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In the highly talked-about Apple TV+ series The Studio, Seth Rogen plays the role of Matt Remick, who has recently been appointed the head of a Hollywood production studio. The satirical comedy shows the struggles of making movies that make money vs. the ones that make art.

It is an intelligent commentary on the constant tussle between art and trade in the movie business. With several stellar cameos by the top Hollywood celebrities seen in the show, Rogen reminisces about how scary it was to direct the maestro Martin Scorsese.

The legendary director Scorsese was seen in the show’s very first episode, and Rogen describes that experience as his “worst nightmare”, but the kind that you can boast about in retrospect.

Martin Scorsese’s cameo was a great mix of spoof and realism

In this particularly hilarious first episode, Remick tries to merge his corporate mandate to make a...

When Craig Finn wants to make an L.A. album, he doesn’t mess around. He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor. But on his great new Always Been, he takes inspiration from Southern California, steeped in the style of old-school soft-rock troubadours like Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and Randy Newman.

Just how Seventies L.A. is this album? Finn poses for the cover photo on a bridge over the Harbor Freeway...

Fox Nation will roll out part two of its hit docudrama series Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints beginning on Friday, April 4, and through the Easter season. The series is hosted, narrated, and executive produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

From Lionsgate Alternative Television, The Saints explores the remarkable stories of men and women who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex trait — faith. Throughout each episode, Scorsese journeys over 2,000 years of history, focusing on these extraordinary figures and their extreme acts of kindness, selflessness, and sacrifice.

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With each episode focusing on a singular saint, the final three episodes of the season will spotlight Francis of Assisi, Moses the Black, and Mary Magdalene. The season first kicked off in November 2024 with Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian, and Maximilian Kolbe.

Developed by Scorsese and Matti Leshem for Lionsgate Alternative Television, Martin...

The long-awaited This Is Spinal Tap sequel is set to hit theaters this fall, and the metal greats are returning with a new set of amps that — believe it or not — go past 11.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will be released on Sept. 12, with Rob Reiner’s new film securing distribution from Bleecker Street. The announcement today is accompanied by a short teaser, which doesn’t show much, except a hand — likely that of guitarist Nigel Tufnel (played by Christopher Guest) — plugging into an amp and adjusting the levels.

It’s so fitting that Garth Hudson was the last man standing from the Band. The beloved organ virtuoso died on Tuesday morning at 87, near Woodstock, New York — just a few miles down the road from Big Pink, the house where the Band and Bob Dylan transformed music history just by jamming in the basement. Garth Hudson was the mystery man in the Band, the silent one, the only one who didn’t sing. He was years older than the others, already in his thirties when they made their classic 1968 debut,...

Garth Hudson, the final surviving member of highly influential rock group The Band, has died at 87. Hudson’s wizardry with keyboards can be seen in Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 concert film and documentary about The Band, The Last Waltz.

Garth Hudson passed away at a nursing home near his longtime home in Woodstock, New York. His death was confirmed by a close friend and collaborator, Jan Haust, as per The New York Times. Garth Hudson was born on August 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The son of musical parents, Hudson began playing piano at an early age. He was classically trained in music theory, harmony, counterpoint and piano. He studied Bach's chorales and "The Well-Tempered Clavier" at the University of Western Ontario, but found classical music somewhat inhibiting.

Hudson’s classical training, however, would come in handy when he took up with a group of fellow Canadian rockers, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko,...

Garth Hudson, the final surviving member of highly influential rock group The Band, has died at 87. Hudson’s wizardry on keyboards can be seen in Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 concert film and documentary about The Band, The Last Waltz.

Garth Hudson passed away at a nursing home near his longtime home in Woodstock, New York. His death was confirmed by a close friend and collaborator, Jan Haust, as per The New York Times. Garth Hudson was born on August 2, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The son of musical parents, Hudson began playing piano at an early age. He was classically trained in music theory, harmony, counterpoint and piano. He studied Bach's chorales and "The Well-Tempered Clavier" at the University of Western Ontario, but found classical music somewhat inhibiting.

