Besides being a glorious 3D romp, Martin Scorsese's holiday movie “Hugo” is a tribute to the heritage of silent film. Its young heroes duck into a theater to thrill to Harold Lloyd's cliffhanger (or ...

'Every film's a test," says veteran director Martin Scorsese, whose new movie, "Hugo" -- based on the fantastical Brian Selznick novel "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" -- was something like a doctoral ...

Actor Ben Kingsley first got his taste of collaboration with filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2010 on the thriller “Shutter Island.” It was a long time coming, but for Kingsley, who says he always ...

French film pioneer Georges Melies directed over 500 movies at the turn of the 20th century, but few of them survived. French film pioneer Georges Melies directed over 500 movies at the turn of the ...

The "Hugo" director salutes Melies’ work, champions film preservation. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor "Maybe 'Taxi Driver' ... because of the intimidation of the main character -- his presence is ...

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The undeniably handsome “Hugo,” draws visual poetry from both its storyline and its setting in a Parisian train station. Adapted from Brian Selznick’s book, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” the film’s ...

The first 10 minutes of Martin Scorsese’s latest feature “Hugo” is an overture of sorts. It introduces the film’s main setting, Paris’ Montparnasse train station in 1931, and its central characters: ...

French electronica duo Air are going hand-in-hand with “The Moon.” Director Georges Méliès’ “Le Voyage Dans La Lune” (“A Trip to the Moon”) was a trailblazing silent film originally completed in 1902, ...

The most talented directors find a way to use their cinematic influences in order to build a new story, and then let the audience seek out those influences. It's a rewarding experience because we can ...

Being so busy last week, I didn’t get to see Martin Scorsese’s Hugo until Monday afternoon, and I didn’t finish getting my thoughts in order until today. Initially, I was cold on the whole idea of ...