Articles tagged "martin scorsese"![]() Column: Mixtape ConfessionsWaltzing with Wilcoby 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. PopMatters Pick![]() Music DVD ReviewShine a Lightby Kirby Fields[11.Aug.08] :. Rarely do movies change my mind about anything, rarer still about rock 'n' roll, but Shine A Light did just that. ![]() Film ReviewShine a Lightby 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. ![]() NewsMartin Scorsese shines the light on the Rolling Stonesby 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... ![]() NewsRolling Stones film ‘Shine a Light’ combines Martin Scorsese’s two greatest lovesby 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... ![]() Film DVD ReviewNew York, New Yorkby 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. Taxi Driver: Collectors Editionby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.Aug.07] :. The extras driving this Collector's Edition of Taxi Driver. PopMatters Pick![]() TV ReviewBrandoby Cynthia Fuchs[2.May.07] :. Brando is most original and inspiring when it looks at Brando's other work. As Bobby Seale remembers, "If I said, 'Constitutional democratic civil human rights,' I mean, it lit him up." At long last, Martin Scorsese will win his Oscarby 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... Featured Article![]() Film FeatureShallow Gravesby Michael Patrick Brady[21.Feb.07] :. Martin Scorsese's hotly tipped Oscar fave, The Departed, plumbs the depths of the psychological and sociological motives of violence, loyalty, and duty. Directed by John Fordby 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 forby 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 Outsideby 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 Outsideby Cynthia FuchsAs much as the lines between 'independent' and 'mainstream' movies seem impossibly blurred, the impulse to mark their difference appears irresistible. |
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