Hugo has movie critics praising Scorsese again and making lists of his greatest films. Here’s Salon’s list. I’m not going to comment on the merits of this particular list, although, how anyone can place Raging Bull below #1 is beyond me. I was a huge fan of Scorsese for many years and often tried to see his films on opening day. Some time after Casino I began to lose interest, but I am eager to see Hugo.

So after reading the list on Salon, I went poking around on imdb.com and was thrilled to see that Scorsese’s long-promised film adaptation of Shusako Endo’s Silence is on the schedule with a release date of 2013. It’s a brilliant novel dealing with one of the most fascinating and tragic episodes in the history of Christianity. Daniel-Day Lewis is slated to play one of the leads.

I can’t wait to see it!