Martin Scorsese

‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ As a Testament to and an Exploration of Scorsese’s Own Faith

  By Koraljka Suton Ever since he was a little boy, director Martin Scorsese wanted to make a movie about…

5 years ago

God’s Lonely Funny Man: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King of Comedy’ and America’s Pathological Obsession with Fame

  By Tim Pelan   In this age of television wannabes and quick fix celebs, it is fitting to look…

5 years ago

‘Peeping Tom’: The Road from Disgust to Recognition for Michael Powell’s Brilliant Take on Filmmaking

  By Sven Mikulec Michael Powell, one of the most distinguished British filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, basically ended…

6 years ago

‘The Big Shave’: Martin Scorsese’s Vision of Death and American Politics Set in a Bathroom

  By Sven Mikulec   In 1967, young Martin Scorsese sent in a script to the Exprmntl festival of Knokke,…

8 years ago

‘American Cinema’ explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders

Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture…

8 years ago

Master Class with Martin Scorsese

From Scorsese and Lynch to Wenders and Godard, interviews with twenty of the world’s greatest directors on how they make…

8 years ago

‘The Age of Innocence’: Scorsese’s Strikingly Passionate Depiction of Unconsummated Love

We're rather determined in defending our claim that Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence is one of the best literary…

9 years ago

‘Cape Fear’: How Scorsese Added Complexity and Humanity to a Beloved Classic

  By Sven Mikulec   Back in 1962, J. Lee Thompson made a cinematic adaptation of John D. MacDonald's novel…

9 years ago

Scorsese’s ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ is a most satisfying ode to independence of spirit and value of self-sufficiency

Martin Scorsese's first Hollywood studio production, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is an unexpectedly delicious comedy that we find to…

9 years ago

An Hour about the Life and Work of Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick

With a photographer’s eye, a philosopher’s curiosity, and a searing intellect, Stanley Kubrick’s films have cut a distinctive path through…

9 years ago