Robert De Niro does double duty in Barry Levinson’s new film The Alto Knights, but the mob drama is already being projected to become one of the year’s biggest flops. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

For the first time in his career, the 81-year-old Oscar winner plays two leading roles in the same film: mafiosos, friends and rivals Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in “The Alto

Acclaimed actor Robert De Niro plays not one but two lead characters in the biographical crime drama "The Alto Knights". Based on true events, the film is set in 1950s New York, with the two-time Oscar winner portraying rival Italian-American mafia bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.