When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York's Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. For decades, Scorsese has pondered a project dedicated to the saints.

“Home” is part of the Robinson’s Gilead-set series. The novel takes place in a remote fictional rural Iowan town in 1956, with a woman returning to her hometown to care for her ailing father. The novel is rife with philosophical references and Biblical quotations, with the central themes being mortality and theology.

Film lovers worldwide are rolling their eyes at Nicole Kidman for implying Martin Scorsese doesn’t make films with women. In a new interview, the veteran actress, 57, was asked which directors she’d most like to work with.

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I’ve always said I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese, if he does a film with women,” Kidman said. “I’d love to work with Kathryn Bigelow. I’d love to work with Spike Jones. I’d love to work with PTA [Paul Thomas Anderson].

During press for "Babygirl," Kidman worked in a dig at Scorsese for his avoidance of giving strong roles to women