Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema
Presented by SIFF, Festa Italiana and Greg Olson Productions. Series curated by Martin Scorsese and Greg Olson, written by Greg Olson.
February 25 - April 29, 2026
Ten films spanning the brilliant career of Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest filmmakers in cinema history, with many presentations restored by Scorsese and long-time editor and collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker. For over 50 years, Scorsese has awed the world with storytelling power and technical mastery, his thematic depth, human compassion, and spiritual seeking. Series authorized by Martin Scorsese and Sikelia Productions.
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Poet, film curator and teacher Tova Gannana will provide essays on all the films. Screenings on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
$18 | $12 Members
PASSES
$160 | $100 Members (SIFF, Festa Italiana, SAM, Swedish Club, SAL, UW Cinema Studies, NWFF, SFI, TheFilmSchool, Grand Illusion, Alliance Francaise de Seattle, Scarecrow Video KING FM)
SIFF year-round passes are not valid for this event.
Scorsese: Mean Streets
USA | 1973 | 112 min. | Martin Scorsese
February 25, 2026
Feel a dazzling rush of cinematic vitality and dark humor as a young man (Harvey Keitel), split between the rough world around him and his spiritual nature, tries to keep his loose cannon friend (Robert De Niro) and his girlfriend (Amy Robinson) safe from street toughs and Mob bosses. Inspired by Scorsese’s Little Italy background.
Scorsese - Taxi Driver: 50th Anniversary
USA | 1976 | 114 min. | Martin Scorsese
March 4, 2026
He’s (Robert De Niro) an alienated, lonely man in an urban snake pit, who sees himself as “an avenging angel” capable of heroic action, like saving a teen prostitute (Jodie Foster) from her sleazy pimp (Harvey Keitel). People with “bad ideas” in the city of night. 50th anniversary screening.
Scorsese: Raging Bull
USA | 1980 | 129 min. | Martin Scorsese
March 11, 2026
A skilled boxer’s (Robert De Niro) anger serves him well in the ring, but it threatens his relations with his brother (Joe Pesci), his new wife (Cathy Moriarty) and the Mafia, which wants to control his career. Fight sequences as poetic ecstasy.
Scorsese: The King of Comedy
USA | 1982 | 109 min. | Martin Scorsese
March 18, 2026
Mediocre comedian (Robert De Niro) dreams of being on the Comedy King’s (Jerry Lewis) TV show. Maybe his chances would improve if he and his friend (Sandra Bernhard) kidnapped his idol. Delightfully cringey.
Scorsese: GoodFellas (4K Restoration)
USA | 1990 | 146 min. | Martin Scorsese
March 25, 2026
Three mobsters (Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci) play by Mob rules, enjoying money, prestige, wine women and song “like a rollicking road movie.” But they misstep, triggering a delirious climactic fall from grace. One of the greatest of all films.
Scorsese: The Age of Innocence
USA | 1993 | 139 min. | Martin Scorsese
April 1, 2026
In this adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, 1870s New York society shapes and controls lives. A lawyer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is set to marry a wealthy socialite (Winona Ryder), when he falls in love with an outsider (Michelle Pfeiffer). Secret love expressed with flowers, and a glove erotically removed. Scorsese the romantic.
Scorsese - Casino: 30th Anniversary
USA | 1995 | 179 min. | Martin Scorsese
April 8, 2026
Juicy, over the top, deliciously gaudy 1970s excess, as Robert De Niro tries to keep his casino free of Mob interference, while his enforcer (Joe Pesci), his wife (Sharon Stone), and her ex (James Woods) pursue their often conflicting agendas. With Don Rickles, Frankie Avalon, and Scorsese’s mother Catherine. 30th anniversary screening.
Scorsese: The Wolf of Wall Street
USA | 2013 | 165 min. | Martin Scorsese
April 15, 2026
In Leonardo DiCaprio’s pet project he’s a Wall Street player who, with his partner (Jonah Hill), scams millions from vulnerable investors. It’s a euphoric ride through the most depraved aspects of our human nature.
Scorsese: Silence
USA | 2016 | 161 min. | Martin Scorsese
April 22, 2026
Scorsese chose to show this spiritual thriller, in which 17th-century priests (Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver) seek their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) in Japan, where Christianity is outlawed, but a visionary voice still speaks. A meditation on Christian and Buddhist thought, an illumination of physical and metaphysical faith. Scorsese as landscape painter.
Scorsese: The Irishman
USA | 2019 | 209 min. | Martin Scorsese
April 29, 2026
A stunning epic panorama of mid-century America, seen through the youth-to-old age viewpoint of Mob hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), right hand man to top Teamster Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Mafia bosses (Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel), Kennedy, Nixon, Watergate, are evoked, but the intimate drama center’s on Sheeren's family, and the consequences of the way he's spent his time.
