us,...
To generations of film lovers, it seems as if Martin Scorsese has always been with us,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Mark Keizer, Jen Lennon, and Cindy White
- avclub.com
Martin Scorsese reunites with longtime collaborator De Niro for their 10th film together, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Promoting the film, Scorsese recalled growing up alongside De Niro, first crossing paths with the actor at age 16, in an interview with the Hindustan Times.
“With Bob De Niro, it’s a formative relationship. It goes back to when we were 16 years old,” Scorsese said. “But we’d lost track of each other. I didn’t know he wanted to act and he didn’t know I started directing.”
The Oscar winner continued, “When we did ‘Mean Streets,’ we were reintroduced to each other by Brian De Palma. By doing ‘Mean Streets’ and ‘Taxi Driver’ together, we found that we were drawn to the same subject matter, same psychological and emotion conflicts in people, in characters, and in ourselves. A certain trust was developed.”
Scorsese added, “I resisted ‘Raging Bull’ for several years for certain reasons,...
“With Bob De Niro, it’s a formative relationship. It goes back to when we were 16 years old,” Scorsese said. “But we’d lost track of each other. I didn’t know he wanted to act and he didn’t know I started directing.”
The Oscar winner continued, “When we did ‘Mean Streets,’ we were reintroduced to each other by Brian De Palma. By doing ‘Mean Streets’ and ‘Taxi Driver’ together, we found that we were drawn to the same subject matter, same psychological and emotion conflicts in people, in characters, and in ourselves. A certain trust was developed.”
Scorsese added, “I resisted ‘Raging Bull’ for several years for certain reasons,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Martin Scorsese has no desire to rank films.
The auteur and writer-director of “Killers of the Flower Moon” said during a Time magazine video (below) that he is “against” Top 10 lists of movies, especially when citing his own favorite films.
“I’ve tried to make lists over the years of films I personally feel are my favorites, whatever that means,” Scorsese said. “And then you find out that the word ‘favorite’ has different levels: Films that have impressed you the most, as opposed to films you just like to keep watching, as opposed to those you keep watching and learning from, or experiencing anew. So, they’re varied. And I’m always sort of against ’10 best’ lists.”
He continued, “Well yes, there’s ‘Citizen Kane.’ That changed my life. He broke all of the rules. One of the things that [Orson] Welles said was one of the best things you can bring to filmmaking is ignorance.
The auteur and writer-director of “Killers of the Flower Moon” said during a Time magazine video (below) that he is “against” Top 10 lists of movies, especially when citing his own favorite films.
“I’ve tried to make lists over the years of films I personally feel are my favorites, whatever that means,” Scorsese said. “And then you find out that the word ‘favorite’ has different levels: Films that have impressed you the most, as opposed to films you just like to keep watching, as opposed to those you keep watching and learning from, or experiencing anew. So, they’re varied. And I’m always sort of against ’10 best’ lists.”
He continued, “Well yes, there’s ‘Citizen Kane.’ That changed my life. He broke all of the rules. One of the things that [Orson] Welles said was one of the best things you can bring to filmmaking is ignorance.
- 9/13/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The release of The Little Mermaid—the latest in a long line of live-action remakes of Disney’s animated classics—brought with it a hell of a lot of discourse. Much of the noise surrounding this film, which received mostly solid reviews, was blatantly bad-faith, obsessed with the apparent fantastical notion of a Black woman in a leading role.
At a time when forced culture wars so thoroughly dominate every entertainment-related topic, navigating the racism swarming around The Little Mermaid has been tough. And the distressing realities of this bigotry reared its ugly head after it was reported that the film was struggling in key foreign markets, apparently in part because of racist backlash. More damning still for the film’s box office, The Hollywood Reporter cited headlines from government-affiliated publications in China that claimed The Little Mermaid suffered from “forced inclusion of minorities in classic films.”
Not so long ago,...
At a time when forced culture wars so thoroughly dominate every entertainment-related topic, navigating the racism swarming around The Little Mermaid has been tough. And the distressing realities of this bigotry reared its ugly head after it was reported that the film was struggling in key foreign markets, apparently in part because of racist backlash. More damning still for the film’s box office, The Hollywood Reporter cited headlines from government-affiliated publications in China that claimed The Little Mermaid suffered from “forced inclusion of minorities in classic films.”
Not so long ago,...
- 6/14/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Martin Scorsese is making another film inspired by religion.
The famed director, fresh off his “Killers of the Flower Moon” standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival, met with Pope Frances at the Vatican in Italy, where he announced his plans to create a film about Jesus.
“I have responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus,” Scorsese reportedly announced during a conference in Rome on Saturday, as per Variety.
Read More: 'Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Trailer: Leonardo DiCaprio And Robert De Niro Star In Martin Scorsese’s New Epic
“And I’m about to start making it,” the Oscar winner added.
Prior to the conference, Scorsese and his wife, Helen Morris, were introduced to Pope Francis during a private audience.
Variety also reports that Antonio Spadaro – the editor of the...
The famed director, fresh off his “Killers of the Flower Moon” standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival, met with Pope Frances at the Vatican in Italy, where he announced his plans to create a film about Jesus.
“I have responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus,” Scorsese reportedly announced during a conference in Rome on Saturday, as per Variety.
Read More: 'Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Trailer: Leonardo DiCaprio And Robert De Niro Star In Martin Scorsese’s New Epic
“And I’m about to start making it,” the Oscar winner added.
