Martin Scorsese Archive
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David Edelstein on Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Posted on January 13, 2017 | No CommentsMartin Scorsese has evidently waited his entire life to direct a saga of martyrdom and Judas-like betrayal on the scale of Silence, his stark, portentous adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel […] -
Kyle Smith on Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply
Posted on November 23, 2016 | No CommentsThrough absolutely no fault of his own, Warren Beatty was born to be one of the handsomest men on Earth. Everybody has to play the hand he’s dealt, even if […] -
‘The Overnight’: No sleeping
Posted on June 18, 2015 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It is the rare movie comedy that can encompass the wild events of a single night and keep you both squirming and surprised into laughter for its full running […] -
‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 22, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com He’s not really a wolf – he’s more like a hyena, a scavenger, a bottom-feeder. Why would you want to know his story? That’s my takeaway from Martin Scorsese’s […] -
‘Charlie Countryman,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 15, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Fredrik Bond’s “Charlie Countryman” is an intriguing directorial debut: a blend of the madcap and the maniacal, a movie that mixes tones in ways that shouldn’t work but do. […] -
‘Nebraska,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 12, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It’s interesting to see the way filmmakers stake out certain emotional territory as their own over the course of a career. Steven Spielberg is consumed with the notion of […] -
‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on October 30, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Having squandered most of this century’s first decade being a movie star, Matthew McConaughey has approached its second stanza as an actor. The results have been salutary. In a […] -
My annual anti-3D sermon
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I was heartened to read that, on its opening weekend, “The Great Gatsby” did solid business, despite some unjustly vicious reviews. I was even more uplifted when I read […] -
‘Trance,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on April 5, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Danny Boyle is one of those filmmakers – like Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese – who obviously enjoys every minute of making his movies, including editing the last, most […] -
‘Django Unchained,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 24, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com At this point in his career, is there anything Quentin Tarantino can do to surprise us? Absolutely. I was floored by 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds” – not by the violence […]