Martin Scorsese Casts Sacha Baron Cohen in Kid's Movie
File this one under “Things We Didn’t See Coming.” Martin Scorsese, Paste‘s recently-crowned Best Living Director and master of goofiness, Sacha Baron Cohen, are teaming up for a kid’s movie. According to The Guardian, Scorsese is in talks with Baron Cohen to cast him in his upcoming adaptation of the children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, which won the 2008 Caldecott Medal.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Fifty Best Living Directors
Few artistic endeavors are more collaborative than filmmaking... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesShutter Island Review
Release Date: Feb. 19 Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel) Cinematography: Robert Richardson Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley Studio/Run Time: Paramount Pictures, 138 mins. Scorsese gets his Hitchcock on Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s pulp thriller is a brainy and compelling take on that most hoary of film genres: psychological horror. Equal parts parable and cautionary tale, Shutter Island is an expertly-paced thriller that feels far shorter and more exhilarating than its lengthy runtime suggests.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSalute Your Shorts: Martin Scorsese's "Life Lessons"
Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.In 1986, Woody Allen approached his acquaintances Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese about collaborating on an anthology film together. The trio met in a screening room and agreed on their interests, thinking to do something like Boccaccio ’70 or RoGoPaG, Italian anthologies from the '60s that featured several short films (each 30-45 minutes in length) tied together. Other than perhaps a mutual theme, the trio wouldn’t discuss their material until the feature opened, making it... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesShutter Island Gets the Graphic-Novel Treatment
Martin Scorsese’s creepy-looking Shutter Island (which comes out Feb. 19) has attracted lots of attention for months now, but now there’s a new element to add to the spooky mix. At the beginning of the month, HarperCollins and Tokyopop released a graphic novel version of the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane, featuring haunting illustrations by French artist Christian de Metter coupled with Lehane’s text.... read more
Found in: Books, News15 Masterful Directors with Films in 2010
Even the best actors will occasionally take a paycheck from a film they know is a stinker, but a great director is the closest Hollywood has to a sure thing. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayRicky Gervais Plans to Channel Rat Pack as Host of Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais was tapped in October to host the 67th Annual Golden Globes awards show—the first host the show has had since 1995. Gervais himself was a Golden Globe winner in 2004 for BBC’s The Office.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMartin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire to Tap into Seedy, 1920s Atlantic City
Martin Scorsese is moving forward with his new series for HBO. The network has bought 12 episodes of Boardwalk Empire including the pilot, and Scorsese and his crew were seen filming recently in Brooklyn.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 50 Best Movies of the Decade (2000-2009)
We're looking at the Best of the Decade throughout the month of the November. Today's list is the 50 Best Movies from 2000 to 2009. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMartin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, Many More Sign Petition to Free Roman Polanski
Over 110 top Hollywood figures are now in protest of director Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland Saturday, as evidenced by an online petition.... read more
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