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Martin Scorsese’s 'Taxi Driver' turns 50
Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Alissa Wilkinson, a movie critic with The New York Times, about why Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film "Taxi Driver," the neo-noir crime thriller starring Robert De Niro, still resonates for its themes of isolation, loneliness and loss of faith in the American dream.
This segment aired on February 5, 2026.