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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 ...
Credit: Getty Images “From as far back as I remember, I always wanted to watch gangster movies.” Clearly, that’s not the original quote, but the sentiment remains true. Audiences love ...
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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 ...
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 Mafia member John Pennisi rates 10 Mafia scenes in movies and television for realism, such as "The Sopranos" and "The Godfather." Pennisi was a made member of the Lucchese crime family ...