Most Recent Film: The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) Next Film: Silence (2016) Best Film: Taxi Driver (1976) Most directors tend to dwindle and burn out as they enter their seventies. After decades in the business, many struggle to find a voice amongst a new generation of filmmakers. Not Martin Scorsese: the American legend responsible for classic motion picture such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas is still pulling out all the stops, ensuring that he remains a relevant force to be reckoned with... even if the odds are against him. Scorsese's cinematic style is legendary, of course - his ability to synchronise visual and aural aspects into one fluid whole has gone on to define his career and his inspired countless imitators (ahem: David O. Russell - we're thinking of you). The Wolf Of Wall Street, Scorsese's latest picture, was a tribute to his own career - a bold and controversial modern masterpiece that offered up one of the best times at the movie theatre since... well, ever. Scorsese seems intent to break the rule that directors should fall away with misfires and flops as they get old and grey; he's arguably more of a badass now than ever. And his next picture, an adaptation of the famous novel, Silence, feels like a masterwork waiting to happen.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
