The Family is about a four-piece Brooklyn mafia family that is moving to Normandy, France, as a part of the FBI witness relocation program. It is written and directed by Luc Besson (with co-writer Michael Caleo), executive produced by Martin Scorsese, … Continue reading THE FAMILY
Whenever I hear people dismiss movies as “fantasy” and make a hard distinction between film and life, I think to myself that it’s just a way of avoiding the power of cinema. Of course it’s not life—it’s the invocation of … Continue reading In Their Words — August 16, 2013
Other college kids had to vandalize government buildings. All we had to do to rebel was go to movies. —Paul Schrader Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 28, 2013
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn’t do that. I’m not a pro. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 25, 2013
A friend of mine sent me that line [All this filming isn’t healthy] on a note when we were making Raging Bull! I think it was one of the cinematographers who’d just seen Peeping Tom. And there is no doubt … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 4, 2013
The cinema began with a passionate relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it in the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, January 10, 2013
Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 