In Rebecca Miller‘s superb recent documentary “Mr. Scorsese,” Martin Scorsese tells a story about his 1972 exploitation film “Boxcar Bertha” that has become a kind of universally accepted origin story ...

SISTER OF THE ROAD—As told to Dr. Ben L. Reitman—Macaulay ($2.50). Nobody knows how many hoboes there are in the U. S. Nobody knows how many of them are women. Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins says ...

Because so many of Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese's movies have been set and shot in his native New York, it's easy to forget that his first movie for a Hollywood studio was actually filmed near Camden.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Scorsese has made 25 narrative feature films, and only eight of them have been about people who live a criminal lifestyle.

The story itself, set in the Depression-era South, leaves something to be desired. It's Scorsese's visually-interesting handling of the thin material that keeps it compelling. David Carradine stars as ...

Amid an economic depression, Boxcar Bertha falls in love with Big Bill Shelly. However, their new life of rebellion leads to several obstacles. Language/violence/sex. (1972)(88 mins) ...

Sam is a list writer for Collider. An Australian, he is a massive film, music and television fan. He fell in love with film when he saw the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Marty,” Cassavetes says to his protégé, “you just spent a year of your life making a piece of shit.” According to Scorsese, ...

Martin Scorsese's second feature loosely adapts the autobiography of Bertha Thompson, portraying the adventures of the Depression-era criminal following the death of her father. Bertha (Barbara ...

In honor of the 30th anniversary of “Goodfellas,” we take a look at the Oscar-winning director’s cornucopia of films about people who live a criminal lifestyle ...