Robert De Niro as Frank Costello in The Alto Knights. Image via Warner Bros. For many, a mafia movie is a staple of their viewing habits. Given the rich history of the genre within cinema, it is no ...

On paper, The Alto Knights seems like an easy lay-up: a crime epic about the downfall of the American Mafia written by Goodfellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi (who wrote the original novel Wiseguy, the ...

The promise of Robert De Niro playing not one but two infamous gangsters might enough to tempt fans of Goodfellas or the Godfather trilogy into seeing The Alto Knights. But be warned. While the ...

The Alto Knights— Robert De Niro’s crime thriller that flopped in theaters — will soon look for a new audience on streaming on Max. Forbes‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Had A Post-Credits ...

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Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights... 'The Alto Knights' is a mob drama with a double ...

"The Sopranos" producer Barry Levinson directs the crime drama, written by "Goodfellas" scribe Nick Pileggi. Robert De Niro is reuniting with his “Goodfellas” screenwriter Nick Pileggi for yet another ...

Inside you there are two mobsters, and Robert De Niro plays both. There’s a scene near the limp climax of Barry Levinson’s utterly somnambulant The Alto Knights in which Vito Genovese (De Niro) argues ...

As more than one commentator has already noted, Warner Bros. Pictures’ new crime biopic The Alto Knights is one of a slew of 2025 movie releases where the star plays dual roles. It’s a tantalizing ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in the world!

One can almost envision Levinson pitching The Alto Knights to a studio stating it’s a new spin on the mob movie by having one of our all-time great actors play two parts. De Niro’s performance, though ...