Martin Scorsese Remembers ‘Bitingly Funny’ Friend Rob Reiner: ‘A Beautiful Sense of Uninhibited Freedom’

Martin Scorsese penned an emotional tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner this Christmas, remembering his old friends with “profound sadness” and great joy.

In a guest piece for the New York Times, Scorsese recalled his first time meeting Reiner in Los Angeles of the 1970s. The filmmaker shared that they had an overlapping circle of friends and often ran into each other at comedy salons at those friends’ houses.

“Right away, I loved hanging out with Rob. We had...