"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.

M artin Scorsese’s Silence almost offers a perfect allegory for godlessness in the age of Gawker and BuzzFeed.Set in the 17th century, the film depicts Japan’s persecution of Christian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Justin Chang reviews “Silence,” Martin Scorsese’s film starring Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds. By Justin Chang Film Critic . Dec. 22, 2016 11:05 AM PT .

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 ...

Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese has become the first filmmaker to participate in Georgetown’s Faith and Culture Lecture Series. On April 11, Scorsese joined University President DeGioia and ...

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 ...

Martin Scorsese is determined to make "Silence" his next movie. The helmer and Graham King's GK Films are negotiating with Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro to star. Gael Garcia ...

Anthony Lane reviews Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” a drama about priests in Japan, starring Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Ciarán Hinds.