Genovese was known for street crime and violence to get what he wanted. “He was more on the thug side of organized crime,” ...

In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of mafia ...

In 1931, following decades of turf warfare, Brooklyn bootlegger Salvatore Maranzano established the leaders of New York ...

Few actors have become synonymous with a particular genre like Robert De Niro. When we hear the term “mob movie,” we ...

The limping genre’s best stars and directors are all in their eighties. Its New York stories, once bracing and violent, feel ...

Salvatore Delligatti tried to skirt a mandatory minimum sentence by arguing that he was incorrectly charged with a violent ...

The Alto Knights tells the story of two mob bosses who are at loggerheads. Nicholas Pileggi (who also wrote Goodfellas) wrote the biographical crime drama, which Barry Levinson directed.

This is for you, Frank,” the young hitman snarled before firing at mob boss Frank Costello outside New York’s Waldorf-Astoria ...

Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of mafia leaders who grew to power in tandem ...

Robert DeNiro plays both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, boyhood pals who become rivals in the Mafia hierarchy.