This generation of epic filmmakers is ageing – but the cavalry is coming

 

 "Scott and Scorsese are not the only masters in the twilight of their careers. Indeed, this year has been a doozy for Oscar-worthy films from octogenarians. With Hayao Miyazaki’s latest “last” film The Boy and the Heron also likely to be in the awards conversation. Even Woody Allen, 87, has found time to release from exile what he says is his penultimate picture. And that’s not to overlook Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming epic Megalopolis, starring Adam Driver and Game of Thrones alum Nathalie Emmanuel.

Brian De Palma is 83. Michael Mann is 80. Steven Spielberg 77. It’s as if the remaining embers of “New Hollywood” resolutely plan to burn on. So with the old guard still around, and still at the top of the industry – where is the new wave? The young pretenders, ready to snatch the crown of cultural relevance from the men (yeah, men) who have hitherto crowded the top-tier of cinema and subsequently marshalled the big budgets and been consistently in contention for the top prizes?"

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