the notoriously long “The Irishman.” Runtime, of course, was the at-home audience’s No. 1 beef with the Netflix gangster flick.
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Any time Martin Scorsese makes a film, it’s a big event, and his crime drama, “Killer Of The Flower Moon,” has been at the top of our Most Anticipated Films of The Year list two years in a row (there was hope that it might arrive in 2022). Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone (“Certain Women”), it’s about a series of murders that took place in Omaha’s Osage Nation in the 1920s; essentially, the Osage Native Indians were getting rich off the oil they were legally entitled to, and this made a lot of racist white people incredibly unhappy, to say the least.
the notoriously long “The Irishman.” Runtime, of course, was the at-home audience’s No. 1 beef with the Netflix gangster flick.
Martin Scorsese has said the simultaneous release of Barbie and Oppenheimer was a “wonderful” thing for cinema.The director discussed the “Barbenheimer” phenomena during an interview with the Hindustan Times, saying that it offered “hope” for a different kind of film landscape.“I do think that combination of Oppenheimer and Barbie was something special,” Scorsese said. “It seemed to be, I hate that word, but the perfect storm.
Martin Scorsese is weighing in on the release of Barbie and Oppenheimer which he says was the “perfect storm.”
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Martin Scorsese has not seen Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” or Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” but that didn’t stop him from celebrating the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon during a recent interview with the Hindustan Times. Scorsese himself has ties to “Barbie,” as it stars and was produced by his “Wolf of Wall Street” breakout Margot Robbie and shot by his longtime cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. The latter filmed “Barbie” after wrapping up work on Scorsese’s own “Killers of the Flower Moon.” “I do think that the combination of ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie’ was something special,” Scorsese said.
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall irrupted into a flurry of cheers this afternoon as filmmaker Martin Scorsese strolled on stage to take part in a career Q&A at the London Film Festival.
“We’re very proud of this movie,” Julie O’Keefe, Osage clothing consultant on Killers of the Flower Moon, said of the response to Martin Scorsese’s latest feature from the Native American community.
Oscar winner Spike Lee has shared some thoughts about two of the highest-profile movie titles of 2023, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon.
With just fifteen days to go before it hits theaters, Apple Original Films wants to drum up as much hype as possible for “Killers Of The Flower Moon.” As if the film doesn’t have enough hype already: Martin Scorsese‘s first film since 2019’s “The Irishman” won unanimous praise from critics at its world premiere at Cannes in May. And the film sees the director work with two long-time collaborators: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro.
As much as “Taxi Driver” is an incredible acheivement and one of the greatest American films in history, it’s also just as influential as a piece of pop culture. The name Travis Bickle is used by people who probably haven’t even seen “Taxi Driver” but can point out someone who embodies that character and archetype.
told IndieWire Wednesday at the New York premiere of his new film “Killers of the Flower Moon” — the first of his films to get a full theatrical release since 2016’s “Silence.”“But also what they consider now ‘indie films.’ I don’t like that title,” continued the “Taxi Driver” director. “I think that categorizes, pigeonholes.
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films and Paramount‘s Martin Scorsese directed, Leonardo DiCaprio-starring Killers of the Flower Moon, landed on more tracking services today and is set for an opening around $24M when it goes wide on Oct. 20. Duly note, that new tracking service Quorum, which does six-week projections also had the same estimate two weeks ago.
Martin Scorsese returns to theaters in just over three weeks with his latest feature, “Killers Of The Flower Moon.” And as with any Scorsese film, there’s a lot of buzz about his new pic. The adaptation of David Grann‘s 2017 book of the same name may be the most anticipated movie for the rest of the year next to “Poor Things.” READ MORE: Fall Film Preview: 60+ Most Anticipated Movies To Watch But “Flower Moon” isn’t just a straight adaptation of Grann’s book, which documents the Osage County Murders in 1920s Oklahoma and the birth of the FBI.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Martin Scorsese revealed in an interview with GQ magazine that Warner Bros. wished to turn his Oscar winner “The Departed” into a franchise, much to his disagreement. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a Massachusetts State Police officer and Matt Damon as a Boston gang member who go undercover to infiltrate each other’s organizations.
Even though Martin Scorsese’s films end up getting major distribution with large studios, the filmmaker works primarily independently. He is no longer beholden to the traditional Hollywood studio system where executives have a say in the creative aspects of a film.
When you are a legendary filmmaker with a career that spans six decades, there are inevitably people who are going to argue about which films are best. In the discussion surrounding Martin Scorsese’s career, narrowing it down is difficult enough, with many people having an issue trying to pinpoint which of his crime thrillers are best, let alone which is his overall best film.
William Earl In a sprawling new profile with GQ, director Martin Scorsese discussed comic book and franchise culture, a topic which he has spoken out about at length in the past. When asked about those blockbusters, Scorsese said that their omnipresence could be negative to audiences who aren’t well-versed in other types of film. “The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture,” he said.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender.
Leonardo DiCaprio was recast in “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
In a minor surprise, a 2024 Best Supporting Actress frontrunner has decided to submit for the exceedingly more difficult lead category, Best Actress. As leaked, er, reported by Variety, Lily Gladstone will now compete for Best Actress for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Previously a lock for a nomination in the Supporting Actress field, she’s now at risk of being shut out in one of the most competitive races this Oscar season.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Oscar season is always full of twists and turns, and the biggest one yet just dropped with “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Variety has learned exclusively that Lily Gladstone’s work as Mollie Burkhart, an Indigenous woman at the center of a sinister plot in Martin Scorsese’s crime epic, will be campaigned for the Oscars in best actress, instead of supporting where many pundits had speculated. She will campaign alongside her Oscar-winning co-star and executive producer, Leonardo DiCaprio.