Martin Scorsese
3) Raging Bull
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Robert De Niro teams up with director Martin Scorsese to create one of cinema's eternal masterpieces. Nominated for eight Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director, this contemporary classic is "ambitious, violent, poetic and lyrical" (The New York Times). De Niro turns in a powerful, Best Actor Oscar®-winning performance as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both...
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Martin Scorsese’s contribution to the Century of Cinema series is a fascinating exploration of some of the landmarks of American cinema, as well as some of its lesser known byways. Scorsese analyses the work of filmmakers as diverse as DW Griffith, FW Murnau, Sam Fuller and John Cassavetes. This is no academic history, but a declaration of passion for cinema from one of its most celebrated contemporary practitioners. This episode explores the concepts...
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Martin Scorsese’s contribution to the Century of Cinema series is a fascinating exploration of some of the landmarks of American cinema, as well as some of its lesser known byways. Scorsese analyses the work of filmmakers as diverse as DW Griffith, FW Murnau, Sam Fuller and John Cassavetes. This is no academic history, but a declaration of passion for cinema from one of its most celebrated contemporary practitioners. This episode explores the concepts...
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Martin Scorsese’s contribution to the Century of Cinema series is a fascinating exploration of some of the landmarks of American cinema, as well as some of its lesser known byways. Scorsese analyses the work of filmmakers as diverse as DW Griffith, FW Murnau, Sam Fuller and John Cassavetes. This is no academic history, but a declaration of passion for cinema from one of its most celebrated contemporary practitioners. This episode explores the concepts...
7) Silence
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"In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism"--www.imdb.com.
8) Alienation
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Blockbuster director John Landis makes the voyage to Bergman's home and opens up about his love for film.
9) Hugo
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"Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton"--www.imdb.com.
11) The Irishman
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Criterion collection volume 1058
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"An old man recalls his time painting houses for his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s"--From www.imdb.com.
12) Rumble
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This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America. Focusing on music icons like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas), Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jesse Ed Davis, Robbie Robertson, and Randy Castillo, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World shows how these pioneering Native American musicians helped shape the soundtracks of...
14) King Cohen
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This is the true story of film maverick and exploitation auteur, Larry Cohen. Told through interviews, film clips, the people who helped fulfill his vision, and industry icons such as Martin Scorsese, J.J. Abrams, Joe Dante, John Landis and many more. Official Selection at **Fantastic Fest**. "*Whether you're a long time Larry Cohen fan or never even heard of him before, King Cohen is a joyous watch.*" - Bobby LePire, ***Film Threat***
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This documentary offers a deep dive into the ground breaking life and career of Lina Wertmuller, the first woman ever nominated for the **Academy Award** for Best Director for her masterpiece *Seven Beauties*. The documentary spans decades, from the unpublished pictures taken in Cinecitta, when she was Federico Fellini’s assistant director on *8 1⁄2*, to the places where her most famous films were set, revealing the artistic and human universe...
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Criterion collection volume 913
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"A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin"--www.imdb.com.
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Martin Scorsese reveals the story of a single performance in 1826 that changed America’s cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City. Taking place in Scorsese’s childhood church where successive waves of immigrants have been embraced, this watershed event was lost to history for almost 200 years but has been rediscovered and the “lost oratorio” will be restaged.
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A group of filmmakers visit Ingmar Bergman's house on the remote Swedish island of Faro to discuss his legacy, and the art of filmmaking. Ingmar Bergmans life and his key films as seen and told by the greatest actors and directors of our time. Candid, funny and explicit interviews with the likes of Lars Von Trier, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Isabella Rossellini and Michael Haneke - some shoot at Bergmans last home on the island of Fårö - interwoven...
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Martin Scorsese’s contribution to the Century of Cinema series is a fascinating exploration of some of the landmarks of American cinema, as well as some of its lesser known byways. Under chapter headings such as The Director’s Dilemma or The Director as Iconoclast, Scorsese analyses the work of filmmakers as diverse as DW Griffith, FW Murnau, Sam Fuller and John Cassavetes. This is no academic history, but a declaration of passion for cinema from...
20) Clockers
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In this film by Spike Lee, drug-dealers engage in a power struggle with their boss, even as the leader is suspected of murder.
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