Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are still going strong. Here are five times the old friends almost played each…
Martin Scorsese, the greatest moviemaker, turns 80 today, and we're celebrating with a look at 17 of his greatest scenes.…
Martin Scorsese turns 80 Thursday, and in honor of his birthday, we're sharing this edition of Things I've Learned as…
The Card Counter writer-director Paul Schrader has been making classic films since the 1970s — but he still embraces digital…
The Internet is littered with cinematic what-ifs: castings that almost happened, sequel ideas someone scotched, amazing-sounding pitches that proved to…
David Fincher said in an interview to promote his new film The Mank that he considered last year's hit Joker to…
From Death Stranding to Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be…
Martin Scorsese's The Irishman has no bigger challenger this Oscar season than Joker, a film heavily inspired by Scorsese's own…
Joker received 11 Oscar nominations Monday, the most of any film this year, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best…
Todd Phillips’ Joker borrows unapologetically from other movies, especially Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. One way Joker…
In 1972, film student and aspiring critic Paul Schrader published his landmark study on spirituality in cinema, Transcendental Style in…
As one of the founding fathers of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut used cinema to capture “truth 24 times…
So, I had been attempting to develop a feature, with a view to directing. But development was slow and torturous:…
Many of Martin Scorsese's characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we've…
Paul Schrader is learning a lot these days. Simultaneously excited about the future of moviemaking and pessimistic about its finances,…
The Tribeca Film Festival nearly stopped all traffic for the 40th anniversary of Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theater on…
If you’ve seen Ben Mendelsohn onscreen, chances are you’ve been afraid of him. The Australian actor has played some of…
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Cinequest Film Festival isn't shy about its home’s rich history of technological revolution.…
Now in its 23rd year, Cinequest Film Festival (CQFF) is devoted to discovering exciting up-and-coming moviemakers, as well as showcasing…
Taxi Driver was an unlikely hit in 1976. At a time when audiences were lining up for traditional genre entertainments—Rocky…
A ramble with America’s Greatest Living Director about his long career and his new “eastern western,” Gangs of New York.…