Martin Scorsese delivers another late-period masterpiece with Killers of the Flower Moon, an American tragedy that proves once again that no filmmaker is better at examining crime, guilt and greed, and the ways they are intimately woven into America’s DNA.Based on David Grann’s best-selling...
David Grann’s bookKillers of the Flower Moontook the world by storm in 2017, withTimelisting it as one of the best nonfiction books of the year. It was a riveting and tragic tale of a hidden part of America’s history, where systemic abuse of the legal system and unbridled greed tramp...
Killers of the Flower Moon — in theaters now — from director Martin Scorsese is a powerful, imperfect film that you absolutely must see.
Well this was fucked up. All the fantastic Marty things are there. The use of music. The cinematography. The slow-mo. The editing. I really dug the slow, steady, pulsing evil score. It put an uneasy feeling in my gut and kept it there the entire movie. T
Killers of the Flower Moondoesn't move briskly. Herein lies a major flaw that varies depending on your degree of patience. The characters and environment are undoubtedly engaging. But what happens over an exhausting three hours plus is clear as day within the first 15 minutes. Scorsese's granu...
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 ★★★ Rewatched Oct 21, 2023 ben 😐’s review published on Letterboxd: Martin Scorsese has made a lot of movies about stupid, greedy criminals—but he always approaches their stupidity, their greed, and their criminality in different ways. It’s interesti...
Review ofKillers of the Flower Moon Killers of the Flower Moon(2023) 3/10 It LOOKED good, but doesn't tell the story well 26 October 2023 Visually, the movie was well-shot and the setting was great. And I didn't find the movie dull for the 3.5hrs running time, which could have sh...
If loads of Westerns are really about the death of an older America, Killers of the Flower Moon extends that elegiac focus to the slow-motion massacre that’s defined our country from the bitter start. Bookending rituals, opening and closing the movie, make it clear where the film’s ...
A sprawling and thoughtful epic, Martin Scorsese’sKillers of the Flower Moondetails a horrific and mostly overlooked chapter of American history. Marked by greed and murder, the story, at its most basic level, is about the evil that men do. Based on the best-selling nonfiction book by Davi...
There’s that word:Long. Already there’s been some discussion (and a fair amount of kvetching) aboutKillers of the Flower Moon’s length. Based on the acclaimed nonfiction book by David Grann,Scorsese’s adaptation clocks in at roughly three and a half hours. ...