What is it about mob movies that has captivated audiences for decades. Since the early days of cinema, organized crime has been a favorite topic, with some of Hollywood’s greatest films and complex ...
HBO’s The Sopranos is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, and it’s another reminder that the public just can’t seem to get enough of the mafia. The Godfather helped popularize mafia stories ...
Beloved by moviegoers for decades, the mafia film genre typically centers around key players that make up the world of organized crime in various contexts, locations, and cultures, with a sprinkle of ...
When it comes to mob movies, 1972's opus The Godfather is practically untouchable (no pun intended). It wasn't the first movie about the Mafia, but when we think of how a mob movie is supposed to look ...
Robert De Niro has starred in some of the greatest Mafia movies of all time. One of his earliest roles in the genre was in 1973's Mean Streets, his first collaboration with Martin Scorsese, which is ...
The Sopranosis widely considered one of the best mob stories ever told, and rightly so. It's a sprawling saga that uses the insular world of the Italian mafia as a lens to examine life in America at ...
A film festival at the Glenwood Arts Theater is putting Kansas City’s Mafia history back in the spotlight over the next two ...
Running time: 123 minutes. Rated R (violence and pervasive language). In theaters. “From the team that brought you ‘Goodfellas’” is an enticing sell for anybody who loves Mafia movies. Or, really, ...
Donnie Brasco tells the real-life story of a young FBI agent who goes undercover in the Bonanno crime family to take them down from the inside. The movie starts in 1978 when Lefty Ruggiero of the ...
Jimmy Tsui, a former member of the Sun Yee On triad in Hong Kong and Tung On in New York City's Chinatown, breaks down 12 Chinese organized-crime scenes in movies and TV shows based on realism. Tsui ...