Featured Stories
Attention Martin Scorsese: Nobody Cares About “Cinema”
Martin Scorsese once again targets the comic book film for blocking ‘cinema” from wider acceptance. But the true enemy is viewer apathy. [click for more]
Martin Scorsese
Comics And Film
2021 In Review: What The Top Ten Grossers Say About The State of Cinema
2021 was the year films tried to get back to normal. What do the highest grossing films tell us how Hollywood should proceed in a perpetual pandemic world? [click for more]
Podcast
Big Picture Podcast: 2020 Academy Awards Nominations Reactions
In this episode, Natasha and Rich dissect the just announced nominations for this year’s Oscar ceremony. [click for more]
Movie News
JOKER Leads Oscar Nominations With 11 Nods
1917, THE IRISHMAN and ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD each earned 10 nominations this morning. [click for more]
Movie News
THE IRISHMAN Takes New York Film Critics Circle Top Award
Martin Scorsese’s gangster saga takes one of the first top prizes of the awards season. [click for more]
Featured Stories
JOKER, Roy Lichtenstein And Geek Culture As High Art
Both JOKER and the paintings of Roy Lichtenstein are presented as examples of comic book culture being raised up to fine art. But do they really? [click for more]
Featured Stories
Martin Scorsese And The Snobbery Of “Cinema”
Martin Scorsese thinks the only good films are ones that he considers “cinema.” This is why he is wrong. [click for more]
Movie News
Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN To Not Play Cannes
The director’s latest film will not be playing the prestigious film festival this coming May. [click for more]
Comics And Film
Rumored Casting Requirements For Todd Phiilips’ THE JOKER Released.
Do you want an “old person” THE JOKER film? Too bad, because that is what we are going to get. [click for more]
Comics And Film
Joaquin Phoenix In Talks For Todd Phillips’ THE JOKER Film
Todd Phillips wants the WALK THE LINE actor for the lead in THE JOKER, and apparently the feeling is mutual. [click for more]