Tom Jolliffe takes a look at Joker and its clear love letter to Martin Scorsese… As with any comic book property, any adaptation is met with a degree of buzz. When the character in question happens to be the Clown Prince himself, then that buzz goes through the roof. That in itself has only increased […]
Revisiting The King of Comedy
Following the passing of Jerry Lewis, Tom Jolliffe revisits The King of Comedy… With the saddening news of Jerry Lewis departing us a few days ago, it bought to mind not only his fine cinematic outputs as a leading comedic star in the 50’s and 60’s (including classics such as The Nutty Professor and The […]
Martin Scorsese’s Lost Masterpiece: Remembering The King of Comedy
With Silence getting the critics salivating, Sean Wilson examines what is possibly Martin Scorsese’s greatest – and almost certainly most underrated – film, The King of Comedy… Do portrayals of celebrity culture and fan worship get more lacerating and acute than 1983’s masterpiece The King of Comedy? Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to Raging Bull is quite […]