Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ is in big trouble before it even opens By . Kyle Smith. Published Jan. 10, 2017. Updated Jan. 11, 2017, 11:32 a.m. ET. Martin Scorsese JB Lacroix/WireImage ...

"Silence" tells a painful story — one that we need to hear. The tales we tell about serving God shouldn’t simply gloss over the reality that such service can often lead to a crisis of faith.

Martin Scorsese Defends Taking 22 Years and Counting to Direct ‘Silence’ (Exclusive) In response to a lawsuit over his decision to direct "Wolf of Wall Street," the famed director's lawyers ...

A scene from Martin Scorsese's latest film, “Silence,” a solemn religious epic about Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan, which was violently anti-Catholic. (Paramount Pictures) Andrew ...

Scheduled as late-in-the-year awards bait, Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” is good, but not golden. The acclaimed director has periodically wedded his artistry with challenging contemplation of ...

Martin Scorsese arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Paramount Pictures' "Silence" held at Directors Guild of America, Jan. 5, 2017, in Los Angeles. Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images ...

Based on the much-lauded 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo, “Silence” is Martin Scorsese’s most ravenously Catholic movie since “The Last Temptation of Christ.” It is also gorgeous, over-long ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Not many American filmmakers have the vision or clout of Martin Scorsese, whose work has ranged from “Taxi Driver” (1976 ...

Scorsese’s long “Silence” journey, by now familiar to many Hollywood insiders, began in 1989, when he read the novel and found himself moved: It evoked his own Roman Catholic childhood in ...

Scorsese's latest film 'Silence' is admirably faithful to the original 1966 Japanese novel unlike Masahiro Shinoda’s earlier movie version in 1971.

Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ May Struggle to Find Audience. The $50 million film about 17th-century Jesuit missionaries in Japan has generated little buzz thus far. By . Ben Fritz. Share. Resize.

Scheduled as late-in-the-year awards bait, Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” is good, but not golden. The acclaimed director has periodically wedded his artistry with challenging contemplation of ...