The Irishman: I Heard You Paint Houses (dir. Martin Scorsese).

A fitting culmination of Scorsese and [Robert] De Niro’s cumulative careers as filmmakers and cinematic storytellers[, it’s] a story of aging men told by aging men. Only they could make such a pure experience exploring the modern American history of violence. As the film moves closer to the present and the end of [Frank “The Irishman”] Sheeran’s life, self-examination and the perspectives of others affected by his violent history become clearer and more obvious.

• Screening from November 15–28 at Vancity Theatre.