Hudson’s classical training, however, would come in handy when he took up with a group of fellow Canadian rockers, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko,...

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It’s a sad day for music fans, as an icon of rock and roll has passed away.

Garth Hudson — a founding member of the legendary rock group The Band — has passed away at the age of 87.

A multi-instrumentalist who played keyboards, saxophone, and accordion on a slew of iconic albums, Hudson’s contributions can be heard on some of the most beloved songs of the 1960s and ’70s.

Musician Garth Hudson attends The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards ceremony held at the Wilshire Ebell Theater on February 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Garth Hudson’s Cause of Death

News of his passing comes courtesy of the executor of his estate, Jan Haus, who spoke with the Toronto Star (via The Guardian).

Hudson passed away quietly at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York.

Haus did not provide a cause of death.

Garth Hudson’s death at age 87 has left fans of the Band grieving. With this loss, none of the five musicians who made everything from ‘Music From Big Pink’ to ‘The Last Waltz’ are still living. “It’s the kind of thing that makes you really want to believe in a heaven,” says Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. “I don’t know if I do. But it’s a sweet thought, to think of all animosity set aside and a reuniting moment in some idyllic place.”

Tweedy first met Hudson in...

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary The Last Waltz, died Tuesday in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, NY. He was 87.

The executor of his estate executor confirmed the news to the Toronto Star.

Born Eric Hudson on August 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario, and was trained in classical piano and music theory. He played in local bands before hooking up in the late 1950s with rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins’ The Hawks, which eventually would feature many of his Band mates. The group would back Bob Dylan’s on the notorious mid-’60s “Going Electric” tours and, rechristened The Band, they collaborated on groundbreaking album The Basement Tapes, helping to invent the Americana genre.

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Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, and who in his later years remained an in-demand player among young musicians — including Neko Case, Norah Jones, and Wilco — died early Tuesday morning at the Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in upstate New York in age 87.

Jan Haust, Hudson’s longtime friend and colleague, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. He declined to reveal a cause of death, but said Hudson “died peacefully” and “yesterday was a day of music and hand-holding.

Garth Hudson, the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and last original member of The Band, has died at the age of 87.

According to The Toronto Star, Hudson passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, January 21st at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York

Hudson was born Eric Hudson in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on August 2nd, 1937. Like their son, both of his parents were multi-talented musicians, and Hudson began playing piano at a very early age. His first official gigs were providing the organ for local church services and for a funeral parlor owned by his uncle. By 1949, he was playing professionally in dance bands around London, Ontario, eventually earning a spot in a group called Paul London and the Kapers.

It was after a Kapers show in London in 1961 that Hudson was first approached by his future-bandmates Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm, who asked if he would be interested in joining Hawkins’ band,...

Neil Young has seen the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and “he loved it.”

The legendary songwriter shared his review of the James Mangold-helmed film on Neil Young Archives, writing: “I love Bob Dylan and his music. Always have. He’s a great artist. Once he was on my bus and I didn’t recognize him and threw him off but that’s another story. This movie is a great tribute to his life and music. I think if you love Bob’s music you should see this great movie. I loved it.”

Young and Dylan’s paths have crossed numerous times over the years, first dating back to The Last Waltz in 1976, where they memorably shared the stage for a performance of “I Shall Be Released.” Most recently, Dylan made a surprise appearance at Young’s Farm Aid in 2023. Young is not featured in A Complete Unknown,...

Neil Young has seen the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and “he loved it.”

The legendary songwriter shared his review of the James Mangold-helmed film on Neil Young Archives, writing: “I love Bob Dylan and his music. Always have. He’s a great artist. Once he was on my bus and I didn’t recognize him and threw him off but that’s another story. This movie is a great tribute to his life and music. I think if you love Bob’s music you should see this great movie. I loved it.”

Young and Dylan’s paths have crossed numerous times over the years, first dating back to The Last Waltz in 1976, where they memorably shared the stage for a performance of “I Shall Be Released.” Most recently, Dylan made a surprise appearance at Young’s Farm Aid in 2023. Young is not featured in A Complete Unknown,...

Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, the Creator, Luke Combs and Hozier are set to headline the 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.

