A towering achievement. The grandeur of the film's structure reveals itself in a powerful scene towards the end, to which the whole, carefully-paced, brilliantly-acted edifice has been leading. Not a minute too long, not a detail too small. I love Scorsese's work. This seems to me to be his crowning glory. Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that for the first time there is a female character who is as important to the story as the males who are usually the centre of attention. Lily Gladstone is mesmerising, easily holding her own opposite Leonard DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Superb supporting players include Jesse Plemons and Tantoo Cardinal. Photography, editing, music...great. All at the service of a sorry tale, around a century ago, of avarice, duplicity and self-deception. The world, unfortunately, hasn't changed that much.
Review of Killers of the Flower Moon
