It didn't take a genius to see that television was finally poised to win the war against movies. I just didn't expect my teacher to be leading the charge against theatrical exhibition.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 29, 2020

The Irishman is a much more deliberate and weighty gangster film - by comparison, Goodfellas is a riot. But it's a vibe that works in its gravitas.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2019

The affecting, ruminative finale and the melancholic last scene leaves a metaphorical door ajar in our hearts, a deep hollow that's hard to fill...

| Dec 12, 2019

Despite its length, The Irishman is riveting. It confirms Scorsese as one of the great American filmmakers.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 12, 2019

There are 209 minutes in "The Irishman" and not one of them is wasted.

| Nov 21, 2019

"The Irishman" moves slowly and pensively, invests in the natural rhythm of conversations and stops to smell the roses.

| Original Score: A | Nov 18, 2019

It's the ultimate fusing of Scorsese's two sides... And even though it takes a while to get there, the movie is a masterpiece, one made by a man counting down his own years as if they were rosary beads.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 14, 2019

"The Irishman" is long, to be sure, but it's never less than compelling - Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino and Pesci, all in their mid-to-late-70s, are each carrying a lifetime of work, with practiced ease.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 14, 2019

"The Irishman" is cinema, of the highest order.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 13, 2019

Scorsese knows how to wield humor, humanizing details, and digressions to keep the film lively....Of course, it helps to have three of the greatest actors of our time anchoring the proceedings.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 13, 2019

It's not going to blast you through the back of the theater... Instead, it's going to engender feelings of sadness and regret amid a renewed appreciation for the director's filmmaking and storytelling prowess.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 12, 2019

Scorcese has made a film brimming with quiet power and subtle tension.

| Original Score: A | Nov 12, 2019

For all its flash-back/flash-forward tricksiness, The Irishman rarely seems disjointed or thematically fractured.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 10, 2019

A brand new classic.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 8, 2019

f there is still any doubt as to Scorsese's artistry, The Irishman will put skeptics to bed. Or six feet under.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 8, 2019

Goodfellas by way of Wild Strawberries...

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 8, 2019

"The Irishman" isn't a soaring achievement: It's a deliberate, thoughtful and somewhat muted one. No matter where that traveling camera goes, it subverts our expectations at every turn. Which can sometimes feel like a drag, but also exactly right.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 8, 2019

This opera seria about decay is handled with utmost brio, vivified by the signature élan of one of American cinema's most enduring big-canvas filmmakers.

| Nov 8, 2019

The busy wipes, lively zooms and fast cuts that characterised the earlier gangster flicks are not on display. This is as much the Scorsese of Silence as of Wolf of Wall Street.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 8, 2019

This is the best movie of the year so far and one of the best films of the decade.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 7, 2019