Robert De Niro

Repertory Cinema Wishlist: Mean Streets

The first film by Martin Scorcese that truly wore his mark, Mean Streets is a small and personal tour de force, held together by a killer jukebox score and the explosive on-screen meeting of Robert De Niro (as the ne'er-do-well gambler, Johnny Boy) and Harvey Keitel (as Charlie, a conflicted small-t ... More >>

Travis Bickle and Annie Hall deserve better

True Romance and other overlooked '90s action films

The '90s don't get a lot of cinematic respect. Apart from a handful of acknowledged classics, film fans tend to overlook work from the rest of the decade. And that's a shame, because while the '90s might not be on the radar for a lot of cinemaphiles, there are plenty of good, ass-kicking crime and a ... More >>

The old-timer gangsters in Stand Up Guys are all "that guy"

Starz Denver Film Festival's wonderful closing weekend: Silver Linings Playbook and more

Although the variety of flicks at the Starz Denver Film Festival lets movie lovers tailor their own fest, the marquee events serve as signposts -- and this year's opening night feature, A Late Quartet, and Big Night spotlight, Quartet, underwhelmed compared to the $2.5 million gift from Anna and Joh ... More >>

Through its characters' thoughts and feelings, A Kind of Alaska mesmerizes

I hate Mexicans except for the girls!

Being Flynn is as over-edited as your contemporary shoot-'em-up

Killer Elite is this week's most ridiculous trailer

​Though it's seldom as conspicuous as, say, editing or lighting, scoring is a subtle integral component of any film's stylistic mix; take last week's excellent Drive, for example, which set itself apart from the typical action-movie morass at least in part with its use of quiet new-new-wave, a ... More >>

You Are Listening to Denver: Our city sounds like police scanners and ambient techno

​Ever wonder what our fair city sounds like? Not the noises-on-the-street sound, but the unofficial theme song, if you will, that perfectly encapsulates what makes Denver Denver? Now you can find out, courtesy of "You Are Listening to Denver," a web venture that has captured the aural essence ... More >>

Top Ten Pay Phone Scenes in Movies

Is there anyone there?​In a way, there's nothing sadder than obsolescence, a thing no longer useful left to fall into misuse and disrepair -- and there's maybe no better example of that than the pay phone. That's why, for the past couple of weeks, we've been highlighting one Sad Payphone of th ... More >>

Robert DeNiro announces that mudslides have destroyed Denver on 30 Rock (VIDEO)

Robert DeNiro.​Last night's hilarious episode of 30 Rock came with a local bonus: the opportunity to hear Robert DeNiro somberly declare that Denver has been wiped off the map! The DeNiro subplot involved a scheme to prerecord disaster announcements, with Bobby D roped in after Jack Donaghy ( ... More >>

Little Fockers is this week's most ridiculous trailer

​It's been ten years since the first installment of Meet the Parents paired Robert DeNiro as an overbearing, somewhat menacing father-in-law with Ben Stiller as an awkward, you know, every character Ben Stiller ever plays. But get this: His last name is -- this is hilarious! -- Focker. Ten yea ... More >>

In Stone, Robert De Niro seems more awake than he's been in years

Everybody's Fine

My moment with John Hughes

John Hughes.​When news broke yesterday about the death of director John Hughes at age 59, I couldn't help thinking back on my brief encounter with the maker of iconic '80s teen flicks such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The year was 1985, and I was living ... More >>

Chazz Palminteri tells his own coming-of-age story in A Bronx Tale

The Way He Lives Now

As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

Keeping the Meter Running

Stardust

Matthew Vaughn hacks at Neil Gaiman’s fantasy wonderland.

The Big Valley

Fall Out Boy Fall Out

The Good Shepherd

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA.

A Towering Fall

Hide and Suck

Close your eyes, count to ten, and hope this De Niro disaster disappears.

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too.

Floundering

Cruel, vapid and unfunny, this Shark bites.

Remembrance of Things Pasta

The Bent Noodle is comfortable, if no contender.

That's Better

De Niro delights, even if this sequel's slight.

Bobby Love

De Niro -- no surprise -- is the reason to like City by the Sea.

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

The American Way

The premise of 15 Minutes sags, but the action is entertaining.

Naval Gazing

Men of Honor overflows with Oscar-worthy intentions.

Sagging Bull

Stiller and De Niro square off in Meet the Parents.

A Class Act

Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou finds a new muse in a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.

Blue in the Face

Not-so-good fellow Hugh Grant gets engaged to the Mob in Mickey Blue Eyes.

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