Martin Scorsese

"Shine a Light" "Shine a Light"

Hot for the Rolling Stones? Martin Scorsese's performance documentary of Mick, Keith and the gang may still leave you cold.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 4, 2008

  • Killing Jared

    Matt Baker was a restless teenager in suburban Las Vegas who loved gangster movies and acting cool. Nobody could imagine he wanted to murder his best friend and bury him in the desert.
    By Vanessa Grigoriadis March 16, 2007

  • "The Departed"

    Leonardo DiCaprio outshines Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon in Martin Scorsese's grand, yet subtle remake of the Hong Kong smash "Infernal Affairs."
    By Stephanie Zacharek October 6, 2006

  • No direction here

    The Bob Dylan-controlled documentary of himself, "No Direction Home," has some odd moments -- Scorsese playing Dylan? -- but offers little new insight into his Bobness.
    By Steven Hart September 25, 2005

  • Are you talking to me -- again??

    Please, Mr. Scorsese, just let Travis Bickle rest in peace!
    By Brian Libby January 28, 2005

  • "Gangs of New York"

    "Gunsmoke" meets "Planet of the Apes" in Martin Scorsese's overlarge, overcooked epic of 19th century Manhattan. You should see it anyway.
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 20, 2002

  • The last temptation of Martin Scorsese

    America's greatest living filmmaker on his 30-year quest to make "Gangs of New York," how he lost an Oscar to Kevin Costner and why he doesn't watch "The Sopranos."
    December 20, 2002

  • "Sexist jerks in beads and bell-bottoms"

    "Auto Focus" director Paul Schrader on the banality of sexual obsession, Crane's kinky male pal and why he had to cut out a sex scene that would have flown on "The Sopranos."
    By Uju Asika October 18, 2002

  • "The Last Temptation of Christ"

    Martin Scorsese's life-size religious portrait really was scandalous, but not because Jesus and Mary Magdalene had sex.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 6, 2001

  • Don't call it liposuction

    "Survivor's" Richard throws down the cash for a tighter bod; Anne Heche might be back in boytown after all. Plus: Madonna gets down on her knees before the U.N.
    By Amy Reiter August 28, 2000

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 5, 2000
    By Joyce Millman July 5, 2000

  • The book on film

    Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001."
    By Sarah Vowell May 10, 2000

  • "Buddy Boy"

    First-time director Mark Hanlon may have watched "Eraserhead" too many times, but he sure knows how to sustain a mood.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 28, 2000

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, Feb. 14, 2000
    By Joyce Millman February 14, 2000

  • Show me your indies

    Think it's hard getting into Sundance? Try getting into Lapdance. A report from the Indiewood trenches.
    By Daniel Kraus February 3, 2000

  • "There must be a separate God for movies"

    The best films of the '90s illuminated the world -- and cinema itself.
    By Charles Taylor January 4, 2000

  • David Cronenberg

    For more than three decades, his films have been taking you to the weirdest of worlds. Lucky for you, you can always walk out -- unless you're too terrified to move.
    By Steve Burgess November 30, 1999

  • NYTV blues

    Now that both Felicity and Jennifer Love Hewitt live here, the streets of New York are no longer safe for Scorsese fans.
    By Sarah Vowell November 3, 1999

  • "Bringing Out the Dead"

    Scorsese's manic, well-acted paramedic pic needs a fast ride back to the E.R.
    By Stephanie Zacharek October 22, 1999

  • Seven deadly sins: Ghosts on campus

    Within the cozy community of campus life, there are plenty of cracks to fall through.
    By Lori Gottleib February 22, 1999

  • Screensaver: On his own turf

    Director-writer Paul Schrader talks about his acclaimed modestly budgeted "Affliction" and the pleasures of working the fertile emotional territory the big studios can't touch.
    By Cynthia Joyce January 7, 1999

  • "Kundun"

    Charles Taylor reviews Martin Scorsese's 'Kundun,' starring Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong and Tencho Gyalpo
    By Charles Taylor January 16, 1998

  • Philip Glass

    By Jack Skelley January 9, 1998

  • The Year in Film 1997

    Salon Entertainment: Salon film critic Charles Taylor chooses the best movies of 1997.
    By Charles Taylor December 24, 1997

  • The King of Comedy

    Joyce Millman writes about "The King of Comedy" for Salon Personal Best movies.
    By Joyce Millman March 21, 1997
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