Dueling De Niros spar in ‘The Alto Knights,’ a tip of the fedora to an iconic actor

Martin Scorsese’s rueful, poignant 2019 drama “The Irishman,” starring longtime collaborator Robert De Niro, was a reflection on — or perhaps even a eulogy for — the kind of gangster film that the pair made famous, like Scorsese saying farewell to the genre, ruminating on what it means to tell stories about men of violence. … Read more