The four-day event will take place June 12-15 on the 700-acre Bonnaroo Farm in Manchester, Tennessee, located about 60 miles southeast of Nashville. Others set to perform include Vampire Weekend, GloRilla, Tyla, Raye, Avril Lavigne, Queens of the Stone Age, John Summit, Justice, Dom Dolla, Glass Animals and The Red Clay Strays.

Tickets go on sale Thursday. Last year’s event was headlined by Post Malone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fred Again and Pretty Lights.

This year’s festival will have more than 10 stages and will debut the first Roo Residency with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, featuring performances across three sets over three days.

The Complete Bonnaroo 2025 Lineup Is Below:

Thursday, June 12

Luke Combs, Dom Dolla, Sammy Virji, Marcus King, Green Velvet, 2hollis, Insane Clown Posse, Joey Valence & Brae, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country,...

Timothée Chalamet’s turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown earned praise from critics, including Rolling Stone’s David Fear, but like any biopic, some details and facts get left out or rearranged. The notoriously mercurial Dylan, who had input in the James Mangold biopic, even slipped a made-up scene into the movie.

The movie is based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric!, which documents Dylan’s pivotal 1965 performance at the Newport Folk Festival. His plugged-in performance of “Like A Rolling Stone” was controversial among festival attendees, who expected an acoustic set.

Documentaries are one of the most versatile genres of movies and television, as they can tackle any subject and play with form in order to best communicate their stories. In recent years, the best true crime documentaries have contributed greatly to the success and popularity of the documentary format. While these music biopics rarely have the shock and gore of true crime, they have their fair share of tragedy. The filmmakers behind these projects do their best to be honest about the struggles and pitfalls of the subjects of their documentaries.

Unlike the best music biopics, music documentaries attempt to capture the realism and the elements that came together for these musicians and bands to create such songs. While the backstories of the individuals involved will often be discussed, the impact of the industry and the genius behind their artistry is of equal importance. Often, music documentaries touch upon the...

Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese appears pretty prominently in the new Beatles documentary on Disney+, Beatles ‘64, and it’s not immediately obvious what he has to do with the Beatles. While it hasn’t been quite as widely acclaimed as Disney’s other Beatles docs, Get Back and Let It Be, Beatles ‘64 has a great soundtrack, and it’s been well-received by fans. It offers an intriguing insight into one of the most crucial periods in the history of the band, with newly restored footage of some of their most significant performances.

Beatles ‘64 explores the cultural impact that the Beatles had on the United States after their first visit to America in February 1964. It features gorgeously restored footage of the Beatles’ turning-point performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The documentary contrasts footage of the Beatlemania fad with the interpersonal conflicts between the band members. It has a lot of...

Pulling a Martin Scorsese film off the shelves would not generally be the first option when it comes time to gather around for the holidays. However, considering many of his movies are about surrogate families, maybe he should be more of a festive staple. While often dark and psychologically probing, Scorsese's films have a familial comfort to them, which explains why his best works and minor efforts are highly rewatchable. Returning to the Scorsese oeuvre is like rekindling with family. Scorsese's closest thing to an explicit Thanksgiving movie, The Last Waltz, is a bittersweet engagement between loved ones. The director's acclaimed 1978 concert documentary about the final performance by The Band captures the transient beauty of converging with distant loved ones and the poignant reflection of the passage of time.

Despite directing some of the best films ever made, Martin Scorsese has only ever won an Oscar for one of them. Whether or not The Departed deserved the four Oscars it won has long been a matter of debate among cinephiles, but now you can decide for yourself because the 2006 crime thriller is now streaming on Peacock where it's already become a hit all over again.

Scorsese has been a household name in the world of cinema for decades now, having crafted some of the most beloved films of all time, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, and GoodFellas, to name just a few. But while his reputation as a world-class filmmaker is well known among critics and fans alike, Scorsese has never had much luck on Oscars night. He has received a whopping 10 directorial nominations over his long career the most nominations for any living director.