Prior to the conference, Scorsese and his wife, Helen Morris, were introduced to Pope Francis during a private audience.
Variety also reports that Antonio Spadaro – the editor of the...
- 5/29/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Martin Scorsese already has a few ideas for his next project lined up — he could direct a Grateful Dead biopic with Jonah Hill or re-team with Leonardo DiCaprio on another David Grann adaptation. But it sounds like the 80-year-old director might be setting his sights on another film about one of his favorite subjects: religion.
The auteur followed his trip to Cannes — where “Killers of the Flower Moon” premiered out of competition to rapturous reviews — with a tour of Italy, where he is hosting screenings of several of his films and conducting a master class for students at the Centro Sperimentale film school.
He also found time to visit the Vatican for a conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” which saw prominent Catholic artists from around the world discussing ways to explore faith in their work. Variety reports that Scorsese also had a private audience with Pope Francis...
The auteur followed his trip to Cannes — where “Killers of the Flower Moon” premiered out of competition to rapturous reviews — with a tour of Italy, where he is hosting screenings of several of his films and conducting a master class for students at the Centro Sperimentale film school.
He also found time to visit the Vatican for a conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” which saw prominent Catholic artists from around the world discussing ways to explore faith in their work. Variety reports that Scorsese also had a private audience with Pope Francis...
- 5/29/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Fresh from his standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival for his latest film Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese has taken a tour of Italy, including a meeting with Pope Frances in the Vatican, where the Oscar winner also announced his plans to make a film about Jesus.
Variety reports that Scorsese told a conference in Rome on Saturday that he had been inspired to respond to an appeal by the Pontiff for artists – “in the only way I know how, by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus. And I’m about to start making it.”
Before the conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” Scorsese and his wife Helen were introduced to Pope Francis during a private audience.
According to Variety, Antonio Spadaro – the editor of the periodical which organised the conference -reported that the conversation between Pope and director included shared film references and anecdotes,...
Variety reports that Scorsese told a conference in Rome on Saturday that he had been inspired to respond to an appeal by the Pontiff for artists – “in the only way I know how, by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus. And I’m about to start making it.”
Before the conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” Scorsese and his wife Helen were introduced to Pope Francis during a private audience.
According to Variety, Antonio Spadaro – the editor of the periodical which organised the conference -reported that the conversation between Pope and director included shared film references and anecdotes,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
A good director only gives their actor a line reading as a last resort. All other avenues for capturing a moment need to be exhausted, with overtime looming. We’re not suggesting for a minute this is what happened during Joe Pesci’s “how’m I funny?” sequence in “GoodFellas,” but there is now evidence that if it had to go that way, Martin Scorsese could have done it.
During the press conference for “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Cannes Film Festival, the 80-year-old American treasure, winner of the fest’s Palme D’Or for “Taxi Driver” and Best Director trophy for “After Hours,” was dumbstruck when asked if he’d ever consider making an film with fewer risks.
With the 36-year-old Lily Gladstone smiling beside him, the Oscar-winning director of “The Departed” (and “Raging Bull” and “Kundun” and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “The Last Waltz...
During the press conference for “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Cannes Film Festival, the 80-year-old American treasure, winner of the fest’s Palme D’Or for “Taxi Driver” and Best Director trophy for “After Hours,” was dumbstruck when asked if he’d ever consider making an film with fewer risks.
With the 36-year-old Lily Gladstone smiling beside him, the Oscar-winning director of “The Departed” (and “Raging Bull” and “Kundun” and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “The Last Waltz...
- 5/22/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Whether Lily Gladstone decides to campaign for lead actress or supporting (and there’s a case for either), a spot will be reserved for her in a lineup. That’s because her powerfully complex role in Apple Original Films’ “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on a rainy Saturday night, is too good to ignore.
Gladstone delivers an uncompromising portrayal as Mollie, an Indigenous woman whose family and tribal community are being murdered at the hands of a sinister group of white men, driven by their thirst for greed and power. She’s a magnificent force.
It became clear almost 10 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” that the audience of attendees were witnessing the birth of a star.
The film tells the tragic...
Gladstone delivers an uncompromising portrayal as Mollie, an Indigenous woman whose family and tribal community are being murdered at the hands of a sinister group of white men, driven by their thirst for greed and power. She’s a magnificent force.
It became clear almost 10 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” that the audience of attendees were witnessing the birth of a star.
The film tells the tragic...
- 5/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Roger Deakins’ legendary cinematography career has seen him work with elite directors like the Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. In between those repeat collaborations, he even found time for a one-off project with Martin Scorsese.
“Kundun,” Scorsese’s 1997 film about the 14th Dalai Lama, earned Deakins the third of his 16 Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (he went on to win the award for “Blade Runner 2049” and “1917”). Appearing on a recent panel discussion at the 92nd Street Y moderated by Annette Insdorf, Deakins opened up about the experience of working with Scorsese and why he thinks “Kundun” is the auteur’s masterpiece.
“I believe Marty usually does storyboards but on ‘Kundun,’ he just annotated the script with his ideas, what the camera is going to do,” Deakins said. “He would draw a wide shot or a tracking shot with little stick figures. He gave us a copy of that and said,...
“Kundun,” Scorsese’s 1997 film about the 14th Dalai Lama, earned Deakins the third of his 16 Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (he went on to win the award for “Blade Runner 2049” and “1917”). Appearing on a recent panel discussion at the 92nd Street Y moderated by Annette Insdorf, Deakins opened up about the experience of working with Scorsese and why he thinks “Kundun” is the auteur’s masterpiece.
