Martin Scorsese’s longtime post-production partner Thelma Schoonmaker thinks back to the 1980 masterpiece “Raging Bull,” and how it changed her life and career forever.
Thelma Schoonmaker on how Martin Scorsese's 'Raging Bull' changed her life
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:44 am · December 23rd, 2013
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Roundup: Scorsese gets a telling-off at Academy screening
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:59 am · December 23rd, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Martin Scorsese is accosted by a disapproving voter at an Academy screening of “The Wolf of Wall Street,” while James Schamus receives a WGA honor.
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Thelma Schoonmaker recalls an unpredictable Jack Nicholson in Best Picture winner 'The Departed'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:55 am · December 22nd, 2013
Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker looks back on their biggest Oscar-winning collaboration, “Who’s That Knocking At My Door,” and how an unpredictable Jack Nicholson kept Leonardo DiCaprio on his game.
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Thelma Schoonmaker remembers her first Scorsese collaboration: 'Who's That Knocking At My Door'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:10 pm · December 21st, 2013
Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker looks back on their first collaboration, “Who’s That Knocking At My Door,” and how a young Roger Ebert helped spark a hugely influential career.
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Thelma Schoonmaker talks cutting 'Wall Street' improv and learning from Martin Scorsese
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:44 pm · December 20th, 2013
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and director Martin Scorsese’s work together extends over 19 feature films, a handful of shorts and even a Michael Jackson music video. Their latest work on “The Wolf of Wall Street” is another indelible notch on the belt. Schoonmaker recently sat down with HitFix to discuss this storied collaboration.
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Roundup: The Oscar champs that aren't yet national treasures
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:11 am · December 6th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, a journalist looks into the decision-making behind which films do and don’t make the National Film Registry, and Oscar winners that have missed the cut. Elsewhere, a look at Nelson Mandela’s life in film, and Martin Scorsese is honored by the Art Directors’ Guild.
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Is 'The Wolf of Wall Street' just what the doctor ordered this Oscar season?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:20 am · December 1st, 2013
It almost feels like what the 2013 film awards season needs is a nice prestige-level dose of the outrageous, something bonkers, something to take the edge off. Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is here to answer the call.
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Roundup: Cinematographers come down on 3D
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:44 am · November 20th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, five cinematographers from some of the season’s top contenders chat candidly about a range of topics — including 3D, to which they’re mostly opposed. Meanwhile, Steve McQueen defends “12 Years a Slave” from critics who think it’s too pretty.
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Off the Carpet: The Oscar season has never been so stuffed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:07 pm · November 18th, 2013
Tons of events and a lot of great movies make this one to remember. I honestly didn’t know my iCal application could hold this many events.
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Martin Scorsese has a present for you this Christmas
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:31 pm · October 29th, 2013
After weeks of speculation in the media Paramount Pictures has officially confirmed Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” for a Christmas Day release.
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Off the Carpet: Whither 'Wall Street?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:12 am · September 23rd, 2013
As the media focuses on calling the Best Picture race over in September, there are other topics worthy of discussion. Like Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which could move off its Nov. 15 date, or “Mud,” which is the first screener in Academy voters’ hands this year.
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Martin Scorsese lends his name to Wong Kar-wai's 'The Grandmaster'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:55 am · August 15th, 2013
Will it boost the film’s fortunes ahead of its August 23 release?
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3 on 3: Will 'The Wolf of Wall Street' be a new Martin Scorsese classic?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:58 pm · June 17th, 2013
In a new installment of our “3 on 3” series, three HitFix staffers answer pressing questions about Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” after getting a load of the new trailer.
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Martin Scorsese channels his inner film critic on 'The Searchers'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:38 pm · March 8th, 2013
The director writes about John Ford’s ‘uncomfortable’ classic in THR.
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'Side by Side' reflects a watershed moment in the history of film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · August 18th, 2012
I’m not really sure what’s left to be said in the great film vs. digital debate, but if nothing else, Christopher Kenneally’s “Side by Side” brings things to a head nicely as it represents the layman’s way into the discussion. These things always reach broader consideration last and no film, to date, has been as thorough and definitive as this.
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Interview: Kenneth Lonergan on why 'Margaret' shouldn't be perfect
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:32 pm · July 10th, 2012
We talk to the writer-director about the extended DVD cut of his sophomore film.
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Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' drowned out by 'OSCAR!' noise at CinemaCon
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:55 am · April 26th, 2012
Do Ang Lee and Fox have a contender? The breathless hordes seem to think so.
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Remembering Levon Helm in 'The Right Stuff'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:26 pm · April 19th, 2012
I didn’t know until I got an AP brief yesterday that musician and actor Levon Helm was so on the ropes in his 16-year battle with throat cancer. Today, the inevitable announcement: Helm has left us. He was 71.
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