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Gary Oldman is considered to be one of the greatest actors currently living and for very good reason. Fans of DC Comics are sure to remember him for his turn as Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, and Harry Potter fans will immediately recognize him for his role as Sirius Black. He's also been celebrated worldwide for his chameleon-like ability to disappear into any role he touches, having won an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. One of his more underrated performances happens to also come from one of his more underrated films. When State of Grace was released in 1992, it was a critical success, garnering a "certified...

Quick LinksWhat is the Story of State of Grace?How Goodfellas Overshadowed the Film During Its Release (and Still Continues To Do So)Gary Oldman Delivered One of His Career-Best Performances in State of Grace

Gary Oldman is considered to be one of the greatest actors currently living and for very good reason. Fans of DC Comics are sure to remember him for his turn as Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, and Harry Potter fans will immediately recognize him for his role as Sirius Black. He's also been celebrated worldwide for his chameleon-like ability to disappear into any role he touches, having won an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. One of his more underrated performances happens to also come from one of his more underrated films. When State of Grace was released in 1992, it was a critical success, garnering a "certified...

Well, Hollywood’s favorite duo, the filmmaker Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, are once again teaming up, and cinephiles everywhere are buzzing with anticipation. With six widely successful and critically revered collaborations and another on the way, the duo will once again collaborate, with details promising their latest to be nothing short of ‘absolute cinema.’

Martin Scorsese | Credit: Harald Krichel via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

Although the duo are yet to speak about their latest collab, fans have already taken to social media, expressing excitement over the project. Given the film’s potential premise and the history of their collaboration, there is a possibility it might end up at the Oscars.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are to reunite once again for a potential banger Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have worked together in 6 feature films | Credit: The Wolf of Wall Street / Paramount Pictures

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Martin Scorsese is teaming up with Apple Original Films again after “Killers of the Flower Moon.” His next project is “Home,” based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson. Scorsese will write, direct, and produce the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio, a frequent collaborator, will star in it. This marks their seventh film together, following hits like “The Departed” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

The story comes from Robinson’s Gilead series, set in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa. It explores themes of faith and rural life. “Home” focuses on a family dealing with tough pasts. Glory Boughton returns to care for her dying father, a reverend.

Her brother Jack, the family’s troubled son, also comes back after 20 years away. Jack struggles with alcohol and a difficult history but remains his father’s favorite. The novel shows Jack trying to reconnect with his sister Glory and facing tension with his traditionalist father and godfather,...

Don’t let the name fool you.

Fox Nation shares a Manhattan headquarters with Fox News Channel, but it doesn’t aspire to occupy the same niche as its conservative-tilted cable parent. Rather, the subscription streaming service has enlisted big Hollywood names to provide programming aimed at attracting its Gen X-focused audience.

Kevin Costner, Martin Scorsese, Rob Lowe and Kelsey Grammer have all made shows for Fox Nation in recent years. Jason Klarman, Fox News Media’s chief digital and marketing officer, said the platform has attracted top talent because there is in fact “nothing political” about their Fox Nation projects.

Of course, there is some political content on the service too, drawing upon Fox News’ resources and profile. Conservative activist Riley Gaines and commentator Tomi Lahren are both featured talent on the streamer. But Fox Nation wants to carve out its own space, one that isn’t wholly aligned...

Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy saw quite a few villains—both good and bad—played by some of the renowned actors in the industry. The greatest villain of all would be the psychotic Green Goblin, who made the first Spider-Man film memorable for generations of viewers. Willem Dafoe’s unhinged performance in the film played a huge role in the success of such a villain.

Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn aka Green Goblin in Spider-Man: No Way Home | Credits: Marvel Studios

Dafoe was popularly known to audiences as the character actor who controversially played Jesus in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ. Interestingly, he was chosen for the role over three other famous actors, which will be surprising for fans. However, it is hard to imagine anyone other than Dafoe in the role now.

Before Willem Dafoe, these 3 actors were initially considered for Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man...

It’s hard to understate the influence of Kevin Jarre’s Tombstone. The 1993 film was an instant hit that changed the course of the Western genre. Its meticulous production and eye for detail have cemented the work as a genre staple, and it’s hard to say that the status isn’t deserved. Everything about the film — from its star-studded cast to its unbeatable atmosphere — is impeccable. Even the characters get special attention. Everyone’s period-appropriate attire highlights their individual personalities. Likewise, each performer injects something special into their role. Val Kilmer famously added plenty of literal sweat to his performance as Doc Holliday.

