The Godfather Part II at 50: Francis Ford Coppola’s sprawling masterpiece
After the recent release of his misbegotten saga Megalopolis, the anniversary of his crime drama sequel serves as a perfect reminder of the director’s abilities
Standing Up review – autism gets sappy treatment in didactic family road movie
Familiar worries about how to raise a neurodiverse child are played out with empathy but little subtlety
Meet the Parents sequel in development with original cast set to return
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are in talks to reprise their characters for a new comedy follow-up
November 2024
Sergio Leone, ‘the Man with No English’, mimed directions to spaghetti western star Clint Eastwood
The Italian film-maker overcame the language barrier with his actors by using mime, as revealed in previously unseen photographs
October 2024
Stream team
Wag the Dog: a pitch-black political comedy that’s never looked more relevant
John Ashton obituary
August 2024
Nobu at 30: the abiding coolness of the restaurant that changed UK dining
Robert De Niro was so taken by Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s cuisine that they went into business … the rest is notoriety
July 2024
‘Harris for America!’: Hollywood reacts with gratitude – and relief – as Joe Biden steps aside
Celebrities including Aaron Sorkin, Robert De Niro and Barbra Streisand have shared their support for the US president’s decision to end his election campaign
June 2024
‘To me, Manhattan is the universe’: Scorsese and De Niro reunite on stage
The actor and director came together for a Mean Streets reunion at Tribeca film festival, with superfan Nas asking the questions
The Stakes: US Election Edition
Joe Biden’s exquisite Trump verdict dilemma
The president announces an immigration crackdown and the attorney general faces a grilling in Congress
Once Upon a Time in America at 40: Sergio Leone’s brutal gangster epic endures
The extravagant crime drama was mishandled upon release, hacked apart by Warners Bros, but time has been kind to the fuller, bleaker version
May 2024
Robert De Niro denied leadership award after speaking out against Trump
National Association of Broadcasters rescinds honor after actor appears outside ex-president’s criminal trial in New York
Robert De Niro calls Donald Trump ‘a clown’ outside hush-money trial – video
The 80-year-old actor was present outside the courthouse in New York as part of Joe Biden's re-election campaign
‘A coward’s violence’: Robert De Niro trolls Trump outside hush-money trial
Biden campaign releases De Niro-voiced video ad warning Trump has ‘snapped’
Star Wars’ Mark Hamill hails ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ after White House meeting
March 2024
Al Pacino, British mothers and a codpiece envelope: the real winners and losers of the 2024 Oscars
‘Nothing redeemable in him’: Robert De Niro says he would never play Donald Trump
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Killers of the Flower Moon should win the best picture Oscar
From the Guardian archive
The Deer Hunter reviewed: ‘more a romantic melodrama than a realist document’ – archive, 1979