Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine a mafia kingpin settling down in a quiet waterfront town, schmoozing at the barber shop, hanging out at the firehouse and ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in the world!

Robert De Niro as Frank Costello in The Alto Knights. Image via Warner Bros. For many, a mafia movie is a staple of their viewing habits. Given the rich history of the genre within cinema, it is no ...

De Niro seems to be having fun playing both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, but the movie around his double performance is a chore to watch. From the moment it starts, Levinson’s first theatrical ...

In his acting career, Robert DeNiro has portrayed a godfather, an Irishman, and a good fella. Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: ...

“It can be summed up in one word: prohibition,” says Schumacher. The mob flourished during the Prohibition era from 1920-1933, when a ban on manufacturing, selling, and transporting alcohol in the U.S ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

When you’ve got Robert De Niro in your mob movie, why limit to yourself to having him only play one crime boss? That’s apparently the approach that director Barry Levinson is taking for his next movie ...

In the back room of a New York restaurant in 1930, Joseph Valachi swore his dark oath of allegiance to organized crime. Blood ran from a ceremonial wound in his finger, and the young ex-convict vowed ...

Robert De Niro as Frank Costello (L) and Vito Genovese (R) in "The Alto Knights." (Warner Bros.) In his acting career, Robert DeNiro has portrayed a godfather, an Irishman, and a good fella. Now, he ...