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Watch live: Martin Scorsese receives Berlin Film Festival's honorary Golden Bear

Martin Scorsese to receive Berlin Film Festival's honorary Golden Bear award.

Scorsese's latest film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' nominated for 10 Academy Awards. [ more ]

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Martin Scorsese takes on intense' acting role in Julian Schnabel Dante drama

Martin Scorsese is the most nominated living director at the Academy Awards with 10 nods and one win.

Scorsese is set to make an on-screen appearance in Julian Schnabel's film 'In the Hand of Dante' portraying an elderly sage. [ more ]

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Europe news

'Anatomy of a Fall' wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival

Justine Triet, winner of the Palme d'Or for Anatomy of a Fall, poses for photographers following the awards ceremony at the 76th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday.Daniel Cole/AP Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival's prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial.

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Did Martin Scorsese's Super Bowl ad just prove the importance of web design?

Squarespace has enlisted Martin Scorsese to direct and star in their Super Bowl ad, which highlights the importance of having a website in today's digital culture.

The ad suggests that a website provides more credibility and the ability to effectively communicate a message compared to relying solely on social media platforms. [ more ]

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Home Entertainment Guide: November 2022 | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

10 NEW TO HBO MAX " The Craft"" Don't Worry Darling"" Fruitvale Station""The LEGO Movie"" Predator"" Raging Bull"" Seven"" Stargate"" Unforgiven"" You've Got Mail"
10 NEW TO NETFLIX "The Addams Family"" The Bad Guys"" The Boxtrolls"" Captain Phillips"" The Interview"" Moneyball"" Notting Hill"" Southpaw"" Training Day"" Where the Crawdads Sing"
12 NEW BLU-RAY/DVDS "Bros" Much was made of the relative box office disappointment of this romantic comedy, a movie meant to provide some much-needed representation in the genre.

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Business

Martin Scorsese fans dub 'Goncharov' the best mafia film (n)ever made

Martin Scorsese at a literary event in New York earlier in November.(Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)In an acting career spanning nearly six decades, Robert De Niro has starred as countless gangsters, Mafiosi and mob bosses.But before Jimmy Conway or a young Vito Corleone graced screens, De Niro was a discothèque-manager-turned-Russian-hit-man in the film "Goncharov."

The Paris Review

Martin Scorsese's Family Pictures - The Paris Review

A viral photo still from Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon created public fascination and became a meme

The photo captures the central mysteries and interpersonal dynamics of the film, raising questions about perception and interpretation [ more ]

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Scorsese says The Red Shoes is in his DNA': Thelma Schoonmaker on her life and work with Michael Powell and his friend Marty

Thelma Schoonmaker, the world's most successful film editor, is promoting the work of her late husband, Michael Powell.

Schoonmaker has collaborated with Martin Scorsese for over five decades and has worked on major blockbusters. [ more ]

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Killers of the Flower Moon' named best film of 2023 by National Board of Review | amNewYork

'Killers of the Flower Moon' named best film of the year by the National Board of Review.

Martin Scorsese awarded best director and Lily Gladstone named best actress by the NBR. [ more ]

Decider

'Killers of the Flower Moon' Comes to Digital, But When Will It Be Streaming on Apple TV+?

The film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' will be available to buy and rent on video-on-demand platforms starting December 5.

The digital release of the film is happening about six weeks after its theatrical release and ahead of its streaming release on Apple TV+. [ more ]

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Marketing

How Martin Scorsese conquered TikTok at the age of 81

Joe Dante is active on social media, sharing obituaries and birthday wishes.

Martin Scorsese is highly active on various platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, and Letterboxd. [ more ]

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Marketing

Martin Scorsese Hilariously Admits He's 'Tricked Into' Making TikToks With Daughter Francesca

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has gained popularity on TikTok through videos made by his daughter Francesca.

Scorsese was tricked into making the videos and didn't realize they would go viral.

