Martin Scorsese Summary

Scorsese, Martin (1942—) By the end of the 1990s, Martin Scorsese was recognized as one of the most significant of American film directors. His uncompromising cinematic examination of New York ... Read more

Martin Scorsese (born 1942) is a director and writer of highly personal films about intense loners who struggle against their own inner demons and the violence of their urban environments. While many ... Read more

Critical Essay by George Morris Taxi Driver is a remarkable achievement, a crazy, excessive, erratic masterpiece, but a masterpiece just the same. Scorsese has always interested me as a director, but... Read more

Critical Essay by James Monaco None of the new filmmakers has created as strong a public persona as Martin Scorsese. Hunted, haunted, asthmatic, diminutive, darkly bearded, a victim of religious nigh... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Powell Not since the beginnings of [Akira] Kurosawa have we seen such nervous authority. From [Martin Scorsese's] earliest films he started a dialogue with the audien... Read more

Braudy is an American critic and educator who specializes in film history and film theory. In the following excerpt from an essay in which he compares the works of Italian-American directors Francis F... Read more

In the following excerpt, Ehrenstein examines Scorsese's career and filmmaking techniques. Halfway through Taxi Driver, director Martin Scorsese turns up in an acting role, playing a fare pi... Read more

In addition to being a highly regarded film critic, Gilliatt was an acclaimed novelist, short story writer and screen-writer, best known perhaps for the Academy Award-nominated screenplay Sunday, Bloo... Read more