Robert De Niro Archive

The best cutting edge Black & White films since the 70s

Since Woody Allen’s seminal film Manhattan (1979) which was specifically shot in Black & White to give New York city a “great look” and Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980) starring Robert De Niro, key filmmakers have chosen to shoot in Black and White for a number of reasons - to focus on the narrative, stylistically or perhaps set itself apart from the competition. Celebrating the World Premiere of cult film in the making – I PLAY WITH THE PHRASE EACH OTHER at Raindance Film Festival this year on 2 October, we look at the best cutting edge indie films which took Black and White to the next level…
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Midnight Run 2 In The Works?

Universal have announced a sequel to Martin Brest’s 1988 film Midnight Run. Robert De Niro has announced that he is very excited about the sequel, which is to be helmed by Brett Ratner. De Niro said ”Somebody approached me, a young writer and he said, ‘I’m writing a sequel if you want to [read it]’. And I said, [...]
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Limitless DVD Review

How to get what you want without ever trying too hard? It’s the question on everyone’s mind in these times of quick fix solutions, instant deliveries and compare ze meerkats. And one washed out writer Eddie Morra (an excellent Bradley Cooper), often ironically pronounced moron, finds an answer in this brazenly cool sci-fi thriller that [...]
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Inception actor to star in Capone film

The notorious prohibition gangster Al Capone is set to be portrayed by Inception star Tom Hardy. Hardy will play the gangster in the new film Cicero. The film will focus on the rise of the gangster from his younger years in New York to his illegal presence in the suburbs of Chicago. Warner Bros is [...]
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Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Winners

It’s been ten years since Robert De Niro and Producer Jane Rosenthal founded Tribeca Film Festival, and since then it has exhibited a variety of films from both veteran and fresh faced directors. This year has been no different with a wide variety of films being shown from gritty drama NEDS to Norwegian horror Trollhunter. Jane [...]
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Cannes 2011 line-up announced

The 64th Festival de Cannes‘ Official Selection was unveiled in Paris this morning. The competition line-up includes new films from Terrence Malick (USA), Pedro Almodóvar (Spain), Lars von Trier (Denmark), Paolo Sorrentino (Italy), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey), Takashi Miike (Japan), Lynne Ramsay (UK), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) and the Dardenne brothers (Belgium). Screening out-of-competition are Jodie [...]
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