But that’s not the only thing Tombstone gets right. In many ways, Kevin Jarre’s direction acts like a stageplay’s script. Everyone has a specific role, a defined “place,” and a fixed archetype. The gang members play the villains, and they’re dressed for the part.

Every awards season, movie fans and aspiring pundits across the country become obsessed with the ever-coveted Academy Awards. The longstanding awards show has long been considered the holy grail of the film industry and can often feel like an all-encompassing part of the discourse, particularly around the four acting categories. In the lead-up to Oscar Sunday, many of us debate who will win, and once the ceremony comes and goes, there are still debates over who should have won.

Amidst this hubbub, it's important to remember that the Oscars are but a modicum of what represents the best performances in film. In fact, several of the best actors working today have never been given the honor of an Oscar despite years of treasured performances. The disparity between what Oscar voters love and what history remembers has always been a widening gap, but we can guarantee these 15 omissions from the winner's circle are particularly egregious.

In 2007, Martin Scorsese won his first and only Best Director Academy Award for his work on The Departed. Most sensible people would agree that The Departed is not the best of Scorsese's films, but few would be angry that a director of his caliber has an Oscar under his belt. After all, Scorsese had previously received Best Director nominations for The Aviator, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ and Raging Bull.

The tale of David vs. Goliath is one of the most popular and inspiring stories in anthropological history (originating in the Christian Bible), but you've never seen it told like this. The ultimate underdog story should need little introduction, as David, a small shepherd from the Valley of Elah, Israel, took down the mighty, bronze-armor adorned giant, using nothing but a slingshot — spoiler alert. The story has been told, and re-told countless times. But, a new Prime Video series is adding a flare of drama, and appears to be heavily inspired by HBO's Game of Thrones.

House of David has transformed the biblical story into an eight-episode series. The series was created by Jon Erwin (Jesus Revolution & American Underdog) and Jon Gunn (Ordinary Angels), based on an idea by Erwin and The Chosen creator, Dallas Jenkins. Up-and-coming actor, Michael Iskander, best known for starring in the award-winning stage musical, Kimberly Akimbo,...

The tale of David vs. Goliath is one of the most popular and inspiring stories in anthropological history (originating in the Christian Bible), but you've never seen it told like this. The ultimate underdog story should need little introduction, as David, a small shepherd from the Valley of Elah, Israel, took down the mighty, bronze-armor adorned giant, using nothing but a slingshot — spoiler alert. The story has been told, and re-told countless times. But, a new Prime Video series is adding a flare of drama, and appears to be heavily inspired by HBO's Game of Thrones.

House of David has transformed the biblical story into an eight-episode series. The series was created by Jon Erwin (Jesus Revolution & American Underdog) and Jon Gunn (Ordinary Angels), based on an idea by Erwin and The Chosen creator, Dallas Jenkins. Up-and-coming actor, Michael Iskander, best known for starring in the award-winning stage musical, Kimberly Akimbo,...

Martin Scorsese's legendary neo-noir thriller film Taxi Driver will find itself a new streaming home next month.

The legendary director's 1976 film Taxi Driver will land on Max on February 1st. The film was also made available to watch on Tubi earlier this month and is additionally available to stream on both Netflix and Prime Video. Written by Paul Shrader, the film stands as one of Scorsese's biggest films as both a box office and critical success with an 89% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The neo-noir classic stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a Vietnam War veteran who becomes a taxi driver in the hope it will help his insomnia. The film details his mental deterioration...

Willem Dafoe opened up about the consequences of his most controversial performance while promoting Nosferatu on The Louis Theroux Podcast — namely, the enigmatic Dafoe found himself dropped from a (then) upcoming film. The veteran Hollywood actor has appeared in almost every genre of film over the course of his 5-year career, from Finding Nemo to Antichrist to the Snyder cut of Justice League, but none were so controversial as The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese's 1988 religious epic. Believe it or not, Dafoe was a relatively small-time actor before being cast as Jesus Christ in Scorsese’s adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, but the controversy sparked after the film’s release was anything but small.