“I believe Marty usually does storyboards but on ‘Kundun,’ he just annotated the script with his ideas, what the camera is going to do,” Deakins said. “He would draw a wide shot or a tracking shot with little stick figures. He gave us a copy of that and said,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
This year’s Killers of the Flower Moon marks the 10th major collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, it further solidifies the pair as one of the most iconic director/actor teams in cinema history. But that doesn’t mean it comes easy, as sometimes they just aren’t feeling it.
Scorsese and De Niro had an incredible run beginning with 1973’s Mean Streets, with classics like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and more following. But after 1995’s Casino, the collaborations seemed to wear cement shoes. The reason? As Scorsese tells Deadline, sometimes there’s just a general disinterest from one of the parties.
Explaining why it took 24 years between collaborations–Scorsese and De Niro didn’t work together again until 2019’s The Irishman–the director said, “After Casino we stopped for a while and I did Kundun, and Bringing Out the Dead. And then Gangs of New York.
Scorsese and De Niro had an incredible run beginning with 1973’s Mean Streets, with classics like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and more following. But after 1995’s Casino, the collaborations seemed to wear cement shoes. The reason? As Scorsese tells Deadline, sometimes there’s just a general disinterest from one of the parties.
Explaining why it took 24 years between collaborations–Scorsese and De Niro didn’t work together again until 2019’s The Irishman–the director said, “After Casino we stopped for a while and I did Kundun, and Bringing Out the Dead. And then Gangs of New York.
- 5/17/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have collaborated together on 10 films, but that number could have been much higher had De Niro said yes to the “Raging Bull” auteur more often.
Scorsese revealed that he approached De Niro to star in “The Departed” and “Gangs of New York” prior to De Niro appearing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” debuting at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
“We talked to Bob about it, but he didn’t want to do it,” Scorsese recalled to Deadline of “The Departed.” “‘What about “The Departed”?’ ‘Nah, I don’t wanna do that.’ ‘Ok.’ I didn’t work with Bob for 10 years until we did ‘Goodfellas’; we went off in different directions. Then we made another two, three films. And then, for another 19 years, we didn’t…So, with Bob, after ‘Casino’ we stopped for a while...
Scorsese revealed that he approached De Niro to star in “The Departed” and “Gangs of New York” prior to De Niro appearing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” debuting at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
“We talked to Bob about it, but he didn’t want to do it,” Scorsese recalled to Deadline of “The Departed.” “‘What about “The Departed”?’ ‘Nah, I don’t wanna do that.’ ‘Ok.’ I didn’t work with Bob for 10 years until we did ‘Goodfellas’; we went off in different directions. Then we made another two, three films. And then, for another 19 years, we didn’t…So, with Bob, after ‘Casino’ we stopped for a while...
- 5/16/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
It was in August 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, that Lily Gladstone — who had earned raves playing a lovelorn rancher in Kelly Reichardt’s 2016 indie Certain Women — started to consider a career change. “You just wonder if it’s going to be sustainable,” Gladstone, 36, recalls thinking during that professional dry spell. “So I had my credit card out, registering for a data analytics course.”
A self-professed “bee nerd,” she planned to apply for seasonal work with the Department of Agriculture tracking murder hornets — yes, murder hornets — that were wreaking havoc around the country at the time. But as she entered her credit card information, a Gmail notification alerted her to a request for a Zoom meeting with Martin Scorsese. The murder hornets would have to wait.
Three years later, Gladstone is approaching her Cannes Film Festival debut as one of the three leads — alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro...
A self-professed “bee nerd,” she planned to apply for seasonal work with the Department of Agriculture tracking murder hornets — yes, murder hornets — that were wreaking havoc around the country at the time. But as she entered her credit card information, a Gmail notification alerted her to a request for a Zoom meeting with Martin Scorsese. The murder hornets would have to wait.
Three years later, Gladstone is approaching her Cannes Film Festival debut as one of the three leads — alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro...
- 5/16/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leonardo DiCaprio was a megastar even before he was a frequent collaborator with Martin Scorsese on his films. Still, the Oscar-winner felt Scorsese played a significant part in saving a career some might’ve considered already successful.
How Martin Scorsese’s relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio started Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese | Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan / Getty Images
Scorsese and DiCaprio have been collaborators since working together in the 2002 film Gangs of New York. From there, the pair have done five full-length feature films together. Scorsese’s upcoming thriller Killers of the Flower Moon will be their sixth movie.
Being in a Scorsese movie has been a personal aspiration for DiCaprio ever since watching Scorsese’s 1976 classic Taxi Driver. After getting to know some of Scorsese’s other works, DiCaprio wanted to emulate the type of storytelling he felt the filmmaker accomplish.
“He had a way of immersing you in his...
How Martin Scorsese’s relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio started Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese | Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan / Getty Images
Scorsese and DiCaprio have been collaborators since working together in the 2002 film Gangs of New York. From there, the pair have done five full-length feature films together. Scorsese’s upcoming thriller Killers of the Flower Moon will be their sixth movie.
Being in a Scorsese movie has been a personal aspiration for DiCaprio ever since watching Scorsese’s 1976 classic Taxi Driver. After getting to know some of Scorsese’s other works, DiCaprio wanted to emulate the type of storytelling he felt the filmmaker accomplish.
“He had a way of immersing you in his...
