Tag: barrylevinson

Barry Levinson's 1996 masterpiece stars Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, and Brad Pitt. Features in the new 4K edition present more conversations with Levinson behind the making of the film.

The opening of The Alto Knights is wildly disorienting and, frankly, embarrassing. Viewers are placed in gangster Frank Costello's (Robert De Niro) point of view as he's shot, overwhelming the screen with double exposures, aggressive Dutch angles, and rapid cuts...

All the ingredients are there - a salacious crime and trial that captivated tabloids, centered around a man that has had the name genius about him for half a century. A quirky, charismatic dwarven weirdo that helped shape the sounds...