Critically acclaimed writer and director Paul Schrader has defended the use of artificial intelligence when writing screenplays for movies. Schrader is best known for writing classic movies such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ. In recent years, Schrader has directed several movies. Some of Paul Schrader's best movies include First Reformed, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay, The Card Counter, and Master Gardener. Schrader's recent comments are surprising since many writers have criticized the use of AI for writing screenplays.

In a Facebook post, Schrader claims that AI is capable of coming up with great ideas. He explains that he asked ChatGPT to come up with ideas for films from several different filmmakers, including himself, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese. He believes the ideas that ChatGPT came up with were great, and doesn't understand why writers should waste...

Mel Gibson is not the only one who is interested in bringing Jesus Christ's story back to theaters. VFX expert Seong-ho Jang has gathered a star-studded cast for his directorial debut, The King of Kings, which follows Jesus' story in an animated film.

A new teaser for the upcoming film, shared by Discussing Film, which is set for release ahead of Easter this year, has just debuted Oscar Isaac's voice for Jesus Christ. The Primetime Emmy-nominated actor will play the main character in Seong-ho Jang's animation which is loosely inspired by Charles Dickens' short story The Life of Our Lord. The animated family film comes from the South Korean animation house Mofac Animation.

Oscar Isaac’s voice for Jesus Christ in ‘King Of KINGS’ has been revealed.Also starring Mark Hamill, Uma Thurman, Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan and Kenneth BranaghIn theaters on April 11. pic.twitter.com...

According to Mel Gibson, Martin Scorsese wanted him to star in The Last Temptation of Christ, but the Lethal Weapon actor wasn’t interested.

“Interestingly enough, I was in a hotel room in the Savoy and I had food poisoning. I was near dead from it. I ate a bad oyster in London and I was dying in a hotel room and I couldn’t even leave. It was the worst,” Gibson said on the Joe Rogen Experience podcast. “While I was there, Scorsese calls the room and says, ‘Come here, I want to talk to you.’ I go and I talk to Martin and he’s in his room and all the windows, the screens, he’s drawn on. He’s got 18 different TVs going on at the same time in this dark room. He’s talking to me about the ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ and he wants...

Mel Gibson was in no way tempted to star as Jesus in Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ,” despite the auteur wanting to cast him.

Gibson said during the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that Scorsese approached him while they were staying at the same hotel in London to lead “The Last Temptation of Christ.” The 1988 film eventually was made starring Willem Dafoe instead.

“Interestingly enough, I was in a hotel room in the Savoy and I had food poisoning. I was near dead from it. I ate a bad oyster in London and I was dying in a hotel room and I couldn’t even leave. It was the worst,” Gibson recalled. “While I was there, Scorsese calls the room and says, ‘Come here, I want to talk to you.’ I go and I talk to Martin and he’s in his room and all the windows, the screens,...

Andrew Garfield addresses potentially playing Jesus in Martin Scorsese's new movie, saying "You can’t just keep waiting for Scorsese to call." The legendary director is best known for operating within the gangster genre with Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Departed, and The Irishman. However, he has also frequently explored religion throughout his career with the religious epics The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, and Silence – the last of which starred Andrew Garfield.

Within his illustrious filmography, Scorsese's religious epics tend to be less popular than his gangster films, despite being equally as masterful. His 1988 epic, The Last Temptation of Christ, was quite controversial for retelling the life of Christ in human rather than divine terms. It ended up being a modest box office success that grossed over $33 million on a $7 million budget. One of his lesser-known films, 1997's Kundun, offered an account of the...

Willem Dafoe reveals that he had one of the best filming experiences working on Martin Scorsese's controversial Oscar-nominated movie. The star, who is famous for playing villainous characters, including the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and Donald Kimball in American Psycho, is often considered one of the best actors working today. His wide-ranging career has led to him being nominated for four Oscars, with his most recent nomination coming in 2019 for At Eternity's Gate.

Dafoe recently played a vampire hunter in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, which has become a critical and financial success since releasing in theaters in December. Aside from Nosferatu, the actor had two other films out in 2024: Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, where he played deceased detective Wolf Jackson. His next movie, The Legend of Ochi, is scheduled to come out in 2025, but his...

The Amazing Spider-Man's franchise star claims he isn't caught up in the web of rumors surrounding a potential lead role in one of Martin Scorsese's next projects. Acclaimed actor Andrew Garfield addresses claims he's set to portray Jesus Christ in the Academy Award-winning director's upcoming film, A Life of Jesus.