Scorsese regularly appears in father-daughter duo videos on TikTok, often in his pajamas. [ more ]

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The Stars Are Shooting Again on the Tiber

Past the monumental entrance of Rome's Cinecitta Studios, enormous screens tower over what is normally the movie studio's front lawn, enclosing a sizable and off-limits backlot for the filmmaker Luca Guadagnino's Queer, starring Daniel Craig.Studio 5, a stage beloved by Federico Fellini, has been reconfigured into a series of medieval rooms and courtyards for a Netflix adaptation of Boccaccio's Decameron.

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Cannes closes Saturday with presentation of the Palme d'Or

After 21 world premieres, nearly two weeks of red-carpet parades and hundreds of thousands of camera flashes, the 76th Cannes Film Festival concludes Saturday with the presentation of its top prize, the Palme d'Or.One of cinema's most sought-after awards will be decided by this year's jury, presided over by two-time Palme winner Ruben Ostlund, the Swedish director.

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World politics

Your Tuesday Briefing: A Runoff in Turkey

Image President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has concentrated power in his own hands over the past two decades.Credit...Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to secure a first-round victory in Turkey's presidential election and will now face a runoff on May 28.Still, he seems well positioned to win another five-year term.

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Black Lives Matter

Taxi Driver Was Always About Race

Taxi Driver's relevance and symbolism in modern times. [ more ]

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger review Scorsese's guide to cinema greats

Scorsese passionately discusses Powell/Pressburger films

Scorsese revives Powell/Pressburger legacy through his own work [ more ]

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Oscars 2024: Potential historic moments to watch for at the 96th Academy Awards

Lily Gladstone could be the first Native American woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars.

'Oppenheimer' could potentially break the record for the most Oscar wins by a single film. [ more ]

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Berlinale: Scorsese on legacy, influence, and TikTok DW 02/20/2024

Scorsese is an influential and esteemed figure in the film industry.

His latest work 'Killers of the Flower Moon' has received Oscar nominations. [ more ]

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5 Martin Scorsese controversies DW 02/19/2024

Scorsese receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival

Controversies surrounding Scorsese's works [ more ]

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4 months ago

'I Feel Such a Responsibility': Inside Making of 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Director Martin Scorsese's film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is known for its dedication to authenticity and journalistic detail.

The demand for verisimilitude placed extreme demands on Scorsese's collaborators, who felt a deep sense of responsibility to the Osage people. [ more ]

Vulture

4 months ago

Martin Scorsese's Working on a God Fella Movie

Martin Scorsese is working on a new film about Jesus Christ inspired by Pope Francis

The film will be based on Shūsaku Endō's book A Life of Jesus and will focus on Jesus's core teachings [ more ]

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Marketing

Martin Scorsese's Super Bowl Commercial? You Can Thank His Daughter for That.

Martin Scorsese directed his first Super Bowl commercial for Squarespace.

Scorsese's daughter, Francesca, has become his translator and ambassador to Gen Z through TikTok. [ more ]

WIRED

3 months ago

Digital life

Martin Scorsese's Squarespace Super Bowl Ad Wants You to Put Down Your Phone

Martin Scorsese talks about his new Super Bowl ad for Squarespace and the rise of AI in filmmaking.

Scorsese reflects on the transition of visual media consumption from radio to television to film, and now to platforms like TikTok. [ more ]

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3 months ago

Books

How art lost its way in the streaming era

Scorsese laments the state of contemporary cinema in an essay published in Harper's.

He argues that the categorization of films as 'content' and the algorithmic filtering of content undermine the deeper art form of cinema. [ more ]

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CANNES PHOTOS: See standout moments of glamour, humor and reunion as the festival draws to a close

The Cannes Film Festival always commands a certain amount of awe.The appearances by cinema royalty, the nightly parade of high fashion and the festival's ability to launch filmmakers and films large and small onto the global stage all combine to produce an array of eye-catching moments during the 12 days of Cannes.

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A first-time filmmaker in Cannes: Molly Manning Walker on her breakthrough 'How to Have Sex'

Molly Manning Walker was still bleary-eyed from six months in the editing suite rushing to finish her first feature film when she arrived at the Cannes Film Festival.It's nice to have a deadline," Walker, 29, said while sipping an espresso.I work best with chaos.Six weeks earlier, Walker had just gotten off the Tube in London when her producer, a normally calm person, called her shouting: Where have you been?