The month of October was already plagued by how poorly “Joker: Folie à Deux” was bombing from week to week, so “Venom: The Last Dance” – once again teaming Tom Hardy with Marvel’s popular symbiote anti-hero – came along at just the right time… only to achieve similar results. Even so, the weekend delivered strong hopes that adult dramas may be making a comeback. Read on for the weekend box office report.

Maybe it wasn’t that surprising that reviews for Sony Pictures’ “Venom: The Last Dance” weren’t that good, worse than the second installment, landing at just 36% on Rotten Tomatoes by the time the film launched into 4,131 theaters. The Sony threequel would also have to take on the first two games of the 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, potentially cutting into business in the country’s two largest moviegoing cities.

Despite making $8.5 million in Thursday previews,...

The moon is shining bright over the Hollywood Bowl and Joni Mitchell lets out a laugh.

It’s the first of two sold-out Joni Jam concerts at the outdoor venue, her first headlining concert in Los Angeles in over 24 years; a couple years since Mitchell returned to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, a year after her first ticketed concert in two decades at the Gorge — and about nine years after a brain aneurysm nearly killed her and sent her to the hospital. But for close to three hours on Saturday night,...

Let’s start at the end.

“We love you, Robbie!” Mavis Staples exclaimed. “We love you!”

Late Thursday night in Los Angeles, a few minutes shy of midnight, the soul-stirring vocalist had the crowd at the Forum on their feet. Staples had just performed “The Weight” onstage with Bob Weir, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio, and an all-star band for Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson, a tribute show — produced by moment-makers Blackbird Presents — that honored the Band’s guitarist, collaborator of Bob Dylan, and songwriter who...

It’s one last waltz for Robbie and Marty.

Variety reports that Martin Scorsese is directing the filming of a tribute concert dedicated to his late friend and collaborator Robbie Robertson for a concert film. The Blackbird Presents (Outlaw Music Festival)-produced concert, called “Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson,” will take place Thursday at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Plans for the release of the future film have not been set.

Robertson, the legendary musician and songwriter best known for his work with the legendary roots rock outfit The Band, died in 2023 at age 80. His relationship with Scorsese went back to the 1970s, when Scorsese directed “The Last Waltz,” the 1978 star-studded concert film commemorating The Band’s final performance. Robertson then worked as a composer, music supervisor, or consultant on many of Scorsese’s films, including “Raging Bull,” “The Color of Money,” “Casino,” and “The Irishman.

Martin Scorsese will serve as director the Thursday night’s all-star tribute to Robbie Robertson at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, which will be turned into a concert film for future release.

Announced in July, Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson is set to feature artists including Trey Anastasio, Elvis Costello, Warren Haynes, Eric Church, Jim James, Margo Price, Bob Weir, and Noah Kahan, as well as The Last Waltz vets like Eric Clapton and Van Morrison.

Scorsese was initially on board as an executive producer of the tribute concert,...

Martin Scorsese will direct the filming of a Robbie Robertson tribute concert in L.A. Thursday night for a future release, it was announced Tuesday morning.

The filming of “Life Is A Carnival: A Musical Celebration Of Robbie Robertson,” a Blackbird Presents production, may provide a kind of bookend to the the first movie Scorsese did with Robertson, when he directed the concert film “The Last Waltz,” which commemorated the last concert the singer-songwriter-guitarist did with his group the Band in 1976.

Prior to the announcement that he would spend the evening overseeing the filming, Scorsese was already serving as one of the executive producers of the concert, along with Jared Levine, Keith Wortman and Scooter Weintraub.

The lineup of artists performing at the show at the Kia Forum Thursday includes Trey Anastasio, Eric Church, Eric Clapton, Warren Haynes, Bruce Hornsby, Jim James, Daniel Lanois, Taj Mahal, Van Morrison, Margo Price,...

Alongside his career of all-time great narrative movies, Martin Scorsese has been a chronicler of music in documentary form – whether it’s his Bob Dylan works No Direction Home and Rolling Thunder Revue; his Rolling Stones concert movie Shine A Light; his legendary The Band film The Last Waltz; or his George Harrison documentary, Living In The Material World. Now, as producer, he’s turning his attention to the full complement of the Fab Four with Beatles ’64 – an all-new feature film documentary coming to Disney+, capturing the band’s first trip to the States.

