"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.

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 ...

*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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At a 1988 dinner following the premiere of Martin Scorsese’s controversial testament of faith, “The Last Temptation of Christ,” Paul Moore, then the Episcopal bishop of New York, told ...

We're seeing a lot of different spellings for the various actors/characters out there, but these are all cq'd by the press kit With the religious historical drama Silence, Martin Scorsese proves ...

25 years in the making, Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ will get its Oscar moment. More to Read . Faith and doubt. Religion and art. How ‘Conclave’ brings it all together. Feb. 11, 2025.

50 years after fighting for his life, Martin Scorsese talks bringing his passion project 'Silence' — a Japanese novelist's masterpiece — to the screen.

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 ...