Few actors are as legendary as Robert De Niro. Beginning with Mean Streets, De Niro built a jaw-dropping portfolio throughout the ’70s — The Godfather: Part II, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull — immediately establishing himself as one of the greatest film actors of all time. He was ...

Jeff Nichols’s last film as writer-director, Take Shelter, was a masterpiece of paranoia and psychological horror, whose main protagonist was either a prophet of the apocalypse or just plain mentally ill. It was the work of a young filmmaker eager to prove his talent and already confident enough in his ...

When it comes to 3D films, I usually subscribe to the notion that 2D is preferable whenever possible. I have yet to be convinced that 3D is the future of movie-making the way James Cameron would like me to. That said, there have been a few films that I’ve actively ...