- 3/14/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
They say you never forget your first Kevin Smith movie, and for a lot of people, that film is 1999's "Dogma." While Smith broke onto the scene with indie darlings like "Clerks," "Mallrats," and "Chasing Amy," his religious satire came after the success of "Good Will Hunting," which helped break View Askewniverse favorite Ben Affleck and his collaborative partner Matt Damon into a whole new category of fame and acclaim. Adding stars like Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and Alan Rickman to the cast only piqued audience interest even more, as did the controversy that surrounded such a "blasphemous" film. Many consider "Dogma" to be one of Smith's strongest entries in his filmography (this writer included), but younger generations have been unable to easily access the film, which has become ridiculously difficult to track down.
As of publication, "Dogma" is unavailable to stream (legally) on any platform, and unused, out-of-print physical...
As of publication, "Dogma" is unavailable to stream (legally) on any platform, and unused, out-of-print physical...
- 9/20/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
If the opening of “Clerks III” this week has you feeling nostalgic about the earlier films of writer/director Kevin Smith, you’ll hit a dead-end when searching for one of his greatest accomplishments – 1999’s religious satire “Dogma.”
“Dogma,” which stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alan Rickman and Chris Rock, is currently not available to stream anywhere or buy digitally, and the out-of-print Blu-ray frequently sells for around 100 on the secondary market. While religious groups were bent out of shape by the movie, it was warmly received by critics (Roger Ebert gave it three-and-a-half out of four stars) and made 44 million at the box office (it only cost 10 million). The success of “Dogma” makes its obscurity even more puzzling.
When I asked Smith why, he said it was a “great question.” “In order to tell the story unfortunately, I’m gonna have to say the name that nobody wants to hear anymore.
“Dogma,” which stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alan Rickman and Chris Rock, is currently not available to stream anywhere or buy digitally, and the out-of-print Blu-ray frequently sells for around 100 on the secondary market. While religious groups were bent out of shape by the movie, it was warmly received by critics (Roger Ebert gave it three-and-a-half out of four stars) and made 44 million at the box office (it only cost 10 million). The success of “Dogma” makes its obscurity even more puzzling.
When I asked Smith why, he said it was a “great question.” “In order to tell the story unfortunately, I’m gonna have to say the name that nobody wants to hear anymore.
- 9/16/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Martin Scorsese has never had a decade’s slump since breaking out in the 1970s, but the 1990s were an especially fruitful time. From his mob masterpieces Goodfellas and Casino to proving his hand at the sumptuous period piece with The Age of Innocence to showing how to bring something new to the remake with Cape Fear to his spiritual epic Kundun and inching into the new millennium with his overlooked Paul Schrader reunion Bringing Out the Dead, Scorsese also found time to continue his passionate study of cinema.
As he continues to edit Killers of the Flower Moon, we’re highlighting an oldie but goodie from the archives that has recently made the rounds: his list of favorite films of the ’90s as discussed with Roger Ebert. Kicking things off with a pair of “modern American epics” from Spike Lee and Michael Mann, the list also includes work from around the world,...
As he continues to edit Killers of the Flower Moon, we’re highlighting an oldie but goodie from the archives that has recently made the rounds: his list of favorite films of the ’90s as discussed with Roger Ebert. Kicking things off with a pair of “modern American epics” from Spike Lee and Michael Mann, the list also includes work from around the world,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Branagh revealed he refused to send screeners when pitching ‘Belfast’ to distributors.
Kenneth Branagh gave a rousing keynote address on the opening morning of the UK Cinema Association’s annual conference, extolling the necessity of truth, heart and risk-taking in drawing audiences back to cinemas.
“Any story that hopes to cure a nervous cinemagoer has to have the hallmark of something honest and true,” said Branagh, to a sold-out conference held at London’s Picturehouse Central venue.
He also urged promoting and programming films with “an element of heart…that divert and entertain” audiences. The challenge was to get them...
Kenneth Branagh gave a rousing keynote address on the opening morning of the UK Cinema Association’s annual conference, extolling the necessity of truth, heart and risk-taking in drawing audiences back to cinemas.
“Any story that hopes to cure a nervous cinemagoer has to have the hallmark of something honest and true,” said Branagh, to a sold-out conference held at London’s Picturehouse Central venue.
He also urged promoting and programming films with “an element of heart…that divert and entertain” audiences. The challenge was to get them...
- 4/5/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Roger Deakins’ “Team Deakins” podcast continues to be a must-listen event for cinephiles. Following last week’s interview with Denis Villeneuve, the latest guest to appear on the podcast is Deakins’ fellow cinematographer Greig Fraser. An Oscar nominee for “Lion,” Fraser has two massive Warner Bros. projects in the pipeline as the cinematographer of both Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.” Fraser avoided revealing details about these new films outside of calling it “a blessing” to work with Villeneuve, which is something Deakins knows quite well as the cinematographer on “Prisoners,” “Sicario,” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
One of the more fascinating parts of the conversation is when Fraser asks Deakins what the worst part about being a cinematographer is. “The worst thing is saying yes to a film I knew I shouldn’t have done,” Deakins answered. “I knew I shouldn’t have done a film but...
One of the more fascinating parts of the conversation is when Fraser asks Deakins what the worst part about being a cinematographer is. “The worst thing is saying yes to a film I knew I shouldn’t have done,” Deakins answered. “I knew I shouldn’t have done a film but...
