Martin Scorsese
Orson Welles to Steven Soderbergh: Karlovy Vary Curators on Hollywood’s “Kafkaesque” Cinema
When it comes to celebrated Czech writer Franz Kafka, filmmakers the world over have long been inspired to either adapt his work outright or make movies that are decidedly “Kafkaesque,” filled with the kind of angst, alienation and absurdity the made the novelist one of the most prominent and distinctive figures in 20th century literature. […]
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‘The Freshly Cut Grass’ Review: A Keenly Observed if Familiar Portrait of Marital Malaise in Argentina
Director Celina Murga’s latest feature, with an ensemble cast including Marina de Tavira ('Roma'), was executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
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Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT
Only 19 people have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony — the hard-to-achieve, highly coveted EGOT. But more than 60 performers are just one win away from joining the EGOT ranks, which includes the likes of Richard Rodgers, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn and Mel Brooks. Cher, Kate Winslet, Common, Helen Mirren, Lin-Manuel Miranda, […]
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Mark Damon, Actor Turned Indie Film Exec and ‘Monster’ Producer, Dies at 91
Mark Damon, who starred in the Vincent Price horror classic House of Usher and spaghetti Westerns before revolutionizing the foreign sales and distribution film business and producing features including 9 1/2 Weeks, Monster and Lone Survivor, has died. He was 91. Damon died Sunday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter, Alexis Damon Ribaut, told […]
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Roger Corman, Giant of Independent Filmmaking, Dies at 98
Roger Corman, the fabled “King of the B’s” producer and director who churned out low-budget genre films with breakneck speed and provided career boosts to young, untested talents like Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron, has died. He was 98. The filmmaker, […]
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Martin Scorsese to Host and Produce a Docuseries for Fox Nation
Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese is bringing his talents to Fox Nation, the streaming service of Fox News Channel. The Killers of the Flower Moon director will host, narrate and executive produce for an eight-episode docudrama called Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints. The series will debut on Nov. 16 and run through May 2025. Each episode […]
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Mark Wahlberg Reflects on Filming ‘The Departed’: “I Was a Little Pissed About a Couple Things”
Mark Wahlberg has admitted he wasn’t entirely happy while filming Martin Scorsese’s 2006 film The Departed. Wahlberg played Sergeant Dignam, who worked in the Special Investigation Unit of the Massachusetts State Police Department, in the Boston-set film, which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Vera Farmiga, among others. […]
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Martin Scorsese Settles Lawsuit Over Claims He Reneged on Deal to Produce World War II Movie
Martin Scorsese and his production company, Sikelia Productions, have settled a lawsuit accusing them of reneging on a $1 million deal to executive produce a World War II movie. U.K.-based production company Op-Fortitude informed the court on Thursday of a deal to resolve the case. The settlement is contingent on the completion of certain terms […]
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Oscars Analysis: Why ‘Oppenheimer’ Dominated, ‘Killers’ Crashed and ‘Poor Things’ Outperformed ‘Barbie’
An awards season unlike any other — during which the first simultaneous strikes of actors and writers in Hollywood history largely prevented campaigning by talent for months — came to an end Sunday night at the 96th Academy Awards. As was widely expected, Oppenheimer dominated, winning seven Oscars — no film has won more since Slumdog Millionaire […]
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Contemporary Artist Takes Aim at Wellness Culture for L.A. Exhibition: “Art Can Be a Shift in Perception”
Wellness, self-help and “woo woo” culture are the backbone of Nora Turato’s new exhibition so, naturally, it brings the contemporary artist to Los Angeles for her first West Coast outing. Hosted by Wilshire Boulevard gallery Sprüth Magers, it’s not true!!! stop lying! runs from Feb. 28-April 27, and finds Turato playing with words and phrases […]
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PGA Awards: Martin Scorsese Remembers Kissing Elke Sommer at 1965 Ceremony As He Celebrates “Full-Circle” Moment
In 1965, Martin Scorsese was 22 and surrounded by legends when he won the Jesse L. Laskey Intercollegiate Award at the Milestone Awards dinner hosted by the then-called Screen Producers Guild on March 8, 1965. Now, almost 60 years later, the filmmaker received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 2024 PGA Awards in […]
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Hollywood Flashback: In 1987, Martin Scorsese and Michael Jackson Made a Thrilling Duo
There was nothing small about Michael Jackson’s long-awaited follow-up to his 1982 smash Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. Released five years after Thriller helped establish the singer as the King of Pop, Bad made history with five singles topping the Billboard Hot 100 — but only one of them, the title track, featured […]
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