Beatles ’64 is directed by longtime Scorsese collaborator David Tedeschi, and features never-before-seen Beatles footage. Their 1964 trip to the USA saw them make their legendary TV performance on The Ed Sullivan Show and swelled the eruption of Beatlemania – which the documentary looks to capture, alongside behind-the-scenes footage of John, Paul, George and Ringo. “Spotlighting this singular cultural...

This week Neil Young did two amazing club shows at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, with his new band the Chrome Hearts. He began both nights with “I’m the Ocean,” one of his fiercest songs, from the 1995 Pearl Jam collaboration Mirror Ball. “People my age, they don’t do the things I do” — that was a great line when he was on the edge of turning 50, but it’s a whole other experience hearing him snarl it now at 78. On Monday night he sang that verse twice,...

Martin Scorsese's next projects are reportedly stalled. Scorsese is a prolific director who has been behind numerous acclaimed films including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, After Hours, and The Last Waltz. The director's most recent feature was Killers of the Flower Moon, a 3.5 hour epic film that told the story of oil being discovered on Osage Nation land in the 1920s, and the horrific murders that ensued as a result. Killers of the Flower Moon received great reviews and 10 Oscar nominations, though did not win any Oscars.

As per Variety, Scorsese's next two films have been seemingly postponed.

More to come...

Source: Variety...

After bagging 10 Oscar nominations for last year's monumental three-plus-hour epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, you'd be forgiven for thinking that when Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie, that movie just gets made. But after revealing plans for religious picture The Life Of Jesus last year, and then the realisation of a long-planned Frank Sinatra biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio earlier this year, Marty's hopes to shoot both projects back-to-back have been put on hold. Per Variety's reporting, neither project will be setting cameras rolling in 2024 any more, and new production plans are yet to be confirmed.

Having already made one ripping biblical yarn in the shape of The Last Temptation Of Christ, Scorsese had hoped to acquiesce to the Pope's call for more Christianity centred art with an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 novel The Life Of Jesus. This would've been Scorsese's second Endō adaptation following 2016's Silence, with...

SiriusXM’s Deep Tracks (ch. 308) is thrilled to bring you an exclusive first listen to Eight tracks from Neil Young’s upcoming “Archives Vol. III (1976-1987).”

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Starting Monday, August 26, Deep Tracks host Greg Roberson will debut a new song each day. Listen to them at 5pm Et Monday through Friday, and at 12pm Et on Saturday and Sunday, with the final track airing at 5pm Et on Monday, September 2. Don’t miss these very special premieres on Deep Tracks in cars and on the SiriusXM app.

Due out September 6, Young’s new box set features 198 songs across 17 CDs and five Blu-rays, including 11 films, four unreleased. See the full tracklist below and preorder the set now here.

Neil Young’s Archives Vol. III (1976-1987) Tracklisting

Disc 1: Across The Water I (1976) Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1. Let It Shine (previously unreleased...

A host of all-star musicians are coming together for “Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24,” a run of shows celebrating The Band’s legendary concert. Making up the roster of participating artists are original Heartbreakers members Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, in addition to Ryan Bingham, Jamey Johnson, Don Was, John Medeski, Dave Malone, Terence Higgins, Cyril Neville, and Mark Mullins & The Levee Horns.

Inspired by The Band’s iconic 1976 Thanksgiving concert and honoring the legacy of the late Robbie Robertson, “Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24” is the latest iteration of the annual multi-city event. The 2024 edition officially kicks off with a special, one-night-only concert at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum on October 17th that celebrates the life and work of Robertson, who passed away last year.

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The tour then properly gets underway beginning October 19th in San Francisco. Additional shows...

On a rainy Nov. 15, 2023, a small group of music and film luminaries gathered at the Village Recorder, the famed studio housed in an old Masonic temple in West L.A. where everything from Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk to Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle was recorded.

