Whether it was “A Complete Unknown” with 1960s Greenwich Village or “Anora” with present-day Brooklyn, filmmakers put new frames around the city.
Category: Taxi Driver (Movie)
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You Talkin’ Like Him? A Convention Lets De Niro Fans Get in on the Act
Participants at De Niro Con in Tribeca could talk like Travis Bickle, shadowbox like Jake LaMotta or get a tattoo like Max Cady. Yes, a real tattoo.
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A Film Festival in the Back of a Taxi
The TaxiFilmFest is partly a protest over the miserable state of Berlin’s taxi industry. But it’s also a celebration of the cab’s iconic place in the urban cultural landscape.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Plays Dim in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Ernest is unlike any Scorsese protagonist because, well, he’s dumb as rocks. And that changes the film in a fundamental way.
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From ‘Goodfellas’ to ‘Flower Moon’: How Scorsese Has Rethought Violence
The director was long identified with ornately edited set pieces. In “The Irishman” and his latest film, the flourishes have given way to blunt truths.
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10 Movies That Capture the Essence of New York
With the Tribeca Festival around the corner, it’s a fitting time to look back at the memorable ways cinema has given New York City a featured role.
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Robert De Niro’s Career in Five Artifacts
The actor recently donated hundreds of boxes of scripts, props, notes and other objects from his work on “Raging Bull,” “Taxi Driver” and more. We dived in.