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7 Most Intense Arguments in Movies, From Marriage Story to Goodfellas
June 5, 2023
If you love a good verbal sparring, you'll enjoy this list of the seven most intense arguments in movies from…
underexposed martin scorsese robert de niro gershwin book excerpt
May 25, 2021
This exclusive book excerpt from Underexposed!: The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made explores Gershwin: a Scorsese and De Niro teamup…
Tony Lip, Green Book Driver, Appeared in Goodfellas, Godfather, Sopranos
September 27, 2020
Tony Lip, the Viggo Mortensen Green Book character, appeared in The Godfather, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, and the The…
November 20, 2018
Manchester by the Sea earned Kenneth Lonergan an Oscar in 2016, and he's cashed in by spreading his influence back…
September 7, 2017
Celebratory, Cautionary, Tragic, and Cynical types are not only Hollywood’s basic narrative structures, but the primary methods used to communicate…
March 14, 2017
Adapting boxing champ Jake LaMotta's life for the screen, says director Martin Guigui, involved a constant battle between hard facts…
January 7, 2017
This thought-provoking, evocative video essay speculates that perhaps Martin Scorsese's camera is taking cues from a higher power.
November 14, 2016
Ben Younger’s Bleed For This was executive-produced by none other than Martin Scorsese. “Martin Scorsese is my rabbi,” Younger laughs.
Paul Schrader Dog Eat Dog
November 7, 2016
Paul Schrader, the screenwriter behind Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and many more, is an essential voice in American cinema, and…
August 22, 2016
I had just arrived at Cannes when marching orders from the editors at MovieMaker came: see Hands of Stone and…
June 30, 2016
Show your support for an entirely independent American publication this Independence Day - and receive a free subscription, and a…
November 11, 2015
The MovieMaker Advent Calendar has officially begun. We're offering two print subscriptions for the price of one, plus a holiday…
March 26, 2014
This Wisdom Wednesday, legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker shares the lessons she's learned from over three decades in the cutting room.
November 26, 2013
No fighting, kids. It's MovieMaker's holiday giveaway, and there's enough to go around. Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is universally acclaimed…
April 8, 2009
At some point in our moviemaking lives we’re all going to face the loss of something very dear to us.…
February 3, 2007
Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker talks about what it's like to work with Martin Scorsese and how she learned the…
October 4, 2002
An in-depth interview with Martin Scorsese, America’s Greatest Living Director, about his storied career and his “eastern western,” Gangs of…