Saint Marty of the Cinema: How Martin Scorsese Became the Planet’s Favorite Confessor
Martin Scorsese, the 82-year-old New Yorker who still looks faintly surprised every time he survives another awards season, has become a sort of secular patron saint of global cinephilia. From the neon back-alleys of Tokyo to the crumbling art-deco cinemas of Buenos Aires, his name is whispered with the same reverence once reserved for deities…