I can think of few filmmakers living today honoured with veteran status; like relics of an ancient civilisation, of monuments made from celluloid, new studio practices, and experimentalism. Martin Scorsese is surely one of those iconic, untouchable figures – somewhere … Continue reading A Personal Response to Martin Scorsese’s Essay
When Martin Scorsese pleaded that we not watch his 2019 Netflix-released film The Irishman on a phone, many rolled their eyes at his pretension. Increasingly desperate, he conceded that if we could not make it to the cinema then at … Continue reading How Lockdown Has Affected Watching Movies Will people go back to the cinema or has streaming finally won?
At 209 minutes, audiences and their bladders may be reluctant to see The Irishman in the cinema. Well that’s lucky for them, because from November 27, Scorsese’s latest will be on Netflix. If, however, you want to see the film … Continue reading The Irishman // Review
“All the animals come out at night: whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.” This is Travis Bickle’s monologue on the decaying state … Continue reading Taxi Driver and 1970’s New York: capturing a city at its darkest period
WORDS Eoin McCague Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, his fifth and most dynamic collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, has not arrived at the multiplexes with a whimper. Boasting a record-setting 569 usages of “fuck”, multiple orgies and … Continue reading Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
WORDS: Eoin McCague One of the greatest scenes in movie history lasts three minutes and five seconds. It features no memorable dialogue in arguably the most quotable film of all time. It unashamedly blasts a song by The Crystals whose … Continue reading Scene of the Week: The Copacabana from Goodfellas