Cinema is not ‘comfort food,’ Scorsese warns Covid-hit festival

Martin Scorsese warned that cinema is becoming “marginalized and devalued” as a “form of comfort food” during the coronavirus pandemic, as he addressed the Toronto film festival Tuesday. Scorsese, no stranger to controversy after last year slamming popular superhero blockbusters as “not cinema”, spoke as movie theaters remain closed in major US cities including Los Angeles and New York. Toronto, North America’s largest film festival, is taking…