- 7/20/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The 77-year-old director’s thoughtful movie dispatch from his New York study for Mary Beard’s TV culture show is an affecting treat, and an honest reflection on ageing
Martin Scorsese’s Zoom call to the world is a marvellous coup for Mary Beard’s BBC Lockdown Culture special: a personal short film shot on his smartphone – sometimes artlessly in portrait mode, sometimes giving it a clockwise quarter-turn for the more professional landscape format. (He does seem to be holding the phone himself.)
It is a brief, intense, ruminative snapshot about his life in his New York apartment during the lockdown. We see Scorsese brooding on his house arrest. At some moments, his face looks very glum, as if perennially struck afresh with the novelty of what is happening, the fact that there is no end in sight, and the impossibility of coming to terms with it until there is.
Martin Scorsese’s Zoom call to the world is a marvellous coup for Mary Beard’s BBC Lockdown Culture special: a personal short film shot on his smartphone – sometimes artlessly in portrait mode, sometimes giving it a clockwise quarter-turn for the more professional landscape format. (He does seem to be holding the phone himself.)
It is a brief, intense, ruminative snapshot about his life in his New York apartment during the lockdown. We see Scorsese brooding on his house arrest. At some moments, his face looks very glum, as if perennially struck afresh with the novelty of what is happening, the fact that there is no end in sight, and the impossibility of coming to terms with it until there is.
- 5/29/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Most film buffs do not casually drop “Kundun” into everyday conversation. Even if cinephiles were assigned to rank the most overlooked films of Martin Scorsese’s career, “Bringing Out the Dead,” “After Hours,” or “Shutter Island,” a criminally ignored masterwork within its own right, would likely make the list long before anyone remembered the director’s biographical drama about the life of Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
Continue reading ‘In Search of Kundun’: A Deep Dive into Martin Scorsese’s Unsung Masterpiece [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘In Search of Kundun’: A Deep Dive into Martin Scorsese’s Unsung Masterpiece [Review] at The Playlist.
- 5/17/2020
- by Jonathan Christian
- The Playlist
Roger Deakins has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography thanks to his virtuoso work filming Sam Mendes’ “1917,” the World War I drama that is filmed to look like one single continuous take. Deakins’ “1917” victory is the cinematographer’s second Oscar win in two years following his prize for Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049.” Deakins, one of the most widely acclaimed cinematographers of his generation, spent decades waiting for his first Oscar. The Dp earned 14 Oscar nominations over 23 years and lost every single time until “Blade Runner 2049” at the 2018 ceremony. Now Deakins has won two Oscars in two years.
Prior to winning for the first time with “Blade Runner 2049,” Deakins was Oscar-nominated for the following titles: “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Fargo,” “Kundun,” “O Brother, Where Are Thou?,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “No Country for Old Men,” “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,...
Prior to winning for the first time with “Blade Runner 2049,” Deakins was Oscar-nominated for the following titles: “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Fargo,” “Kundun,” “O Brother, Where Are Thou?,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “No Country for Old Men,” “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
One of the elements that keeps fans of Martin Scorsese rooted in his corner is that he seems to always have a solid, and legitimate, reason for attaching himself to films. When he pulls out seemingly odd adventures like Bringing Out the Dead, Kundun, or Shutter Island, they may not win everyone over, but there […]
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- 11/6/2019
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Martin Scorsese will be honored with a tribute at the American Film Institute's festival this month, celebrating the Oscar-winning filmmaker's latest cinematic offering, Netflix's sweeping crime saga The Irishman.
The tribute to Scorsese, 76, will take place on Nov. 15 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with a conversation and a screening of the film at the AFI Festival. He previously received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the year his film Kundun came out.
"Martin Scorsese is an American master,” Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO, said in a statement. “It is ...
The tribute to Scorsese, 76, will take place on Nov. 15 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with a conversation and a screening of the film at the AFI Festival. He previously received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the year his film Kundun came out.
"Martin Scorsese is an American master,” Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO, said in a statement. “It is ...
- 11/5/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Scorsese will be honored with a tribute at the American Film Institute's festival this month, celebrating the Oscar-winning filmmaker's latest cinematic offering, Netflix's sweeping crime saga The Irishman.
The tribute to Scorsese, 76, will take place on Nov. 15 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with a conversation and a screening of the film at the AFI Festival. He previously received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the year his film Kundun came out.
"Martin Scorsese is an American master,” Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO, said in a statement. “It is ...
The tribute to Scorsese, 76, will take place on Nov. 15 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with a conversation and a screening of the film at the AFI Festival. He previously received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the year his film Kundun came out.
"Martin Scorsese is an American master,” Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO, said in a statement. “It is ...
- 11/5/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It took Roger Deakins 14 tries to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography. After suffering 13 losses over 21 years he finally struck gold with “Blade Runner 2049” (2017). Will he have to wait another couple of decades for his next victory — in another 21 years he’ll be 91-years-old — or will he just keep winning? Our early odds for Best Cinematography point to the latter. He’s the early front-runner for “1917.”
Deakins is adored by cinematographers throughout the industry. He won four awards from the American Society of Cinematographers and their Lifetime Achievement Award before he ever got his hands on an Oscar. And he earned Oscar bids even for films that weren’t otherwise major contenders for awards. His 14 nominations to date were for “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), “Fargo” (1996), “Kundun” (1997), “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000), “The Man Who Wasn’t There” (2001), “No Country for Old Men” (2007), “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...