During an interview with GQ, Garfield addressed his future in acting and whether his reported role in A Life of Jesus is a part of it. Despite suggestions that Scorsese eyed him to play the Son of God, Garfield denied his involvement in the movie, claiming, “There was a rumor. It’s not true to my knowledge.” Garfield added that while Scorsese's projects intrigue him, he doesn't want to be on the sidelines waiting for opportunities, always wanting to stay busy. “I like working as well,” he said. “You can’t just keep waiting for Scorsese to call,...

Director Martin Scorsese might be known for making some of the finest crime dramas around, such as Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, and The Departed, but back in 1988, the Catholic auteur took a crack at bringing the story of Jesus to life in The Last Temptation of Christ. Based on Nikos Kazantzakis' 1955 novel of the same name, the controversial film explored the struggles Jesus faced with various forms of temptation, including fear, doubt, and lust. Now, more than 35 years later, star Willem Dafoe is singing the praises of Scorsese's movie, calling it "one of the best experiences" of his life.

Dafoe portrayed Jesus of Nazareth in The Last Temptation of Christ, which was shot on a budget of $7 million, and brought in a worldwide total of $33 million at the box office. Panned by religious organizations, critics — including Roger Ebert — lauded the movie and the script by Paul Schrader,...

The haunting 2010 psychological thriller Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, will soon be available for streaming.

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, Paramount+ subscribers can dive into this chilling tale of paranoia, secrets, and hidden truths. Directed by legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, the film follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a patient from a remote psychiatric hospital. Co-starring Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams, Shutter Island is celebrated for its atmospheric visuals, gripping narrative, and powerful performances. The film remains a standout in the psychological thriller genre, offering a masterclass in tension and storytelling.

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Denis Villeneuve, the director of films like Blade Runner 2049, Prisoners, and the modern adaptations of Frank Herbert's Dune, has something to say to Quentin Tarantino after the Pulp Fiction director revealed he has no interest in seeing his version of Dune. A few weeks ago, Villeneuve made it clear that he kindly disagrees with Tarantino's claim that Dune is a remake. Now, Villeneuve insists that he doesn't care much about the remarks by the Inglourious Basterds director, and he feels nothing but respect for him.

While taking a break from writing the next chapter, Dune: Messiah, Villeneuve spoke to the L.A. Times about his influences, his ideal setting for writing, and what he would have done if filmmaking hadn't worked out. The reporter asking him questions addressed Tarantino's claims from a few weeks ago, in which the Reservoir Dogs director said that he wasn’t interested in...

Willem Dafoe is one of the world’s biggest actors — but over five decades on screen, he’s been consistently drawn to oddballs. With his unhinged vampire hunter in Nosferatu about to be unleashed, we speak to him about challenging the norm.

“Chaos reigns,” said the fox.

Lars von Trier’s 2009 drama Antichrist was unforgiving cinema and, as the psychotherapist navigating his wife’s (Charlotte Gainsbourg) overwhelming grief after the death of their young son, Dafoe may have been the only actor capable of taking on its myriad challenges. It made perfect sense that Von Trier would ask him to voice the fox too, uttering those words while eating itself alive.

On screen, Dafoe has never been far from chaos. His first film appearance, in 1980, was in Michael Cimino’s notoriously catastrophic Heaven’s Gate; Dafoe was fired for laughing at a joke on set. He was Oscar-nominated for playing Sgt Elias in 1986’s Platoon,...

This article contains full spoilers for "Nosferatu."

The concept of fate, a predestined path which has been laid out for each of us, is a terrifying one. We all have (or at least appear to have) free will, and we all cherish freedom as a precious, enviable, coveted thing. Thus, fate is the antithesis of all our hopes and desires, a monolithic force that we are powerless to change or stop. This is why the concept tends to be de-emphasized in our culture, with everything from our aspirations as children to our goals in adulthood being put in the context of free will: we're told that all we want is potentially within our grasp, that dreams can be achieved, and that paths can be changed. Fate, then, is typically invoked for purposes of a scapegoat when things go wrong. Even with that perspective, it's never seen as a force of immovable doom,...

