Roger Ebert is an iconic American film critic, the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize in the field of art criticism.'Martin Scorsese: A Retrospective' is a book that should be in the library of every cinema lover. It's not just about her hero – the legendary director Martin Scorsese, the leader of the "New Hollywood" in the 70s and the patriarch of world cinema now, but also about the equally legendary author. Ebert and Scorsese were both born in New York, went to Catholic school and were fascinated by cinema. Perhaps these factors played an important role in Ebert's intuitive understanding of the key motives and ideas of the famous director's work. The book includes Roger Ebert's reviews of Martin Scorsese's films, as well as interviews and conversations between the critic and the director, in which they reflect on the dilemma of working in American cinema and living with a Catholic upbringing – the main themes in the fates of two outstanding representatives of cinema.The trick of the book:• The first edition of Roger Ebert's book in Russian.