The Alto Knights review
Double De Niro: Does The Alto Knights deliver?
Does double the Robert De Niro elevate new gangster flick The Alto Knights? From legendary director Barry Levinson, The Alto Knights sees De Niro play two of New York’s most notorious organised crime bosses – Frank Costello and Vito Genovese – in a dual role. Tensions are high in both the Mafia and on Popcorn Podcast as we navigate complex moral codes, rambling accents and narrative choices to determine if this is another classic collaboration from Levinson and De Niro. Listen for more...
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THE ALTO KNIGHTS MOVIE REVIEW
(06:49) De Niro vs De Niro
(16:23) Documentary or dramatisation? Talking tonal shifts
(18:50) Deborah Messing isn’t playing
(21:45) Love is blind
(28:43) Meandering meditations on paranoid men
