Martin Scorsese’s Palme d’Or winning 1976 picture, Taxi Driver, created a film icon in NYC avenging angel, Travis Bickle. It is arguably Robert De Niro’s signature performance and a controversial work to this very day.

In Episode 2 of EveryMan: The Masculinity in Cinema Podcast, film critics Kat Ellinger and Martyn Conterio examine Scorsese’s film and dissect Travis Bickle from refreshing new angles.