A bit last-minute, I know, but I'm back from my grandparents' at last, and I feel lucky to have got here even at this late hour ( Read more... )

Obviously, a new Martin Scorsese film is worth a review. But a new Martin Scorsese film that taps into what the man himself has referred to as "the history of film noir in America? Well, that's doubly worthwhile. But first, let's dig into his canon...

The Departed has been hailed as Scorsese's 'return' to gangster films, as if the gap in ( Read more... )