Deakins is adored by cinematographers throughout the industry. He won four awards from the American Society of Cinematographers and their Lifetime Achievement Award before he ever got his hands on an Oscar. And he earned Oscar bids even for films that weren’t otherwise major contenders for awards. His 14 nominations to date were for “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), “Fargo” (1996), “Kundun” (1997), “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000), “The Man Who Wasn’t There” (2001), “No Country for Old Men” (2007), “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...
- 11/3/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Martin Scorsese will need to clear a little more space in his crowded trophy case. The Oscar winner is set to receive the Visual Effect Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award during its 18th annual Ves Awards in January.
“Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential filmmakers in modern history and has made an indelible mark on filmed entertainment,” Ves Board Chair Mike Chambers said. “His work is a master class in storytelling, which has brought us some of the most memorable films of all time.”
A reminder about that singular filmography, in no particular order: Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Casino, Cape Fear, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Kundun, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Color of Money, Silence, The King of Comedy, Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The Last Waltz, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Best Picture Oscar winner The Departed.
“Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential filmmakers in modern history and has made an indelible mark on filmed entertainment,” Ves Board Chair Mike Chambers said. “His work is a master class in storytelling, which has brought us some of the most memorable films of all time.”
A reminder about that singular filmography, in no particular order: Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Casino, Cape Fear, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Kundun, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Color of Money, Silence, The King of Comedy, Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The Last Waltz, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Best Picture Oscar winner The Departed.
- 9/19/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Tiff 2019: Meryl Streep and Joaquin Phoenix, Paying Tribute to Late Brother River, Launch Oscar Bids
September’s Toronto International Film Festival has long been a launching pad for Oscar contenders, and its coveted People’s Choice award often presages the Best Picture Oscar winner. “Green Book” last year was no exception.
So it was inevitable that Tiff would jump-start the awards season with its own Awards Gala. This year’s first installment gave out two acting awards, to Joaquin Phoenix, star of DC’s “Batman” spin-off “Joker”, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion in Venice, and Oscar perennial Meryl Streep (21 nominations). Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, Her costars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, came onstage to remind us that Streep breaks the record for the most nominations of all time every time she gets a nod — because it’s a record she set herself.
The Streep sizzle reel stretched back to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” through “Sophie’s Choice,” “Silkwood,” “Bridges of Madison County,” “The Devil Wears Prada,...
So it was inevitable that Tiff would jump-start the awards season with its own Awards Gala. This year’s first installment gave out two acting awards, to Joaquin Phoenix, star of DC’s “Batman” spin-off “Joker”, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion in Venice, and Oscar perennial Meryl Streep (21 nominations). Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, Her costars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, came onstage to remind us that Streep breaks the record for the most nominations of all time every time she gets a nod — because it’s a record she set herself.
The Streep sizzle reel stretched back to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” through “Sophie’s Choice,” “Silkwood,” “Bridges of Madison County,” “The Devil Wears Prada,...
- 9/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Tiff 2019: Meryl Streep and Joaquin Phoenix, Paying Tribute to Late Brother River, Launch Oscar Bids
September’s Toronto International Film Festival has long been a launching pad for Oscar contenders, and its coveted People’s Choice award often presages the Best Picture Oscar winner. “Green Book” last year was no exception.
So it was inevitable that Tiff would jump-start the awards season with its own Awards Gala. This year’s first installment gave out two acting awards, to Joaquin Phoenix, star of DC’s “Batman” spin-off “Joker”, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion in Venice, and Oscar perennial Meryl Streep (21 nominations). Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, Her costars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, came onstage to remind us that Streep breaks the record for the most nominations of all time every time she gets a nod — because it’s a record she set herself.
The Streep sizzle reel stretched back to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” through “Sophie’s Choice,” “Silkwood,” “Bridges of Madison County,” “The Devil Wears Prada,...
So it was inevitable that Tiff would jump-start the awards season with its own Awards Gala. This year’s first installment gave out two acting awards, to Joaquin Phoenix, star of DC’s “Batman” spin-off “Joker”, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion in Venice, and Oscar perennial Meryl Streep (21 nominations). Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, Her costars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, came onstage to remind us that Streep breaks the record for the most nominations of all time every time she gets a nod — because it’s a record she set herself.
The Streep sizzle reel stretched back to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” through “Sophie’s Choice,” “Silkwood,” “Bridges of Madison County,” “The Devil Wears Prada,...
- 9/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Stan Grant-penned film about the attacks on the former Afl star is inspiring, if occasionally frustrating
I remember a period in the 1990s when everything from Hollywood seemed to arrive in pairs. The genre of lava-spewing disaster movies was virtually non-existent until 1997, when Dante’s Peak was released, followed quickly by Volcano. A mysterious array of doublets followed, including two Dalai Lama movies (Kundun and Tibet), two animated films about insects (Antz and A Bug’s Life) and a couple of space-journeying end-of-the-world blockbusters (Armageddon and Deep Impact).
It speaks loudly and articulately, dropping the kind of truth bombs that smash your heart to pieces...
I remember a period in the 1990s when everything from Hollywood seemed to arrive in pairs. The genre of lava-spewing disaster movies was virtually non-existent until 1997, when Dante’s Peak was released, followed quickly by Volcano. A mysterious array of doublets followed, including two Dalai Lama movies (Kundun and Tibet), two animated films about insects (Antz and A Bug’s Life) and a couple of space-journeying end-of-the-world blockbusters (Armageddon and Deep Impact).
It speaks loudly and articulately, dropping the kind of truth bombs that smash your heart to pieces...
