Daily Podcast: It: Chapter 2, Incredibles 2, John Krasinski, Aquaman, Westworld, Scorsese, and More

On the April 13, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and /Film writer Chris Evangelista to talk about John Krasinski’s next movie, Martin Scorsese’s comedy project, It: Chapter 2 casting, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Netflix series, WB’s relationship with Brett Ratner, Fox Searchlight’s new […]

Martin Scorsese Directing ‘SCTV’ Reunion Special for Netflix

Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese will helm a Second City Television reunion show for Netflix. The SCTV reunion will feature a sit-down interview with Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catharine O’Hara, and Martin Short. Martin Scorsese wants to stay in the Netflix business. The Wolf of Wall Street filmmaker has the expensive, highly-anticipated The Irishman brewing over […]

The Water Cooler: The Martin Scorsese MasterClass, Pillars of the Earth, and a Coen Brothers Simulator

Welcome to The Water Cooler, a feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything except the movies and TV shows they normally write about. In this edition: Chris Evangelista starts the Martin Scorsese MasterClass, Hoai-Tran Bui reads The Pillars of the Earth, Jacob Hall plays Fiasco, and Ben Pearson reads A Knight of the […]

Martin Scorsese: Top 10 facts about the legendary film director

1. With a record eight nominations for Best Director Academy Awards, Scorsese has received the award only once, for The Departed in 2007. 2. The same year, he appeared in a Time Magazine list of the 100 most influential people in the world. 3. Also in 2007, Scorsese came second in a poll for all-time […]

Martin Scorsese Pens Essay Calling Rotten Tomatoes ‘Hostile to Serious Filmmakers’

The animosity between the film industry and internet “aggregators” has been simmering since the summer, but it’s just kicked up a notch with the introduction of legendary director Martin Scorsese into the fray. Scorsese penned an excoriating essay against Rotten Tomatoes, Cinemascore, and other digital aggregation sites, calling them “hostile to serious filmmakers,” and a bane on […]

Martin Scorsese slams ‘INSULTING’ Rotten Tomatoes – 'They rate movies like race horses'

Rotten Tomatoes is something genuinely feared by today’s film industry. The aggregator is known for collecting film critics’ reviews and creating a fresh or rotten score for the cinema-going public. While this system hasn’t been proven to have affected box office gross, Hollywood director Martin Scorsese – best known for his gangster movies – has […]

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Will Reunite For Teddy Roosevelt Film

Peanut butter and jelly. Fish and chips. Scorsese and DiCaprio. These things just go well together. Now, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are getting ready to team-up again for a new film, one tackling the life of Theodore Roosevelt. And somewhere in there, Scorsese is also planning a new documentary about Bob Dylan. Read more about that, and […]

Martin Scorsese Will Teach You How To Make Movies With MasterClass

There’s a good chance you’ve seen online ads for MasterClass somewhere, where a famous person sits down in front of a camera and teaches you the art of their particular craft. There have been MasterClassses featuring Christina Aguilera, Kevin Spacey, Usher, Serena Williams, James Patterson, Dustin Hoffman, Werner Herzog, Shonda Rhimes, Steve Martin, and more. […]

Martin Scorsese and Todd Phillips Are Making a Joker Origin Story, Sure, Whatever, Why Not

In one of the most puzzling match-ups of talent and material in recent movie memory, Hangover director Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese are reportedly teaming up to make an origin story for Batman super-villain The Joker. Y’know, some days, working the movie news beat feels like people are just ripping out pages of old Entertainment […]