Scorsese has always been unafraid to show his audience the parts of the world that feel better left in the shadows. It's this very quality that usually got him exiled. Whether it was the moral outrage of Goodfellas, which got the Maestro banned from the Italian diner's favourite, Rao's, in New York or the legions of Catholics who turned their backs on him when he adapted Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ. Alienation from the tribe is something Scorsese…

Boots Riley is about as unhinged in the agitprop department as you can get for a director operating at this budget (reported at $20 Million). Even fellow incendiary Enfant terrible Godard's biggest budget production, Le Mepris was only $1 million USD ($10 Million when calculated for inflation). But Godard made his money back and this big swing will most certainly not (as of writing this, it's made shy of $2 Million).

I can hear what you may be asking: "Mark,…

So let me get this straight...you spend 4 hours on Jeffrey Epstein without once touching upon:

1. The forensic pathologist, Michael Baden, having a long history of aiding the CIA, FBI in cover-ups; and once hired by Lolita passenger Alan Dershowitz

2. Judge Berman, who sentenced Epstein, being buddies with Bill Clinton

3. Ghislaine Maxwells well documented international connections, especially within the UK and Israel

4. The millions of dollars that flooded into Epsteins dormant offshore account after he died…

Remember growing up, the kid in the class who was the loudest, the one that would remind you that he was listening to “Loft Music” before House of Balloons even dropped, the one that liked Adam Sandler ironically, the one that came into class with the Air Jordans XX2s that their dad bought them but boasted how “he stole them from the back of a truck”?

Uncut Gems is kind of like that kid. Its relentlessness makes sure you know just…