The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Somewhere around The Departed I started to lose track of Scorsese’s film-making. Because I didn’t like it? Nah, I didn’t see most of it. Because I wasn’t interested? Nope again: just out of the loop. While I think I’ve called him my favourite director a few odd times over the years (and it may still […]

New York Stories (1989)

I saw “Life Lessons” in college–it was something our intro to film teacher showed us in class (the rest of the assigned movies we watched outside of class in the theatre on campus). I’d meant to get back to it some day, but never put much effort into doing so. The nature of Coppola by […]

Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967/8)

It seems most reviews of this film go through its factual history before anything else–first a student film in 1965 called Bring on the Dancing Girls, then I Call First and finally Who’s That Knocking at My Door. There, done. I try not to repeat reviews I’ve already read, though I’m happy to contrast with […]

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Gossip, scandal, society…these are topics that annoy me at worst, and are of little consequence at best. As such, a film related almost entirely to such topics is difficult for me to stomach, though not quite so difficult as the dry, detached, overly purple and incessantly descriptive but flavourless writing that it usually comes from. […]

The Color of Money (1986)

I think what this film really needs is new coverart. Badly. I ignored it for ages because the cover art is so terrible. Skillfully painted? Sure. But the assembly, the placement, it’s terrible. It was ages before I realized I was ignoring a Martin Scorsese movie, and considering he’s pretty much my favourite director, I […]

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

I love a movie that knows what it’s doing. This one is sort of schizophrenic, when it moves from a pretty bold comedy to a hard-laced drama at the drop of a hat. But, that hat drops with precision, and those changes are just right for the movie. We have a nice slice of reality […]

Taxi Driver (1976)

My experience of Martin Scorsese, at least with relation to his full filmography, would be considered fairly limited- Simply enough: Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Casino, Bringing out the Dead, and Gangs of New York–as well as the video for Michael Jackson’s “Bad” and thankfully I now […]