• Cool Stuff: Spoke Art's Martin Scorsese Art Tribute In New York

    Put Martin Scorsese up against any filmmaker and the native New Yorker has a fighting shot. Hawkes? Ford? Kubrick? Hitchcock? Spielberg? All legends, but Scorsese is undeniably in the same league. And this weekend marks one of the first full gallery shows specifically dedicated to his films. Spoke Art has taken over New York's Bold…

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  • Cool Stuff: Martin Ansin's 'Taxi Driver' Poster For Mondo

    This is a huge time for Mondo. The company kicked off SXSW last week with their massive Game of Thrones show. Later this week is the even bigger Stout/Taylor show. (Check back Friday for more on that.) And today they've revealed a truly historic entry into their archive. Martin Ansin has done a poster for Martin…

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  • Martin Scorsese Featured In New iPhone Ad Featuring A 'Taxi Driver' Easter Egg

    We've already seen how Samuel L. Jackson, John Malkovich, and Zooey Deschanel use their iPhone 4S and now director Martin Scorsese is getting into the mix. He's the latest celebrity to endorse Apple's signature product and if you enjoyed the previous commercials, this one is more of the same. A celebrity uses an iPhone 4S…

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  • 'The Godfather' Tops List Of Films People Pretend To Have Seen

    A new survey conducted by British video rental service LOVEFiLM affirmed what we already knew, but don't necessarily like to admit: People lie about having seen films they haven't. The poll surveyed Brits to find out whether they'd ever lied about seeing movies they hadn't -- and if so, which movies they'd fibbed about watching.…

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  • VOTD: Edgar Wright's 1993 Mash-Up 'Gun Fetish'

    We post a fair amount of montages here on /Film, but this one's extra special. Back in 1993, well before the days of Final Cut Pro, a 19-year-old Edgar Wright holed himself up in an editing suite for several weekends to put together this montage, "Gun Fetish." The clips are pulled from VHS tapes, which…

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  • Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver' Returns To Theaters For Two Nights Only

    Thirty-five years have passed since Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese unleashed the classic film Taxi Driver upon the world. With its radical world view, brutal ending, classic quotes and incredibly chilling lead performance by Robert De Niro, the vibrant film quickly became a classic. To this day, the film spawns discussion, imitation and references all…

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  • The United States Of Movies Map

    Subtonix decided to create a map of the United States by pinpointing the movies which best represent each of the 50 states. For example, New Jersey is Clerks and Kansas is The Wizard of Oz. There will likely be some debate over some of these choices (is Fast Times at Ridgemont High the ultimate representation…

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  • Cool Stuff: 'Easy Rider' And 'Taxi Driver' Posters By Methane Studios

    Mondo Tees and the Alamo Drafthouse, who have been making limited edition movie posters together for several years, now have some rising and welcome competition in the custom movie poster game. Tommy Good and the Astor Theater, an Melbourne, Australia based theater, have already produced beautiful posters for their screenings of Predator, Die Hard and…

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  • Lars Von Trier Has No Plans To Remake Taxi Driver

    Yesterday, a rumor was quickly making the rounds that Lars von Trier had approached Martin Scorsese at the Berline Film Festival about doing a remake of Taxi Driver, possibly even featuring Robert De Niro, reprising his role as Travis Bickle. The reported plan was to enforce a set of extreme restrictions ala The Five Obstructions.…

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