Among them were Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne. They had come to celebrate the life of Robbie Robertson, legendary frontman of The Band, successful solo artist and prolific film score producer for whom the studio was like a second home. Robertson had died three months earlier after an excruciating battle with prostate cancer — long in remission but back with a vengeance in 2022 — that had spread to his spine and brain. He was 80.

Scorsese emceed the memorial, in which he tearfully spoke of his brotherhood with Robertson. The director, 81, was a longtime collaborator of Robertson’s, having helmed the seminal 1978 rockumentary The Last Waltz,...

Netflix’ Paris Theater, NYC’s longest-running arthouse and Manhattan’s sole single-screen cinema, is marking one year since reopening with the return of screening series Big & Loud.

Special presentations include a new 70mm print of Alfred Hitchock’s Vertigo screening for the first time in New York, new 70mm prints of North By Northwest and The Searchers, as well as 70mm screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Boogie Nights, Hamlet (1996), Inception, Lawrence of Arabia, Malcolm X, Nope, Phantom Thread, Spartacus and The Untouchables.

Netflix reopened the historic theater last year following upgrades to present 70mm projection and make it the largest Atmos cinema in Manhattan. It called Big & Loud “a screening series of eye-popping 70mm prints, thunderous Dolby Atmos and cinema worth celebrating.”

Highlights include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Days of Heaven, Dazed And Confused, East of Eden (in Atmos), Gravity (in Atmos), The Green Fog (double bill with Vertigo), Koyaanisqatsi,...

Following last year’s very successful “Big & Loud! 70mm, Atmos, and Audio-Obsessive Cinema” screening series, Netflix is launching its latest edition of what is becoming a signature late summer and early fall event at its Paris Theater in New York City. This year’s series will again boast, per the streamer, “eye-popping 70mm prints, thunderous Dolby Atmos, and cinema worth celebrating.”

The series kicks off on Friday, August 23 and will run through Thursday, October 31. Special presentations will include a new 70mm print of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” (screening for the first time in New York), plus new 70mm prints of “North by Northwest” and “The Searchers,” as well as 70mm screenings of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Boogie Nights,” “Hamlet” (1996), “The Hateful Eight,” “Inception,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Malcolm X,” “Nope,” “Phantom Thread,” “Spartacus,” and “The Untouchables.”

Other highlights (and there are many) include “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Days of Heaven,...

Some of the most illustrious names in rock — and other genres — will pay tribute to Robbie Robertson in a celebratory concert at the L.A.-area Kia Forum on Oct. 17, with the musician’s longtime friend and collaborator Martin Scorsese among the executive producers.

The lineup for “Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson” includes some contemporaries who came up with the Band’s late songwriter-guitarist in the ’60s. These include Bobby Weir, Taj Mahal and three artists who appeared with Robertson in the Scorsese-directed 1986 concert documentary “The Last Waltz”: Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Mavis Staples.

It also includes some musical figures whose stars have risen in the last 15 years or so, like Eric Church, Allison Russell, Nathaniel Rateliff, Margo Price and — a current mainstay of the Billboard album chart’s top 10 — Noah Kahan.

Mostly, though, the roster is full of veteran stars who...

Good news for Rusties: Neil Young has officially announced the next installment of his Archives series. Vol. III (1976-1987) arrives on Sept. 6 via Reprise Records.

The massive anthology spans 11 years and picks up where 2020’s Archives II ended in 1976. This immensely productive period resulted in beloved albums like 1978’s Comes a Time and 1979’s Rust Never Sleeps, as well as genre-based records like 1983’s Trans and Everybody’s Rockin’ that puzzled fans at the time.

It includes an entire disc with Come a Time singers Linda Ronstadt and the late Nicolette Larson,...

Neil Young has announced his latest box set, the absolutely massive Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976 – 1987). Out on September 6th, it boasts a total of 22 CDs and Blu-rays, with four previously unreleased films. Pre-orders are now ongoing.

Spread across the 17 CDs are 121 previously unreleased versions of songs and 15 tracks that will be available for the first time. The five Blu-rays contain 11 films spanning over 14 hours. Pre-orders for Archives Vol. III (1976 – 1987) are ongoing.

