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Waltzing with Wilco

by Ben Rubenstein

[7.Apr.09] :. As any experienced concert-goer knows, a lively audience can mean the difference between a lackluster event and a memorable night. Sometimes, it’s more important than the band's actual performance.

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Shine a Light

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Apr.08] :. While the coming together of the Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese has been heralded as an event, Shine a Light is only fitfully absorbing.

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Martin Scorsese shines the light on the Rolling Stones

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[4.Apr.08] :. As a pre-adolescent Keith Richards wannabe, this writer saw the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden, the day after Thanksgiving, 1969. A legendary show. “Monkey Man,” “Love in...

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Rolling Stones film ‘Shine a Light’ combines Martin Scorsese’s two greatest loves

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[27.Mar.08] :. Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is knee-deep in his new film, an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s thriller “Shutter Island” starring Leonard DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley, among...

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New York, New York

by Matt Mazur

[16.Jan.08] :. Scorsese films Liza Minelli like a '40s musical screen goddess, and she repays him with one of her most relaxed, assured acting performances.

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Taxi Driver: Collectors Edition

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[27.Aug.07] :. The extras driving this Collector's Edition of Taxi Driver.

At long last, Martin Scorsese will win his Oscar

by Jeff Strickler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Feb.07] :. There’s a reputation on the line tonight. No, it’s not Martin Scorsese’s. His rep could hardly be polished any brighter. In question is the number seven, aka Lucky No. 7. Six...

Directed by John Ford

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Nov.06] :. Ford's brusque manner is well known, inspiring equal parts fear, respect, and awe among the many interviewees assembled for this look-back at his career and reputation.

The Departed (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Oct.06] :. The Departed's understanding of identity is deeply rooted in place and culture -- South Boston, Irish Catholicism, masculine rituals.

For Leonard DiCaprio, Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’ was one film to kill for

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[4.Oct.06] :. His career ambitions were pretty much fulfilled, says Leonardo DiCaprio, when Martin Scorsese called him to talk about playing Howard Hughes in 2004’s “The Aviator.” “After...

Jack Nicholson loves being the ‘nice juicy bad guy’ in Scorsese’s ‘Departed’

by Rene Rodriguez [The Miami Herald (MCT)]

[2.Oct.06] :. The rumors emanating from the set of “The Departed,” Martin Scorsese’s remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller “Infernal Affairs,” had Jack Nicholson doing...

Edge of Outside

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Jul.06] :. As much as the lines between 'independent' and 'mainstream' movies seem impossibly blurred, the impulse to mark their difference appears irresistible.

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

by John G. Nettles

[28.Oct.05] :. Martin Scorsese's film is about Dylan's early life among the Mister Joneses of his era, ahead of rock and roll's learning curve and suffering the judgments of the slower kids in his class.

The Aviator (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. The Aviator portrays Hughes as a rebel and a genius, a dashing young man with ambition, hope, and nerve.

Shark Tale (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Oct.04] :. Oscar aspires to fame, wealth, and dates with beautiful women-fish.

Gangs of New York (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.02] :. Daniel Day-Lewis wears a tall stovepipe hat in Martin Scorsese's long-awaited Gangs of New York.

The Last Waltz (2002)

by Lesley Smith

[18.Apr.02] :. The Last Waltz still spirits a tingle up the spine.

Edge of Outside

by Cynthia Fuchs

As much as the lines between 'independent' and 'mainstream' movies seem impossibly blurred, the impulse to mark their difference appears irresistible.