Justin Chang

In "The Alto Knights," a new biographical crime drama directed by Barry Levinson, Robert De Niro plays two leading roles. He stars as both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two Italian American mob bosses who were longtime friends but became rivals in the 1950s.

In the new comic spy thriller "Black Bag," Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a married couple who both work as British intelligence agents and who are drawn into a web of intrigue concerning a possible in-house mole. Steven Soderbergh directed the film, which opens in theaters today.

In the futuristic action comedy, "Mickey 17," Robert Pattinson plays a space traveler who's repeatedly killed and resurrected for scientific research purposes as part of an expedition to a distant planet. It's the first movie from South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho after his Oscar-winning film "Parasite."