Martin Scorsese Archives

After the superb First Reformed, 75-year-old Paul Schrader is back with a new urgency

Joyce Glasser reviews The Card Counter (November 5, 2021) Cert 15, 112 mins. Paul Schrader became famous in the 1970s for two scripts for Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, but in the 1980s ...

andrew 248 views 0 likes Nov 11, 2021

Orlando Bloom astonishes in a topical British feature debut that does not do him justice.

Retaliation (released digitally on March 26, 2021) Cert 18, 93 mins. It is not unusual for handsome, young actors who play romantic leads in big budget films to hit forty and realise that they have no ...

andrew 680 views 0 likes Mar 29, 2021

Rose Glass’s chilling, tension-filled debut feature will haunt you for days.

Saint Maud (October 9, 2020) in cinemas The producers and director of Saint Maud patiently held out for a cinema release for this accomplished British feature film debut, and we owe it to them to see ...

andrew 950 views 0 likes Oct 19, 2020

Highlights of the 64th London Film Festival

The cinema industry is in dire straits, and big screen lovers must pray for its survival. Fortunately, the British Film Institute is determined that the show must go on and the 64th London Film Festiv ...

andrew 1536 views 0 likes Oct 9, 2020