- 8/2/2019
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Yesterday, the world got its first glimpse at the latest film from legendary director Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman.” And whenever a new film from a great director receives a trailer, it gets film fans reminiscing about their favorite works. In the case of Scorsese, there’s quite a few to choose from, including the oft-overlooked “Kundun.”
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Well, thanks to Kino Lorber, “Kundun” is getting the spotlight later this year when it finally hits Blu-ray, loaded with extras.
Continue reading Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Kundun’ Gets Special Edition Blu-Ray Later This Year at The Playlist.
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Well, thanks to Kino Lorber, “Kundun” is getting the spotlight later this year when it finally hits Blu-ray, loaded with extras.
Continue reading Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Kundun’ Gets Special Edition Blu-Ray Later This Year at The Playlist.
- 8/1/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Ira Spiegel on Brian DePalma's Carlito's Way: "A wonderful effects film with a grand shootout in Grand Central Terminal. Sound editors love violence and noise." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
When I met with Aviva Kempner, the director of The Spy Behind Home Plate, at Soundtracks F/T, where she and Martin Scorsese mainstay re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman were putting in the final touches on her documentary, I had the chance to borrow her sound editor Ira Spiegel (Ken Burns's longtime collaborator) for a short while to clue me in on his work in creating the velvety flow of the picture.
Ira Spiegel with Aviva Kempner while re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman works on The Spy Behind Home Plate. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan and Carroll Ballard's The Black Stallion, executive produced...
When I met with Aviva Kempner, the director of The Spy Behind Home Plate, at Soundtracks F/T, where she and Martin Scorsese mainstay re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman were putting in the final touches on her documentary, I had the chance to borrow her sound editor Ira Spiegel (Ken Burns's longtime collaborator) for a short while to clue me in on his work in creating the velvety flow of the picture.
Ira Spiegel with Aviva Kempner while re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman works on The Spy Behind Home Plate. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan and Carroll Ballard's The Black Stallion, executive produced...
- 5/3/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Michael Been, Verna Bloom, Harry Dean Stanton | Written by Paul Schrader | Directed by Martin Scorsese
After The Color of Money had proven a box office hit, Martin Scorsese shifted his attention a couple of thousand years, to the life and death of Jesus Christ (Willem Dafoe). The ultimate superhero origin story, The Last Temptation of Christ focuses on the Nazarene as he moves from carpentry into public speaking, through a life of celebrity, and ultimately to his death and apotheosis on the cross.
This being Scorsese working from a Paul Schrader script, it is no straight-up Bible story. Based on Nikos Kazantzakis’ 1955 novel, the focus here is on the human aspects of the man: the doubt and desire; the rage and the covetousness. The psychological impact, if you will, of coming to terms with the revelation that you are the son of God.
After The Color of Money had proven a box office hit, Martin Scorsese shifted his attention a couple of thousand years, to the life and death of Jesus Christ (Willem Dafoe). The ultimate superhero origin story, The Last Temptation of Christ focuses on the Nazarene as he moves from carpentry into public speaking, through a life of celebrity, and ultimately to his death and apotheosis on the cross.
This being Scorsese working from a Paul Schrader script, it is no straight-up Bible story. Based on Nikos Kazantzakis’ 1955 novel, the focus here is on the human aspects of the man: the doubt and desire; the rage and the covetousness. The psychological impact, if you will, of coming to terms with the revelation that you are the son of God.
- 4/17/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
During the gala closing ceremony of the 17th edition of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival, the Golden Star for best film was awarded to Sudabeh Mortezai for her second feature, “Joy,” about a young Nigerian woman forced into prostitution, which recently won best film at the BFI London Film Festival.
Accepting the prize from actress Monica Bellucci, she said: “I’d like to thank all the people who helped me make the movie, especially all the women who talked to me and told me their stories and helped me write the film, and the actresses who made the film with me. I’m very happy that, with this prize, this untold story will get greater visibility.”
The jury prize went to Lila Avilés’ debut feature, “The Chambermaid,” about Eve, a maid in Mexico City’s Hotel Presidente Internacional, which Avilés describes as a “high-class prison.”
Avilés said: “I love Patti Smith.
Accepting the prize from actress Monica Bellucci, she said: “I’d like to thank all the people who helped me make the movie, especially all the women who talked to me and told me their stories and helped me write the film, and the actresses who made the film with me. I’m very happy that, with this prize, this untold story will get greater visibility.”
The jury prize went to Lila Avilés’ debut feature, “The Chambermaid,” about Eve, a maid in Mexico City’s Hotel Presidente Internacional, which Avilés describes as a “high-class prison.”
Avilés said: “I love Patti Smith.
- 12/8/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese celebrates his 76th birthday on November 17, 2018. While the Oscar-winning director is perhaps best known for his violent and psychologically complex gangster pictures, he’s found success in a variety of other genres as well. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at all 24 of his films, ranked worst to best.
After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Scorsese directed the independently-financed “Who’s That Knocking at My Door?” (1967), which introduced Harvey Keitel. He became a star director with “Mean Streets” (1973), an intensely personal and brutal examination of the neighborhood he grew up in. The film was the first of many he would make with Robert De Niro, who shot to stardom as the reckless hoodlum Johnny Boy. The two reunited for the nightmarish “Taxi Driver” (1976), the first of several collaborations between the director and screenwriter Paul Schrader.
He scored his first...
