Tag Archives: Harvey Keitel

The Irishman review — Scorcese treads familiar ground in epic gangster drama

December 11, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Martin Scorcese | Written by Steven Zallian adapting a book by Charles Brandt | 209 min | Netflix Martin Scorcese is probably the planet's most well-known, well-regarded master filmmaker, documentarian, and producer. In almost 50 years of great movies— including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and After Hours— he's plumbed themes related to Catholic… Read More

Youth review — The Artist as an Old Man

January 14, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino | 124 min | ▲▲▲△△ Sorrentino's last film, the sumptuous Italian drama The Great Beauty, was something to see (it had everything from orgies to a giraffe) but a little hard to care about. It featured Toni Servillo as a 65-year-old writer unable to come to terms with the… Read More

The Grand Budapest Hotel review

March 30, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Wes Anderson, Written by Anderson and Hugh Guinness, inspired by the writing of Stefan Zweig A new Wes Anderson film is always an event. The Texas-born filmmaker may be too precious for some, but show me one of his peers with such a distinctive, irrepressible visual and thematic style, a sweet-sad combination of nostalgia… Read More