Tom Jolliffe double bills Inception and Shutter Island… In my latest double bill we’re gonna kick it back a nice round decade to 2010. Leonardo DiCaprio, much as he still is, was one of the biggest stars on the planet. He wasn’t new to working with Martin Scorsese at this point and earlier in the year […]
The Greatest Director of All Time?
Tom Jolliffe ponders the question: who is the greatest director of all time?One of the toughest of tough film related questions. Who is the greatest director ever? Think over all the icons throughout history. There have been countless, many who crossed from silent to sound, such as Fritz Lang, Carl Theodore Dreyer, D.W Griffith and […]
Great Directors and Their Forgotten Gems
Tom Jolliffe looks at the forgotten gems that most great directors have…If you think of many great directors you cast your mind to their career highlights. Those iconic films. Many of these directors become largely defined by one or two films in particular (sometimes more). Additionally occasionally you might also remember those films that become […]
Taxi Driver at 45
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Scorsese’s inimitable masterpiece Taxi Driver as it turns 45…You may look back on a number of films considered greats of their day. Some will inevitably age or lose their impact. Maybe they’ll look rough around the edges or decidedly quaint in their style. Others, year upon year, continue […]
Scorsese: An all time great, and still one of the best in the business
As Martin Scorsese turns 79, Tom Jolliffe looks back on his astounding career so far…He’s been known to give master-classes in film-making. He’s also a deeply passionate cinephile. Martin Scorsese knows film. In fact he knows film so well, that comments comparing Marvel films to theme park rides courted him some controversy last year. However, […]
The Gangs of New York to be developed as TV series with Martin Scorsese directing
A television series based on The Gangs of New York is in development from Miramax Television according to Deadline. The series will be based on the 1927 non-fiction book by Herbert Asbury with Brett Leonard (Shantaram) writing and Martin Scorsese, who directed the 2002 film Gangs of New York based on the same book, executive producing and […]
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio reunite with Apple for The Wager
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio are set to follow their upcoming collaboration on Killers of the Flower Moon by reuniting with Apple TV+ for The Wager.As with Killers of the Flower Moon, The Wager is based a non-fiction book by David Grann, the upcoming The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder; […]
Is Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman a ‘vanity project’?
Anghus Houvouras on Netflix vanity projects and The Irishman…Modern journalism is about rapid-fire reactions. That is the highest priority. Quickly getting a ‘hot take’ out for the world to see before anyone else does in the hopes of getting likes, upvotes and views. Getting things right is a distant second.Which is why I found amusement […]
Keanu Reeves in talks to join Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Devil In The White City
Keanu Reeves has quite the film resume, but oddly the actor has never done much work on the small screen. Now, that looks to change as he looks to have joined the cast of The Devil In The White City.The Devil In The White City is an upcoming Hulu series based on Erik Larson’s 2003 […]
John Lithgow joins the all-star cast of Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon
Legendary film and television actor John Lithgow just landed a massive new project. Lithgow is joining the ever-expanding cast of the new Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon.Lithgow joins the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio-led film as a prosecutor. Not much else has been released about the character, but the actor will obviously steal the […]
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