After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Scorsese directed the independently-financed “Who’s That Knocking at My Door?” (1967), which introduced Harvey Keitel. He became a star director with “Mean Streets” (1973), an intensely personal and brutal examination of the neighborhood he grew up in. The film was the first of many he would make with Robert De Niro, who shot to stardom as the reckless hoodlum Johnny Boy. The two reunited for the nightmarish “Taxi Driver” (1976), the first of several collaborations between the director and screenwriter Paul Schrader.
He scored his first...
- 11/17/2018
- by Tom O'Brien, Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscar-winning directors Martin Scorsese and Guillermo Del Toro are set to participate in masterclasses at the 17th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival.
It will mark Scorsese’s fifth time attending Marrakech Film Festival. He presided over the festival’s jury in 2013.
“I’m so happy to be on my way back to Morocco, a country I feel very close to, and to be taking part in another edition of the Marrakech Film Festival,” said Scorsese, who filmed “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Kundun” in Morocco.
“I’m looking forward to catching up with old friends, making some new ones, and seeing some movies at a film festival that will always be close to my heart,” Scorsese added.
Del Toro will also be on hand to deliver a masterclass as part of the new “Conversation With” series hosted by the festival.
Other high-profile guests set to participate in the...
It will mark Scorsese’s fifth time attending Marrakech Film Festival. He presided over the festival’s jury in 2013.
“I’m so happy to be on my way back to Morocco, a country I feel very close to, and to be taking part in another edition of the Marrakech Film Festival,” said Scorsese, who filmed “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Kundun” in Morocco.
“I’m looking forward to catching up with old friends, making some new ones, and seeing some movies at a film festival that will always be close to my heart,” Scorsese added.
Del Toro will also be on hand to deliver a masterclass as part of the new “Conversation With” series hosted by the festival.
Other high-profile guests set to participate in the...
- 10/25/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese spent the 1990s working on films “The Age of Innocence,” “Casino,” “Kundun,” and “Bringing Out the Dead,” but it turns out he was planning to squeeze in at least one more project that would’ve been a doozy for cinephiles. While receiving the Rome Film Festival’s lifetime achievement award, Scorsese remembered a collaboration between himself and Federico Fellini that never got made because of the Italian director’s death in October 1993.
“In the early ‘90s, unfortunately he passed away [before we could start], but we had the possibility of making with Universal his version of a documentary on production,” Scorsese said (via Italian outlet The Republic). “He had a series of scripts on how a production is made. One, you have the production itself. Then you have the actor, then you have the cinematographer. He was going to make a Fellini film on each one.”
Prior to Fellini’s death, the...
“In the early ‘90s, unfortunately he passed away [before we could start], but we had the possibility of making with Universal his version of a documentary on production,” Scorsese said (via Italian outlet The Republic). “He had a series of scripts on how a production is made. One, you have the production itself. Then you have the actor, then you have the cinematographer. He was going to make a Fellini film on each one.”
Prior to Fellini’s death, the...
- 10/23/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Practically every director, at some point, matures a little and decides to spread their wings a bit. Steven Spielberg diversified from blockbusters to Oscar-friendly prestige pictures. Every so often, Martin Scorsese takes a break from the crime fare that made his name to make a quiet period drama like “The Age Of Innocence,” “Kundun” or “Silence.” Wes Craven made “Music Of The Heart.
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- 10/11/2018
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Roger Deakins finally has his Oscar!
After 14 nominations in the category, the celebrated director of photography has finally won Oscar’s Best Cinematography trophy.
Deakins, 68, accepted the award on Sunday at the 90th annual Academy Awards for his work on Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049.
He beat out fellow nominees Hoyte Van Hoytema (Dunkirk), Bruno Delbonnel (Darkest Hour), Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water), and Rachel Morrison (Mudbound).
“I really love my job,” Deakins said in his speech. “I’ve been doing it a long time, as you can see. But one of the reasons I love it is the people I work with.
After 14 nominations in the category, the celebrated director of photography has finally won Oscar’s Best Cinematography trophy.
Deakins, 68, accepted the award on Sunday at the 90th annual Academy Awards for his work on Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049.
He beat out fellow nominees Hoyte Van Hoytema (Dunkirk), Bruno Delbonnel (Darkest Hour), Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water), and Rachel Morrison (Mudbound).
“I really love my job,” Deakins said in his speech. “I’ve been doing it a long time, as you can see. But one of the reasons I love it is the people I work with.
- 3/5/2018
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
The most Oscar-nominated cinematographer just added another one to his prestigious belt. Roger Deakins has been nominated for a groundbreaking 14th time for Best Cinematography at the Oscars thanks to his acclaimed work behind the camera on Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049.” Deakins has somehow never won the award, and he’ll face stiff competition this year from “The Shape of Water,” “Dunkirk,” and more.
Deakins earned his first Oscar nomination in 1995 for his work on “The Shawshank Redemption” and has since been recognized by the Academy for the following films: “Fargo,” “Kundun,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “No Country for Old Men, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “The Reader,” “True Grit,” “Skyfall,” “Prisoners,” “Unbroken,” and “Sicario.” Both “Prisoners” and “Sicario” were also Villeneuve-directed efforts.
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Deakins earned his first Oscar nomination in 1995 for his work on “The Shawshank Redemption” and has since been recognized by the Academy for the following films: “Fargo,” “Kundun,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “No Country for Old Men, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “The Reader,” “True Grit,” “Skyfall,” “Prisoners,” “Unbroken,” and “Sicario.” Both “Prisoners” and “Sicario” were also Villeneuve-directed efforts.
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- 1/23/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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