A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Martin Scorsese, “The King of Comedy” (1982) I suppose most directors worth their salt who have amassed a considerable body of work have a sleeper film…
Martin Scorsese, “New York, New York” (1977) One of Martin Scorsese’s most under-rated films, in my opinion, and in many ways an experimental and even surreal…
Martin Scorsese, “George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Part 2)” (2011) I had expected the second part of this documentary on George Harrison to be…
Martin Scorsese, “George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Part 1)” (2011) A really very thoughtful and fascinating documentary (in its first half at least) on…
Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013) Adapted from the 2007 memoir by the former convicted stockbroker swindler and current motivational speaker Jordan R Belfort,…
Martin Scorsese, “American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince” (1978) After making his break-through films “Mean Streets”, “Taxi Driver” and “New York, New York”, Martin Scorsese…
Martin Scorsese, “What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?” (1963) Martin Scorsese, “The Big Shave” (1967) Two hilarious short films from Martin…
Martin Scorsese, “It’s Not Just You, Murray!” (1964) Made by Scorsese as a film student at New York University under the tutelage of Haig Manoogian, this…
Martin Scorsese, “Taxi Driver” (1976) As a character study of a lonely and alienated man whose mind collapses under the strain of the life he leads…