Proval came to screening of “Mean Streets” at the Texas Theatre in Dallas April 20. I interviewed him after the show about his experiences making the film, his collaboration with Scorsese and costars Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel, and his reaction to watching it again on a big screen, for the first time in a long … Read more
Seth MacFarlane & Martin Scorsese join forces to restore vintage animated shorts with some set to premiere at the TCM Classic Film Festival. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese may not seem like the most likely match, but Deadline reports that the pair have joined forces to fund the restoration of … Read more
Just a few months after the release of their latest film, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are looking to re-team again — this time on a biopic about the life of musician and actor Frank Sinatra. This would mark DiCaprio and Scorsese’s seventh movie together, following Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Killers of … Read more
Scorsese has long been instrumental in championing and restoring Powell and Pressburger’s films. (And many others’: At the tribute, Wenders called Scorsese’s Film Foundation “a Noah’s Ark of film heritage.”) But “Made in England,” which goes nearly feature by feature through their careers, is a stunning compendium that gets to the heart of what made … Read more
Is this the end of cinema? Or the start of a whole new era? According to Martin Scorsese — a guy who knows a thing or two about cinema — cinema is not “dying” but rather in a state of transformation. Speaking at the Berlin Film Festival (via Variety) Scorsese said I don’t think it’s dying at … Read more
Martin Scorsese and daughter Francesca will star in a Super Bowl commercial advertising website builder Squarespace. Martin Scorsese isn’t exactly known for his love of sports, once saying, “Anything with a ball, no good.” But he is now embracing the Super Bowl — well, a commercial, anyway. That’s right, Martin and his daughter Francesca Scorsese … Read more
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have now made six movies together: Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and last year’s Killers of the Flower Moon. (Seven if you want to count their little-seen short “The Audition.”) The two men have almost 25 years of creative history together — and their own history is informed by … Read more
Martin Scorsese’s made so many movies with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, that he’ll never be closely associated with actor Daniel Day-Lewis. But remember: Day-Lewis starred in two Scorsese films, including one of his best and most underrated works: The Age of Innocence. Day-Lewis was nominated for an Academy Award for his other Scorsese movie, that being Gangs of … Read more
“I was born in a crossfire hurricane and I howled at my Ma in the driving rain, but it’s alright now, in fact it’s a gas! I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” Jagger growls, lyrics that encapsulate Johnny Boy’s penchant for causing chaos and destruction wherever he goes. The down-and-dirty rocker articulates Charlie’s magnetic attraction to Johnny … Read more
Cape Fear has a long history. It’s not just the Martin Scorsese movie we all know. It’s come in many forms, the newest of which will be a TV series. It started as a novel, called The Executioners. It was made into a film for the first time in 1962, and once again in 1991, … Read more