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Lights! Camera! Play Button!

Scott Bowles

January 13, 2020

Well, that changed everything. In 2019, Netflix scored its first Oscar nomination for best picture. A year later, the streaming service is leading the field in total nominations. Movies released by Netflix earned 24 nominations this year, nearly doubling its all-time total. Leading the way for the company this year are The Irishman and Marriage Story, which earned 10 …

You Talkin’ to Me?

Scott Bowles

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November 1, 2019

You could make an arguable case that not only is Martin Scorsese America’s greatest living director, but that he’s made the best movie of every decade dating back to the 1970’s. There was Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and The Departed (2006), all considered masterworks of their time. Even casual moviegoers are likely familiar with Scorsese’s cinematic hallmarks: violence, corruption …