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Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors behind Avengers: Endgame, the highest-grossing film of all-time, aren’t trying to get into a debate over the true meaning of the word “cinema” with Martin Scorsese. “But, at the end of the day, what do we know?” Joe jokingly told The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re just two guys from Cleveland, Ohio, and ‘cinema’ […]
About a month ago, Martin Scorsese made comments that seemed pretty innocuous at the time, but have since kicked off a flurry of rebuttals (and some agreements) from prominent Hollywood names, including: Jordan Peele, Francis Ford Coppola, and Jon Favreau, just to name a few. They still seem innocuous (at least from over here) but they […]
“So, let me ask you this.” Bobby Cannavale starts our interview with a question posed to me. It’s Saturday in midtown Manhattan, the morning after The Irishman—Martin Scorsese‘s long-gestating mob opus—had its long-awaited world premiere with two screenings: one in the morning for the press and a star-studded red carpet event at night for Scorsese, the cast and […]
Martin Scorsese has published a piece in the New York Times addressing his recent criticism of Marvel movies. It all started last month when the legendary director did an interview with Empire in which he said Marvel movies weren’t cinema. “I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema,” Scorsese said at the time. “Honestly, the closest I can […]
When Francis Ford Coppola hopped on the wave of elder statesmen directors, led by Martin Scorsese, who criticized the existence of Marvel films, his remarks were especially salient since he said that he associates the word “despicable” with the MCU. “When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel pictures are not cinema, he’s right because we expect to learn something from cinema, we expect to […]
A few weeks after Martin Scorsese criticized superhero films, people are still being asked about it and therefore people are also still giving their two cents. The latest to respond to the Oscar-winner’s comments were the pair of screenwriters who penned the script for Avengers: Endgame, which started its run with an insane amount of […]
Francis Ford Coppola, most famous for The Godfather, backs Martin Scorsese‘s critique of the Marvel Universe. Coppola was receiving the Prix Lumiere in Lyon, France for his cinematic contributions when he spoke to journalists about the current state of American films. The 80-year-old claimed that Marvel’s superhero movies don’t adhere to the true purpose of filmmaking. “When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel […]
This weekend, Martin Scorsese doubled-down on comments he made comparing Marvel’s stream of superhero films to “theme parks,” proving that he doesn’t really care about any past and future backlash from angry fans. Scorsese’s latest comments came during a press conference alongside Al Pacino and Robert De Niro on Sunday, to promote their future classic, The Irishman, which screened at […]
Jared Leto, who portrayed the DC villain Joker in Suicide Squad, was reportedly “alienated and upset” after Todd Phillips’ Joker was greenlit, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film of course cast Joaquin Phoenix for the role and went on to garner an impressive $96 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend. The tidbit about […]
When news broke that Disney wouldn’t push Robert Downey Jr. for Best Actor at the Oscars for his portrayal of Iron Man, fans started a petition to change that. It’s clear Downey’s appearance in Avengers: Endgame connected deeply with the audience, but in an interview with Howard Stern he has expressed next to zero interest in bagging the […]
