One Battle After Another: Anderson’s Anora

Leonardo DiCaprio. Photo: Warner Leonardo DiCaprio once said that turning down Boogie Nights (1997) was the greatest regret of his career. Paul Thomas Anderson, who was just starting out, had…

Titanic: A Wreck Comes Alive

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Photo: 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox wasn’t sure about letting James Cameron make an epic movie about the 1912 sinking of Titanic – especially…

Inception: Dream Warriors

Leonardo DiCaprio. Photo: Warner Some of our greatest thrills take place when we sleep. Scenarios play out in our dreams that are genuinely unpredictable and emotional. Regardless of whether they…

Shutter Island 

In 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) arrive at Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients from the island's…

The Departed: Keeping Your Enemies Closer

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson. Photo: Warner When I went to see this movie with a friend the other night, his expectations were not too high. Martin Scorsese had, in…

The Beach 

Young American Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), who’s backpacking in Thailand, finds a map that supposedly will take him to a paradise untouched by humans. John Hodge's novel is a modern classic…