According to a press release, the 28 hours of material in the box set are enough to soundtrack a drive from New York to Denver and then some. The package also contains a 176-page book and a poster.

Preview Archives Vol. III by streaming “Bright Sunny Day” below, followed by the full tracklist.

As an alternative to the full collection, Young is offering Takes, a 16-track sampler containing one track from 16 of the 17 CDs. Pre-orders for that are also ongoing.

“This Film Should Be Played Loud Bitch!” reads an opening title card in John Early‘s Max special, John Early: Now More Than Ever, an explicit reference to the beginning of The Band’s iconic concert documentary, The Last Waltz. “The struggle with filming a live show is that when you put a camera on something, it loses all of its life,” laughs Early in TV Insider’s video, above. With his special, he and his collaborators decided to go with a “shaky, gritty, New York-y rock doc style” to capture the “sweatiness” of his live shows. Early’s special, which came out last June, is reference-heavy. We asked him to break down some of our (and his) cultural touchstones in Now More Than Ever. He sings four songs in the special: “Oops (Oh My)” by Tweet featuring Missy Elliott, “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer, “After the Gold Rush...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

Today we talk about one of the great ones: Martin Scorsese. Who’s better than Marty? Myself, Conor O’Donnell, and guest Jake Kring-Schreifels. Our B-Sides today include Italianamerican, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, and Silence.

We talk about a lot in this one. How to pronounce Scorsese! How to pronounce Coppola! Catholicism! Buddhism! Making films about religions in your life! This is an episode with lofty ambitions, not unlike most Scorsese pictures!

In examining Italianamerican we muse on Marty as documentarian, including the mention of an incredibly-underrated Scorsese documentary that’s hard to find: Public Speaking starring Fran Lebowitz. We reflect on the guardedness of memory by older generations. We also recount the Muddy Waters – László Kovács...

While we absolutely love scripted movies and television here at /Film, we also have a deep appreciation for documentaries — series and films alike. With so many streaming services available, it feels like there are more documentaries out there than ever before, which can make finding the right one to watch a bit intimidating. Thankfully, I'm here to help recommend some of the best docs streaming this May, from remastered versions of music classics like "Stop Making Sense" and "Let it Be" to new docs with a fresh perspective, like the shocking "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" and "Stormy." There has honestly been a massive influx of showbiz docs lately, with a couple more great ones dropping fresh this month. The entertainment industry has always been rife with controversy and chaos, so there's sure to be no end of these docs anytime soon. Still, this latest crop is a real doozy.

Martin Scorsese is exploring the journeys of eight men and women toward sainthood in a new docudrama series for Fox Nation.

The Killers of the Flower Moon director is launching Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints on the streaming service in November 2024.

He will host, narrate and exec produce the eight-part series.

Developed by Scorsese for Lionsgate Alternative Television, the series was created by Matti Leshem, written by Scorsese’s collaborator Kent Jones and directed by Elizabeth Chomko.

Scorsese and Leshem exec produce alongside Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly, Yoshi Stone, Craig Piligian, David Ellender and Matt Loze. It is produced by Lionsgate, Sikelia Productions, Weimaraner Republic Pictures, Lbi Entertainment and Halcyon Studios.

The series will premiere in two parts, with the first four episodes to air on Sunday, November 16, and the final set to air in May 2025.

Each episode focuses on a singular Saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi,...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich will try to survive the Spinal Tap drummers curse with cameos in the upcoming This Is Spinal Tap sequel.

The two musicians were named in a new round of cast announcements, per Deadline, now that production on the film has begun in New Orleans. Though we obviously don’t know for sure, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Smith and Ulrich roped into an extension of one of the best bits from 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap...

Ron Reiner is back with a Spinal Tap sequel, but a reliance on cameos may pose a risk to its humor. The sequel's focus on celebrity appearances may shift attention away from original jokes and characters. Despite concerns, fans can still look forward to the antics of the returning Spinal Tap team and star-studded cameos.

