Goodfellas' and 'Casino' screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi brings a wealth of Mafia knowledge to a movie that traffics in constant nods to other gangster classics.

NEW YORK — Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” ...

By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter The legacy of heroin kingpin Frank Lucas, whose story was dramatized in the 2007 narrative feature American Gangster, is the focus of a forthcoming ...

American Gangster, an epic crime movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and directed by Ridley Scott, tells the compelling true story of Harlem crime boss Frank Lucas, leading many ...

Discover the films that shaped Martin Scorsese's vision of crime and cinema. Dive into the inspirations behind the legendary ...

Audiences love gangster movies. They make money ... saga that introduces the New York City Corleone family, an Italian-American crime syndicate run by Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando).

Chronicling the existence of Italian-American mobsters in 1970s-80s New ... "Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas is both a wildly entertaining gangster movie and a sobering cautionary tale warning ...