An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Two US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.
As a partnership with Leonardo DiCaprio brings Scorsese’s career to new heights, he continues to reinvent himself as a filmmaker and a man.
Following a turbulent period of international controversy, Scorsese achieves massive success and a new vision of cinema in Goodfellas.
After a rebirth with Raging Bull and then a flop with The King of Comedy, Scorsese learns to work small again and pursues a passion project.
Scorsese partners with Robert De Niro and becomes a definitive cinematic voice of the 1970s – while personal struggles bring him to the brink.
The child of immigrants, young Scorsese is shaped by the Catholic Church and the violent streets around him, with cinema as his escape.
In Las Vegas, two best friends–a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer–compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Scorsese’s The Color of Money is a study of aging, redemption, and myth. Fast Eddie’s journey mirrors lost heroism, blending past Hollywood with a modern edge.
In Casino, Ace and Nicky’s desert showdown erupts in betrayal and blame, shattering their friendship as power, ego, and paranoia collide.
The Last Temptation is a highly creative and liberal interpretation of the Gospels, portraying a Jesus who is insecure, fearful, conflicted, and who preaches love but also needs to be loved.
Martin Scorsese narrates a documentary exploring the revolutionary films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Their work, from The Spy in Black to Peeping Tom, significantly influenced modern cinema.
“GoodFellas” follows Henry Hill’s journey from aspiring mobster to guilt-ridden criminal, exploring the allure and destruction of organized crime with gripping authenticity.
Seasoned Wall Street broker Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey) lays down the law of the financial jungle to newcomer Jordan (Leonardo DiCaprio), his latest protégé.
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Rupert Pupkin’s monologue is a pivotal moment that showcases his character’s blend of humor, desperation, and delusion, revealing the lengths he’s willing to go to for a chance at stardom.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is a 2023 movie directed by Martin Scorsese. The film is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.
At its visionary best, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ has scenes of feverish intensity that hold one in thrall.
Recensioni italiane di “Killers of the Flower Moon”, il film del 2023 diretto da Martin Scorsese. La pellicola è l’adattamento cinematografico del romanzo “Gli assassini della terra rossa” scritto da David Grann, a sua volta tratto da fatti realmente accaduti.
A chief trouble with Martin Scorsese’s new film is that it has to strain to be a Scorsese film. Certain graphic qualities have marked most of his work, and as with any director of personality and style, those qualities had become as natural to him as breathing. But in Bringing Out the Dead, the formerly natural seems forced, redemptive, almost salvaging.
Recensioni italiane del film Casinò, diretto da Martin Scorsese. Contributi di Tullio Kezich, Emanuela Martini, Irene Bignardi, Paolo Mereghetti, Alberto Crespi, Roberto Duiz, Roberto Escobar, Valerio Guslandi, Giona A. Nazzaro
The picture is virtually bare of Scorsese style, such touches, heavy or helpful, as the opening manhole shot of Taxi Driver or the opening prize-ring sequence of Raging Bull. I saw nothing in The King of Comedy that couldn’t have been done by any competent director. Cinematically, it’s flavorless.
Seeing Martin Scorsese’s new film is like visiting a human zoo. That’s certainly not to say that it’s dull: good zoos are not dull. But the life we watch is stripped to elemental drives, with just enough decor of complexity—especially the heraldry of Catholicism —to underscore how elemental it basically is.
Recensioni italiane di “Gangs of New York”, il film del 2002 diretto da Martin Scorsese. Nel film, ambientato durante lo svolgimento della Guerra Civile Americana, il giovane irlandese Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) cerca vendetta contro il gangster William Cutting, detto “il Macellaio” (Daniel Day-Lewis), assassino di suo padre.
Robert De Niro’s Rupert Pupkin is Jake La Motta without his fists. In Raging Bull, De Niro and Scorsese had things boiled down, so that Jake’s entire character was the chip on his shoulder. This time there’s no chip.
An old man recalls his time painting houses for his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.
By far his most ambitious film to date technically and in the scope of its references, Taxi Driver shows Scorsese’s urgency working at full throttle—to the film’s considerable success and less considerable failure.
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