'The Irishman' Review, 'The Joker' Controversy, Mt. Rushmore of Scorsese Movies

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film Interviews

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

"'The Irishman' is not 'Goodfellas 2.0' and it's not 'Casino 2.0.' 'The Irishman' is melancholy, it's elegiac." Adnan reviews Martin Scorsese's latest mob epic, "The Irishman" after seeing the film at the New York Film Festival over the weekend. How does this film stack up compared to the rest of the Scorsese's filmography? Find out during this week's Mt. Rushmore of Martin Scorsese Movies! Adnan also discusses how only photographers are allowed at the premiere of the upcoming film, "The Joker." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mark and Scorsese is the Irishman is a coldly enthralling long-forb knockout.
0:28.0	A majestic mob epic with ice in its veins.
0:31.1	That's courtesy of former Cinephal gas to one of the best film critics in the country.
0:35.1	Owen Glyberman of Variety.
0:36.7	Here's another one.
0:37.7	This is the Scorsese of Silence, patient and methodical.
0:41.1	And it brings it a subtle agony from Denero.
0:43.4	One minute assumed the actor could no longer summon.
0:46.3	That is from A.A. Doub of the AB Club.
0:49.4	And also, this one is from Perry Nemerov from Collider Video.
0:54.4	A highly ambitious cry-mepic from a dream team delivering standout work all around.
0:59.3	Denero, Pacino and Pescia are phenomenal as is the work of editor-thalmas
1:03.4	gunmaker who makes a story that spans decades and clocks seem utterly seamless.
1:08.8	How about one more?
1:09.5	Chris Evangelista of Slashfilm.
1:11.1	This is not good fellows.
1:12.1	This is not Casino.
1:13.2	This is Scorsese at its most reflective, crafting a masterwork that finds the filmmaker
1:17.6	reflecting on everything he's done and what it's all amounted to.
1:20.4	The results are breathtaking.
1:22.0	That's right, the rave reviews are in for Martin Scorsese's Irishman.
1:25.4	A film which has been long gestating, long years in the making.
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