The latest announcement about Spinal Tap II, Rob Reiner’s long-awaited sequel to his mock-rockumentary classic This is Spinal Tap, is a worrying sign – but it still sounds like a lot of fun. Reiner has reassembled Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins, and Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls for a new Spinal Tap movie just in time for the 40th anniversary of the comedy classic. In addition to the returning lead trio, Reiner is reprising his own role as Marty Di Bergi, the director of the original mockumentary, for the highly anticipated legacy sequel.

Get ready for a sequel that will go up to … 12?! The team behind the brilliant 1984 music mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap has officially begun work on another film. Filmmaker Rob Reiner will once again direct and portray documentarian Marty Dibergi as he checks in with the three members of Spinal Tap — David St. Hubbins (actor Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) — to see how the past four decades have treated the heavy-metal stereotypes. They have not yet announced who’ll be playing the drummer, at...

It’s a fairly big month on Prime Video in March, at least compared to the other streaming service offerings! There are are two major films arriving on Amazon’s streamer. The first is a remake of the Patrick Swayze action classic Road House. Stepping into the late Swayze’s shoes? A crazy-jacked Jake Gyllenhaal, who really seemed to want to go the extra mile for this project.

The other big film coming to Prime Video is Ricky Stanicky, and the plot sounds really fun! It follows three friends who have always blamed their mistakes on an imaginary guy called Ricky Stanicky. When they have to finally introduce people to Stanicky, they decide to hire a washed-up actor (John Cena) to impersonate him. Hilarity ensues, maybe? But if neither of those make your watchlist, there’s also the return of the animated hit series Invincible.

Here’s everything coming to...

The Oscar for Best Original Score is an odd below-the-line category line-up. It includes one of the most nominated artists of all time; a recent winner; a couple of newcomers; and a late, great rock pioneer receiving his very first nomination. If all five of these composers were sat down at the same table, what on earth would they talk about? Music, obviously.

“American Fiction”

Laura Karpman

Karpman has mainly been scoring Marvel series like “Ms. Marvel” and “What If…?” as well as Nia Da Costa‘s feature film “The Marvels” as of late, but she’s an incredibly prolific composer who has been scoring television, films and even video games since the early ’90s. She has also been nominated for eight Primetime Emmys, winning one for “Why We Hate” in 2020. Her nomination in this category may have been a surprise, since she was going up against much bigger and...

Everybody loves Marty.

Martin Scorsese got a hero’s welcome in Berlin, greeting journalists at a jam-packed press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 20 — eager Marty fans were seen lining up two hours in advance to secure a seat — to receive rapturous praise from reporter after reporter.

“Thank you for making me the person I am today,” said one enthusiastic journo fan. One Georgian reporter invited him home for a glass of wine. Another, from Bulgaria, took a break from asking his question to act out his favorite scene from The Departed.

Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.

Asked about his favorite 30-second moment, Scorsese joked, “You mean in cinema?”

But Scorsese...

Oppenheimer‘s Ludwig Göransson won the marquee film prize at the Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards, which were handed out Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Black Panther Academy Award winner took Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film and also is nominated for the Original Score Oscar next month.

Hitmakers Billie Eilish & Finneas and Olivia Rodrigo scooped Original Song statuettes for their respective tunes from Barbie and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The Barbie track won Song of the Year at the Grammys this month and a Golden Globe in January and is up for Best Song at the 96th Oscars on March 10.

Still: A Michael J. Fox composer John Powell won Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film.

The TV prizes went to Nicholas Britell for Succession and Carlos Rafael Rivera for Lessons in Chemistry.

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When Robbie Robertson and The Band performed their final concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in November 1976, it was clearly an ending for the group, as expressed in the title of the 1978 film Martin Scorsese made about the event, “The Last Waltz.” While that movie — by virtually any imaginable criteria, the greatest rock and roll film ever made — documented a farewell, it itself represented a new beginning: a collaboration between Scorsese and Robertson that would last nearly 50 years and yield an astonishing series of masterpieces including “Raging Bull,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and most recently “Killers of the Flower Moon,” for which Robertson — who died last August at the age of 80 — posthumously scored an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score.

Robertson’s work in “Killers” is the apotheosis of his partnership with Scorsese, a score that exhibits the passion, variety, and depth of expression familiar from Robertson...