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In 2020, he wrote an article for the Daily Beast listing all the gangster movies, in particular ... Walkabout), and it's ...
From its early days as a genre steeped in the romanticism of The Godfather to the cold, hard reality of Gomorrah and the psychological complexity of The Irishman, the mafia movie has adapted and ...
Has Father Time put a hit on Mafia movies? The limping genre’s best stars and directors are all in their 80s. Its New York stories, once bracing and violent, feel exhausted, like they’re ...
So how about De Niro playing not one but two Mafia kingpins in the same movie? That's what we've got in "The Alto Knights" (in theaters Friday), the true story of friends-turned-enemies Frank ...
Joe Serio, former CIA agent and Russian mafia investigator, rates Russian mob scenes in movies and TV, such as "John Wick," for realism. Serio breaks down common tropes about the Russian mafia ...
Former mobster Anthony Ruggiano Jr. rates Mafia scenes in movies and TV shows. He discusses the portrayal of bust-out schemes in "Goodfellas," starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Lorraine ...
He’s back in for one last job (for now), reuniting with another frequent collaborator, director Barry Levinson, for the mob movie “The Alto Knights,” scripted by “Goodfellas” and ...
In theaters. “From the team that brought you ‘Goodfellas’” is an enticing sell for anybody who loves Mafia movies. Or, really, fantastic movies in general. That’s the shrewd way Warner ...
Hollywood gangster movies — even the ones as dubious and derivative as this one — have always known a thing or two about selling us a beautiful lie.
But if you thought De Niro was out, he’s back in for one last job (for now), reuniting with another frequent collaborator, director Barry Levinson, for the mob movie “The Alto Knights ...