Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Eight
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Now Playing — Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann’s book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is the rare example of a bestseller that inspires outrage, at least if read properly. Although I suspect a significant number of copies … Continue reading Now Playing — Killers of the Flower Moon
Then Playing — Children of a Lesser God; 5 Against the House; Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines, 1986). Much as I admired Children of a Lesser God at the time it was originally released, I’ve long mentally consigned it to the category of earnest nineteen-eighties dramas that probably looked fairly … Continue reading Then Playing — Children of a Lesser God; 5 Against the House; Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Then Playing — The 40-Year-Old Version; She Dies Tomorrow; After Hours
The 40-Year-Old Version (Radha Blank, 2020). Employing impressive candor and sharp humor, Radha Blank makes her feature directorial debut with an autobiographical story about a playwright named Radha (played by Blank) who addresses the professional and personal frustration she feels … Continue reading Then Playing — The 40-Year-Old Version; She Dies Tomorrow; After Hours
Laughing Matters — Taxi Driver, the sitcom
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. Before I ever watched … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Taxi Driver, the sitcom
Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Thirty-Eight
#38 — Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011) Martin Scorsese has long been a more versatile filmmaker than he is given credit for. Much as everyone reveres the tales of thugs and gangsters (and I am among the dutifully reverential), Scorsese has … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Thirty-Eight
Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Forty-Five
#45 — Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010) Martin Scorsese didn’t owe us any more high art. That was clear. By the time the calendar flipped over to the twenty-tens, Scorsese had already amassed forty years of astonishing accomplishment, and he … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Forty-Five
Top Ten Movies of 2019 — Number Six
Despite protests to the contrary and the little fact that director Martin Scorsese is just a few weeks away from the first shooting day on his next feature film, The Irishman feels like a closing statement. Of course, it is … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2019 — Number Six
Now Playing — The Irishman
Almost thirty years ago, Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas was released into theaters. In contrast to the common perception, the 1990 masterwork was the filmmaker’s first real storytelling dalliance with the mob. Some intimidating, probably connected fellows moved around the fringes of … Continue reading Now Playing — The Irishman
Now Playing — Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s side career as a documentary filmmaker has largely been a verification of all the stuff anyone would suspect he adores, from the Rolling Stones to erudite New York institutions. A director with nothing truly left to prove, but … Continue reading Now Playing — Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
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