Tag Archives: Martin Scorsese

8. The Innocents

This adaptation of Henry James’s novella has influenced a host of chillers from Rosemary’s Baby and The Shining, to The Others and Shutter Island.

6. The Hustler

Robert Rossen took Walter Tevis’ little read novel and turned Fast Eddie’s character from a pool shark into a metaphor for a broken artist hoping to find redemption.

4. Point Blank

John Boorman’s first film in America brought a very distinctive and European look to the hardened Hollywood gangster genre.

1. Credits

Credits used to simply announce the names of those involved. But then someone came up with the idea of making them part of the story itself.

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