Martin Scorsese
R.I.P. Michael Chapman, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Fugitive Cinematographer Dead at 84
Michael Chapman, legendary cinematographer who worked on Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Waltz, has died at 84. His wife, filmmaker and screenwriter Amy Holden Jones, confirmed the news on Facebook, writing: “Michael Chapman ASC, love of my entire adult life, has passed. Until we meet again.” Born in New York City in 1935, Chapman was raised in the suburbs of Boston on sports and very little arts. He graduated with an English major from Columbia University and temporarily served in the United States Army. It wasn’t until his father-in-law secured him a job as an assistant cameraman that he had interest in Hollywood. It’s an interest that stuck, though. After cutting his teeth with Joseph Cates, Frank Perry, Hal Ashby, and John Cassavettes, Chapman really turned hea...
Ranking: Every Martin Scorsese Film from Worst to Best
Leonardo DiCaprio might have been the actor to say this, but the compliment goes something like, “If I’m watching TV, and Goodfellas is on, I’ll drop everything and watch it till the end of the movie.” Granted, why believe the quote if I can’t source it, but why believe anything that happened in Henry Hill’s accounts either? Point being, it’s not about the accuracy, it’s about the feelings that Goodfellas stirs up. Then again, you could say that about 95% of Martin Scorsese’s decades-long output. That’s why we love so much of Scorsese’s work, and that’s why we’re here today, foolishly trying our hand at a seeded list of his filmography. Perhaps it’s with pride, ego, and guilt that we even attempt to sort out the career of one of Earth’s mightiest film lovers, but try we will. A director of...
10 Goodfellas Quotes You Probably Say All the Time
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Martin Scorsese to Direct Documentary on New York Dolls’ David Johansen
Martin Scorsese and New York Dolls’ David Johansen (photo via Montecruz Foto/Wikipedia) For his next film project, Martin Scorsese is highlighting the life of one of New York City’s esteemed rock icons. Showtime Documentary Films has announced that the legendary filmmaker will be directing a new documentary on New York Dolls frontman David Johansen. According to its official synopsis, the as-yet-untitled film will follow the entire life and career of Johansen: growing up on Staten Island, his time in NYC’s East Village neighborhood during the mid-1960s, and of course fronting the legendary glam-punk band the New York Dolls. However, the film will also explore Johansen’s post-Dolls years; both the ’80s lounge music he made under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and the blues records h...
Martin Scorsese to Co-Direct Documentary on New York Dolls Singer David Johansen
Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi will co-direct a documentary on New York Dolls singer David Johansen. The yet-to-be-titled documentary does not have a release date but will be released through Showtime Documentary Films. The documentary will chronicle the singer’s nearly 50-year career, which began as a teen in New York City in the ’60s before he rose to fame with the Dolls. It will also look at his turn taking on swing music as Buster Poindexter in the ’80s before pivoting to the blues with the Harry Smiths in the ’90s “I’ve known David Johansen for decades, and his music has been a touchstone ever since I listened to the Dolls when I was making Mean Streets,” Scorsese said in a statement. “Then and now, David’s music captures the energy and excitement of New York City. I often se...
Apple Picks Up Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon
Goodbye Netflix, hello Apple. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Scorsese’s next high-priced crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon has been scooped up by the global conglomerate. As the publication reports, Apple is in final negotiations with Paramount Pictures to both partner and produce the expensive project, which currently touts a budget north of $150 million. Why so pricey? Well, when you string together Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Leonardo Di Caprio, things start to add up. And add up they have! Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the budget may have been too high for even Netflix, who reportedly were willing to pony up $215 million for the damn thing. So, it’s likely this flick could be floating around Irishman territory, which is rumored to have cost $225 million. ...
Martin Scorsese Made a New Short Film in Isolation
Hollywood may be largely shut down, but director Martin Scorsese still found a way to make a new short film. Via The Hollywood Reporter, the acclaimed filmmaker’s film about life in isolation will air on the BBC tomorrow, May 28th, as the finale of the series Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard. Shot by Scorsese himself, the short reportedly involves a kind of dialogue with the past. Scorsese interprets the lockdown through beloved films like Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man, testing us to look at the classic works and our current situation through a new lens. Talking about his experience in isolation, the Hollywood icon said, “What I look forward to in the future is carrying with me what I have been forced to learn in these circumstances. It is the essential. The people you love. Being able t...