Because not all cultures receive a movie the same way, what might seem harmless to U.S. audiences could be regarded as offensive in another country. There are many reasons why a country would censor a movie, but politics and religion are among the top factors. Sometimes, a particular character's name might be the cause of a movie not being released in a country, and other times, the entire movie might simply be too much.

Movies like A Clockwork Orange and The Interview have been known to cause riots and even protests. The latter almost started a war due to a poorly executed plot. Even though movies are just fictitious stories, they do tend to have real-life consequences. Some movies are so violent that they become the inspiration for crimes.

Updated by Alex Roush on December 24, 2024: Movies that focus on religion or include LGBTQ elements tend to receive criticism and controversy.

Willem Dafoe explained why he enjoys dying in so many movies. Dafoe is one of the most accomplished actors of the last 40 years. He began his career in film in 1980 and has starred in classic movies like Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, and Wild at Heart. In the 21st century, he is perhaps best known for portraying Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in several Spider-Man movies and his multiple collaborations with director Wes Anderson. However, throughout his career, Dafoe has earned a reputation as an actor who tends to die in a lot of the movies he appears in.

In an interview published in Empire Magazine, Dafoe admitted that he loves watching his characters die in movies. The actor explained that everyone imagines how they might die. Therefore, he is happy that he has been able to act out different ways of dying throughout his career. Dafoe explained that it...

Cap's back — and this time he's seeing red! Red Hulk, that is. Yes, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson and Harrison Ford's Hulked out President Thaddeus Ross form the word-exclusive cover of our stacked Captain America: Brave New World issue — which has us diving deep into the McU's 35th film, looking back on 2024's cinematic highlights, and talking to the stars and filmmakers behind your next must-see movies.

This month's issue hits newsstands on Thursday 19 December — and you can pre-order your copy online here. But for now, read on for a look inside its pages.

Captain America: Brave New World

On your left! After four years away, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson is bringing his take on Marvel's star-spangled man to the big screen in Captain America: Brave New World. Here, Empire heads undercover to talk to Mackie, co-star Harrison Ford, director Julius Onah, and more about Red Hulks, returning Leaders,...

One might be surprised to discover that the most critically acclaimed motion picture about the life of Jesus Christ is not Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ or Martin Scorcese's The Last Temptation of Christ, nor is it even The Jesus Film from the '70s, but rather it's a lesser-known Italian biblical drama called The Gospel According to St. Matthew. With a 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this Pier Paolo Pasolini-directed picture is a direct adaptation of the first book in the biblical New Testament. Not only do film critics hail this film as an international triumph, but even the Catholic Church itself has praised the picture. So what makes The Gospel According to St. Matthew so special? Well, you'll have to see it to believe it.

It is said that the grand metaphor to describe the United States is a melting pot, where cultures from all over the world that have gathered in a shared space form a gumbo where their flavors merge, the whole supplanting the constituent parts. In Canada we habitually—perhaps with more...

Fifty years after his screenwriting debut via Sydney Pollack’s The Yakuza and a mere forty-six since his directorial debut with Blue Collar, Paul Schrader is still at it. And he’s operating at a higher level than most. A household name for his Scorsese screenplays––Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ chief among them––Schrader made a compelling industry name for himself with his own projects by the late ’70s, cementing himself as one of cinema’s most divisive, most original, and most consistent directors by the late ’80s and early ’90s.

After a series of popular and critical duds from 2003-2016, Schrader re-emerged in fresh creativity with First Reformed in 2017, beginning a phase in his career with the first entry in his “Man in a Room” trilogy that would soon be filled out by The Card Counter and Master Gardener. But not before several...

In the late ’90s, producer James G. Robinson and screenwriter William Wisher Jr. started developing a prequel to the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist – and no one could have predicted just how messy this project would get. Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI director Tom McLoughlin was hired to take the helm, but then dropped out due to issues with the script. John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) took the helm, with author Caleb Carr handling rewrites… then Frankenheimer left because his health was declining (he passed away soon after) and was replaced by Paul Schrader. Schrader was known for writing films like Taxi Driver, Rolling Thunder, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ, and he had also directed several films: Blue Collar, Hardcore, American Gigolo, Cat People, and others. During a recent interview with MovieWeb, Schrader admitted that he shouldn’t have taken on the job of directing Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.

Legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader reveals why a biopic of Frank Sinatra has yet to happen and what controversial actor he wanted to play Ol' Blue Eyes. Schrader is one of the most prolific names in Hollywood, having written the screenplays for Taxi Driver and The Last Temptation of Christ and directing critically acclaimed films like Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Affliction, and First Reformed, to name just a few. At one point, a script for a Frank Sinatra biopic crossed his desk, and he briefly considered it, but his casting choice and potential conflicts with the Sinatra estate seemed to put a quick end to that, a fate he shares with former collaborator Martin Scorsese.

Paul Schrader sat down with MovieWeb to discuss his latest film, Oh, Canada. Schrader mentioned the Sinatra biopic he was supposedly working on, but he cleared up one misconception. "I never worked on it.

Strange Darling is a heart-pounding, mind-bending thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, constantly defying expectations. When a seemingly innocent one-night stand turns into a twisted nightmare, a brutal murder spree ensues at the hands of a serial killer.

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This innovative horror-thriller, from the producers of Late Night with the Devil and Barbarian, offers a bold and refreshing take on the cat-and-mouse genre.

Starring Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Ed Begley Jr., and Barbara Hershey, the film is a masterclass in tension and suspense.

Distributed in the UK and Ireland by Icon Film Distribution, Strange Darling is a Miramax and Spooky Pictures production. Produced by Bill Block, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Giovanni Ribisi, and Chris Ivan Cevic, with Ribisi also serving as Director of Photography,...

When we speak of the people who shaped cinema in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, it's impossible to avoid the names Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese. The duo's first collaboration, 1976's Taxi Driver, for which Scorsese directed Schrader's screenplay, became a critical and box office hit, but also helped shape the gritty antihero cinema of the era. The duo collaborated three more times on some of their most critically acclaimed films 1980's Raging Bull, 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ, and finally, 1999's Bringing Out the Dead.

MovieWeb sat down to speak with Schrader about his upcoming film, Oh, Canada. With Bringing Out the Dead celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, we asked if Schrader and Scorsese had any plans to work together again. Despite the duo's past working relationship and the fact that each of them has struggled to do their take on a Frank Sinatra biopic,...

William Sutter may not have been the biggest villain on Suits, but his random death in the show's final season still came as a shock. Airing from 2011-2019, Suits saw a massive surge in popularity when it began streaming on Netflix in 2023. A big reason for that is because in an age of short streaming shows, audiences are craving a high-quality yet traditional TV experience. Suits offers a digestible series full of clearcut protagonists and antagonists, as Harvey Specter and Mike Ross regularly face off against rival law firms and attorneys from their past with an axe to grind.

While he's not one of Suits' most famous celebrity cameos, veteran actor Alan Rosenberg certainly added to the series' gripping drama as William Sutter. Rosenberg notably played Thomas the Apostle in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), though he is perhaps best known for lawyer Eli Levinson on both Civil Wars and L.A. Law.

Martin Scorsese may be one of the godfathers of cinema, but now the iconic auteur is turning his lens to the Holy Father.

Scorsese hosts, narrates, and executive produces Fox Nation original docudrama streaming series, “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.” IndieWire can reveal a sneak peek at the show, which debuts November 17. The premiere episode centers on Joan of Arc, with each installment centering on a different saint.

“Joan led her army on a relentless march north,” Scorsese says onscreen in the premiere episode clip. “Every victory on the battlefield took her one step closer to her ultimate goal.”

The docuseries includes other saints like John the Baptist, Sebastian, Maximilian Kolbe, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, and Moses the Black. The series will encompass 2,000 years of history to tell the story of “eight men and women who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex trait — faith.

Despite directing some of the best films ever made, Martin Scorsese has only ever won an Oscar for one of them. Whether or not The Departed deserved the four Oscars it won has long been a matter of debate among cinephiles, but now you can decide for yourself because the 2006 crime thriller is now streaming on Peacock where it's already become a hit all over again.

Scorsese has been a household name in the world of cinema for decades now, having crafted some of the most beloved films of all time, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, and GoodFellas, to name just a few. But while his reputation as a world-class filmmaker is well known among critics and fans alike, Scorsese has never had much luck on Oscars night. He has received a whopping 10 directorial nominations over his long career the most nominations for any living director.

