The Alto Knights (Barry Levinson, 2025)Once upon a time, Barry Levinson was funny. The Alto Knights wants to be a tale of lost friendship, but it’s difficult to mourn what only exists in a few black-and-white photos and reenactments. It wants to be a mob movie, but, perhaps hamstrung by its own milquetoast conception of historical fidelity, lacks a fresh take. The Alto Knights, a period piece that brings nothing new, artistically or intellectually, to its historical source material or the present moment, is an instant anachronism. In the end, all The Alto Knights can do is point to better films and try to siphon off their success.