Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

This film looks intense. That intensity doesn’t just come from the Christian missionaries belief in God but also from Japan’s violent resistance to the religion. Even in the face of mounting ...

Driver and Andrew Garfield play Jesuit priests in the 17th century. Considered a passion project for Scorsese, “Silence” has been in development in some form since 1990. Many actors have been in ...

Silence review: Martin Scorsese delivers a long in-development story, one of the first great movies of 2017. Silence review, Andrew Gaudion, December 2016. Most of the film’s exploration of faith ...

Critics Are in Rapture Over Scorsese’s Silence Your product is saved! You’ll receive emails when your saved products go on sale. Manage preferences.

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 religion, ...

It's almost like they want it to qualify for award season. Despite being one of the most anticipated films of the year, “Silence” didn’t have an official release date until this morning. It’s now been ...

Before Silence makes its world premiere at the Vatican on Thursday, pic’s director Martin Scorsese will have a private audience with Pope Francis tomorrow morning at 8:45AM Rome time before the ...

Heading out onto a chilly, rainy Times Square after a press screening of “Silence”—and trying to hold on to the spell it had cast—I was accosted by a fellow critic for whom the entire experience had ...