Oh, Canada (2024) may noy be the last film that Paul Schrader ends up making, as the notoriously active writer/director has already hinted at what his next project might be. That being said, “Oh, Canada” certainly feels like an acclaimed artist looking back on the achievements of their career, as it is by its very nature a reflective story about two fixed points in a man’s life. Schrader has long been interested in exploring the lurking feelings of anxiety and self-destruction that exist within archetypes of masculinity, such as a priest (“First Reformed”), a drug dealer (“Light Sleeper”), a gambler (“The Card Counter”), a male escort (“American Gigolo”), or a family man (“Hardcore”). “Oh, Canada” is perhaps the best evidence that these stories were all derived from Schrader’s own self-analysis, as it recontextualizes the accoladed Russell Banks novel “Foregone” as a commentary on the ramifications of the New Hollywood movement.

The great Martin Scorsese is well-known for being one of the pioneers of contemporary cinema. A thriving young visionary in the 70s New Hollywood Era, Scorsese made a name for himself on the back of projects such as Taxi Driver, Mean Streets and Raging Bull, to name a few. Each film he made better honed his unique voice, vision and style. Fans all over the world know a Scorsese movie when they see one.

What's maybe more impressive than his early contributions is his ability to continue to make films well into his 80s. For almost fifty years, Martin Scorsese has continued to tell stories in the frame, and it seems that every new film he makes has something important to say about humanity. One of the greatest crime directors ever, Scorsese's most iconic films are those that exist in the gangster genre. However, he has been making movies in multiple genres for decades,...

Martin Scorsese’s hate for superhero movies might’ve come from one DC sensation calling out his motto. Colin Farrell is currently the talk of Tinseltown, thanks to his makeover and performance as the Batman villain in Max’s The Penguin. Farrell once shared that he finds the Hollywood idea of “one for them, one for me” ridiculous.

Colin Farrell in The Penguin | Credits: HBO

Farrell has been one actor who always experimented with his role, regardless of the budget of the film. Farrell has been riding on a high recently with critically acclaimed roles in The Batman, Thirteen Lives, The Banshees of Inisherin, and most recently in The Penguin.

Martin Scorsese’s One Motto Gets Called Out By DC Actor Colin Farrell Martin Scorsese in Hugo | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Colin Farrell appeared on Sean Evans’ Hot Ones in 2022 for a quick chat. He talked about his passion for films...

Will the Oscars answer “Conclave’s” prayers?

Edward Berger’s mystery thriller has been one of the buzziest films to emerge from the fall festivals. Adapted from Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, the film premiered at Telluride, where it received raves from attendees. Since then, its awards prospects have grown, especially following its Audience Award wins at the Mill Valley and Middleburg fests. Those regional accolades helped propel future best picture nominees such as “American Fiction” (2023) and “Belfast” (2021) and best picture winner “Green Book” (2018). “Conclave” has popular appeal, but will its religious themes be an advantage or a potential hurdle in the Oscar race?

Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one page on the Variety Awards Circuit.

Rossellini with “Conclave” director Edward Berger

Films that explore issues of faith, and the Catholic Church’s tangled history, have long held a unique place in Hollywood. Critics, and sometimes audiences,...

To everyone reading this who is currently trying to make it big in the filmmaking industry and also has a Letterboxd or Twitter account (with all due respect to serial plagiarist Elon Musk, I ain't calling it X), there's one piece of advice that looms larger than any other: Keep those critical opinions on movies and shows to yourself. Fair or not, this is a business built on egos. Whether you're trying to break through as a director, screenwriter, or even an actor, much of the day-to-day grind involves managing those very same egos. And when Hollywood oftentimes looks for reasons not to give you the green light, that task becomes inordinately more complicated when you find yourself in the same room as the studio executive who championed a divisive blockbuster-- the same one that you gleefully tore to pieces on social media a few months back.

Then again, for some,...

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Winona Ryder had already made a name for herself in the entertainment industry prior to the release of Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence in 1993. At that point, she already had Beetlejuice, Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, and Bram Stoker's Dracula under her belt. But it still made for a major profile booster.

After all, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying May Welland, the possessor of the title's innocence. It's a performance that gained her even more clout, and by the time the next year's ceremony rolled around, she was nominated for Little Women, that time for Best Actress. That remains her most recent nomination to date.

It's also a role that Ryder is quite fond of. As was the experience of working with director Scorsese. One gets the...

