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Oscar winning director Martin Scorsese returns to the director’s seat with what promises to be a gripping, heart-wrenching new adventure. Based on a novel by Shūsaku Endō, Silence is set in the seventeenth century and sees two Portuguese Jesuit priests...

In Scorsese’s adaptation of Endo’s novel, a stark depiction of statism against religion By Thomas S. Hibbs — February 25, 2017 http://www.nationalreview.com/ Decades in the making, Martin Scorsese’s Silence, based on Shūsaku Endō’s 1966 novel, about...

Paramount Martin Scorsese has talked about adapting Silence, Japanese writer Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel about Portuguese Jesuit priests risking their lives for their religion in 17th century Japan, since 1990. He’s discussed many never-to-be-realized...

Silence, the new film by Martin Scorsese, opens with almost as literal a vision of Hell as one could imagine. The year is 1633; the place, a craggy, volcanic expanse near Nagasaki called Unzen. Through the sulphur fumes and scalding vapor, we see European...

The first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Silence has arrived, in advance of its nearing (and only recently announced) release date. The 130 second-long “teaser” sees Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Liam Neeson playing Portuguese Jesuit Priests (Father...