Don’t Make Him Wait: Editing, Thelma Schoonmaker and ‘The Irishman’
“Schoonmaker’s contribution to ‘The Irishman’ may be her finest effort: she shapes an epic that masterfully controls pace — accelerating and decelerating it at will…”
Leopards in Winter: ‘The Irishman’ and the Banquet Sequence
“‘The Irishman’ may be the last film of an era. The banquet scene ranks among the most powerful sequences of Scorsese’s career because he allows it, following Visconti’s example, to linger.”