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In Cannes, Scorsese and DiCaprio turn spotlight toward Osage Nation

It was well into the process of making Killers of the Flower Moon that Martin Scorsese realized it wasn't a detective story.Scorsese, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter Eric Roth had many potential avenues in adapting David Grann's expansive nonfiction history, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI."

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Scorsese debuts 'Killers of the Flower Moon' in Cannes to thunderous applause

Martin Scorsese unveiled Killers of the Flower Moon at Cannes on Saturday, debuting a sweeping American epic about greed and exploitation on the bloody plains of an Osage Nation reservation in 1920s Oklahoma.Scorsese's latest starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro is one of his most ambitious.

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Berlin

The beautiful collaboration of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Nicole Holofcener has learned a few things about Hollywood over the years.That attending the Oscars is more fun as a guest than a nominee.That when someone just says congratulations after a film, they didn't like it and don't want to tell you.That getting to work with your idols is one of the best perks of the job.

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UK news

Video game pioneer Shuhei Yoshida to be awarded prestigious Bafta Fellowship

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Video game industry pioneer Shuhei Yoshida will be honoured with a prestigious Fellowship at the Bafta Games Awards, it has been announced.Mr Yoshida, Head of Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) Independent Developer Initiative, will be presented with the accolade at the event on March 30.

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UK news

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee awarded the Freedom of Derry

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has been awarded the Freedom of Derry, making her the first woman to be given the award.The screenwriter, who has won international praise for the hit programme Derry Girls, attended a short ceremony with her parents, her husband and her two sons.Ms McGee said receiving the award was surreal, and that she was hugely proud to be from the city.

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UK news

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro praise Ray Liotta following actor's death

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have led tributes to Goodfellas star Ray Liotta, who has died aged 67.

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Brooklyn

NYU to open state-of-the-art 'Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center' at Industry City * Brooklyn Paper

New York University will open a new, state-of-the art film virtual production facility named for legendary director Martin Scorsese at Industry City next year, the school announced on Thursday - further strengthening the film industry's presence in Brooklyn.The 45,658-square-foot Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, named for the famed director of "Goodfellas" and "Taxi Driver," will sit on the top floor of Building 8 at the Sunset Park Complex.

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The Stories Behind Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon | Features | Roger Ebert

Attending high school in western Nebraska, amid tumbleweed prairies and the Legacy Plains Museum on Old Oregon Trail Road, I learned about Native American history-yet was never taught about the murders of members of The Osage Nation in Oklahoma.In the spring of 2019, I began reading Grann's well-researched book with immediate feelings of horror and anger.

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Online marketing

Report: Apple hunting TV exec to lead ad sales for live sports and ad-supported TV+ plans

Via Business Insider, Apple is currently looking for an ad sales executive focused on TV content.Apple's involvement in video advertising is already set to expand with the company's growing live sports deals, like Major League Soccer (beginning next month) and MLB Friday Night Baseball.Moreover, there's ongoing speculation that Apple is planning to launch an ads tier of Apple TV+ as soon as this year, which the new ad exec would oversee.

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Arts

George Lois, an icon of ads and magazine covers, has died at 91

Artist George Lois poses next to his artwork at the New York Museum of Modern Art in New York on April 22, 2008.Bebeto Matthews/AP File NEW YORK George Lois, the hard-selling, charismatic advertising man and designer who fashioned some of the most daring magazine images of the 1960s and popularized such catchphrases and brand names as "I Want My MTV" and "Lean Cuisine," has died.

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Arts

Brendan Fraser sheds tears for a standing ovation at the premiere of his comeback role

Brendan Fraser poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Whale' during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022.

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Michael Kutza Details Legacy of Chicago International Film Festival in Starstruck | Features | Roger Ebert

Kutza's book is basically a collection of anecdotes, stories about his time with the festival, loosely arranged into chapters that are broken up by pages of black-and-white photos.

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SF real estate

What Happened When We Found a Ranch Claiming Cecil B. DeMille Was the Original Owner?

In an effort to take you beyond the listings and the most interesting homes in America, I want to answer all the questions you have about a property-queries like "What celebrities lived there?"

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