With the internet threatening to alter the fundamental act of distribution that has laid dormant since the advent of home video, it requires a glance all the way back to the late 1960s to find a time when Hollywood's tried and tested means of dominating the film business was so similarly threatened.

A critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for forty-six years, the Ebert era has bracketed the better half of film history. Unlike the fanatical doctrines of Pauline Kael, the humility of his observations broke through the cultural feudalism of cinema snobbery to land right aboard the brains and the breakfast tables of the American family. With syndication in more than 200 national newspapers, his voice of easy reason trickled from Chicago to Hollywood.

While fashion faux pas and speech gaffes are to be expected, every year the short-list of nominees demonstrates the glaring inconsistencies within the Academy voting system. How can a director, who has a film nominated for Best Picture, not be short-listed for Best Director?

Next time you're in Manhattan and in need of a little sustenance, head downtown, for down these mean streets a man must go.

They say movies are our escape into a fantasy world; but isn't it sad when we see how most movies these days tread the safe path?

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has signed on to shoot a TV documentary about former American President Bill Clinton. The Oscar winner will co-produce th...

Radioman doesn’t look like your average A-lister. With his dishevelled beard, gnarled fingers and lived-in sweater, it comes as a surprise to he...

Director Martin Scorsese has been hit with a lawsuit over allegations he has stalled a film project for over 20 years. Bosses at Cecchi Gori Pictur...

For fans of the gangster genre, Goodfellas is possibly one of the most loved and quoted. Apart from the number of times the F-word is dropped into ...

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is baffled by plans to make a sequel to Raging Bull and insists moviegoers have "moved on". Argentinian director Martin G...

Kelly Macdonald is as polite, unassuming, down to earth and resolutely Scottish as you would hope. When she mentions that she’s "actually staring at...

This year's BAFTA Awards host Stephen Fry has given his highly-regarded two pennies' worth on the 2012 BAFTA nominations. In the video above, Fry e...

Daniel Radcliffe is upset the Harry Potter franchise has been largely overlooked by the Academy Awards, blaming Hollywood "snobbery" for the snub. ...

Director Martin Scorsese will be honoured with the prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Academy Fellowship at the annual pr...

From Hugo's dazzling opening swoop through the Paris station it is clear that this is no ordinary film. The care and detail taken in every frame of the film shows just how passionate Scorsese is about the subject material.

Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley has revealed he broke down in tears after seeing the new Martin Scorsese movie Hugo. The British star has a le...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play his cards right in The Gambler. The Inception star will apparently reunite with Oscar-winning...