When it was announced that two high-profile Martin Scorsese films – one a biopic of Frank Sinatra, the other on Jesus – were being postponed, it led people to wonder what exactly was going on, with some thoughts leading the mind to consider: Is Martin Scorsese retiring? Well, Marty is here to tell you that he doesn’t plan on going anywhere.

Appearing at the Museum of Cinema in Turin, Martin Scorsese told the crowd, “I’m not saying goodbye to cinema at all. I still have more films to make, and I hope God gives me the strength to make them.” Ok, so that whole “gives me the strength” statement does feel a bit uneasy, but considering the level of passion and drive that Scorsese still has – the guy released a three-and-a-half hour epic just last year, the same he turned 81 – we really don’t have any reason to worry.

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Tomas Arana’s name might not be the first that comes to mind when thinking about great cinema. He’s not a “star” in the most commercial sense of the word.

To be sure, Arana has appeared in what we commonly refer to as blockbusters — Gladiator, The Bourne Supremacy or The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston — but it would be wrong to limit his career to those successes. Arana was Lazarus in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, the Detective Breuning in L.A. Confidential, Laginov in The Hunt for Red October with Sean Connery, Walter in Sergio Corbucci’s Neapolitan Mystery, Damon in Michele Soavi’s The Sect and so much more. A veteran of experimental theater companies like La Mamma, Tomas Arana has done it all, and with a particular passion for Italy.

Arana became a good friend of Andy Warhol in the 1970s. The two first...

Martin Scorsese has made plenty of classic movies throughout his career, but his unrealized projects show a glimpse of what could have been. Scorsese's Sinatra biopic and his movie about Jesus' life have reportedly stalled. Previously, he had been planning on shooting them back-to-back, but this plan seems to have hit a stumbling block. While this news comes as a disappointment, Scorsese's fans will know that he has had many such difficulties throughout his career.

With a list of credits that includes Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Wolf of Wall Street and many more iconic movies, Scorsese should have no regrets about his career. However, some of the projects that didn't quite pan out over the years are excruciating, simply because they sound like they could potentially have been instant classics. Scorsese has tried and failed to make biopics, historical epics, and adaptations of popular novels.

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Martin Scorsese was set to film two movies back to back, but they have since been postponed. Scorsese is one of the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of all time, and he just earned his tenth Academy Award nomination for Best Director for 2023's Killers of the Flower Moon. His following two films were set to be passion projects the director had been working on for a while, a Frank Sinatra biopic and an adaptation of Shsaku Ends 1973 novel The Life of Jesus. Both projects seem to have hit a major roadblock.

According to Variety, Scorsese was planning to film The Life of Jesus and Frank Sinatra biopics back to back starting this year, but both projects have since been delayed indefinitely. The Life of Jesus, which was supposed to be filmed first, would delve into Christ as a divine figure and human. The Life of Jesus was set to...

After bagging 10 Oscar nominations for last year's monumental three-plus-hour epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, you'd be forgiven for thinking that when Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie, that movie just gets made. But after revealing plans for religious picture The Life Of Jesus last year, and then the realisation of a long-planned Frank Sinatra biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio earlier this year, Marty's hopes to shoot both projects back-to-back have been put on hold. Per Variety's reporting, neither project will be setting cameras rolling in 2024 any more, and new production plans are yet to be confirmed.

Having already made one ripping biblical yarn in the shape of The Last Temptation Of Christ, Scorsese had hoped to acquiesce to the Pope's call for more Christianity centred art with an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 novel The Life Of Jesus. This would've been Scorsese's second Endō adaptation following 2016's Silence, with...

Martin Scorsese was planning to tackle films about Jesus Christ and Frank Sinatra, but according to reports, both have seen their shoot dates scrapped.

Last we heard, Martin Scorsese was set to have a busy few months towards the end of this year. The filmmaker was set to follow up last year’s Killers Of The Flower Moon with a project tentatively titled The Life Of Jesus Christ. The biblical figure is one that Scorsese has explored in film before in 1988’s The Last Temptation Of Christ. According to reports that surfaced earlier this summer, the project was set to go before cameras some time around October with Andrew Garfield rumoured to be in the title role.

Other details that popped up suggested that the film was being made outside the studio system and would shoot in Italy, Israel and Egypt. The story was to be based on the book...