Robert De Niro

Ray Liotta: ‘Why haven’t I worked with Scorsese since Goodfellas? You’d have to ask him. I’d love to’

After years of avoiding crime films, he’s back as a mafioso in the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark. He talks about being adopted and getting into acting – and saves a surprise for the end

Hadley Freeman

24, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM

The 30 best mobster movies – ranked!

Ahead of the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark hitting cinemas, here are 30 organised crime flicks you must see before you sleep with the fishes

Anne Billson

09, Sep, 2021 @12:00 PM

‘I made it as if this was the end of my life’: Scorsese on Raging Bull at 40

At a Tribeca film festival event, the director and his star Robert De Niro discussed the legacy of the greatest boxing movie ever made

Charles Bramesco

21, Jun, 2021 @2:34 PM

Charles Grodin obituary

Actor, writer and US television talkshow favourite known for his film roles in The Heartbreak Kid and Midnight Run

Ryan Gilbey

19, May, 2021 @2:48 PM

Hear me out: why Dirty Grandpa isn’t a bad movie

Continuing our series of writers defending films loathed by most is a plea to reconsider Robert De Niro’s smutty comedy

Catherine Shoard

17, May, 2021 @6:06 AM

The War with Grandpa review – De Niro slums in delayed ex-Weinstein farce

The two-time Oscar winner sleepwalks through a throwaway family film about duelling relatives that also wastes Uma Thurman and Christopher Walken

Benjamin Lee

18, Mar, 2021 @9:09 AM

Goodfellas at 30: Martin Scorsese's damning study of masculinity

While the acclaimed 1990 gangster drama has been viewed by some as a bro fantasy, a closer look shows an elegant and brutal dissection of male ego

Guy Lodge

21, Sep, 2020 @3:08 PM

Alan Parker: a maker of glorious films with a gift for connecting with audiences | Peter Bradshaw

From Bugsy Malone to Mississippi Burning, Shoot the Moon to Angel Heart, Parker was a craftsman committed to entertaining cinemagoers

Peter Bradshaw

31, Jul, 2020 @5:22 PM

What can we learn from Netflix's all-time top 10 movies?

The streamer has revealed its biggest ever original movies, cluing us in on what does and doesn’t work within its ever-growing library

Benjamin Lee

20, Jul, 2020 @4:42 PM

Joel Schumacher obituary

Film director who enjoyed success with St Elmo’s Fire, Flatliners and Falling Down

Ryan Gilbey

23, Jun, 2020 @2:48 PM

Robert De Niro: 'I'd like to play Cuomo in pandemic movie'

In another blistering attack on Donald Trump, the actor says the New York governor is doing what a president should do

Andrew Pulver

07, May, 2020 @2:18 PM

Why The Irishman should win the best picture Oscar

Martin Scorsese has distilled a lifetime of expertise into this outstanding meditation on the mafia, ageing and the loss of agency