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Raised byBrent

Martin Scorsese

5 episodes touching this theme
  • Partially
    King of Comedy

    · raised by Brent

    "Feels ahead of its time but you note how it now plays like a throwback to early 80s media culture."

    Cross-refThe ArtistLa La Land
  • Strongly explored
    Goodfellas

    · raised by Brent

    "You treat it as the defining modern gangster throwback, whose DNA you see in tons of later films and TV."

    Cross-refThe ArtistLa La Land
  • Strongly explored
    The Aviator

    · raised by Brent

    "You lean into how much it feels like an old-Hollywood throwback biopic in style and setting."

    Cross-refThe ArtistLa La Land
  • Strongly explored
    The Irishman

    · raised by Brent

    "You call it a late-career summation and throwback to his own mob films and to classic crime epics."

    Cross-refThe ArtistLa La Land
  • Strongly explored
    Killers of the Flower Moon

    · raised by Brent

    "You compare it to old-school western epics and classic true-crime dramas, just with a modern lens."

    Cross-refThe ArtistLa La Land