For instance, you have a Mobster room that has pictures of the 'who is who' of Italian mafia. The Foundation room has shots of every famous fountain in Italy. Italian job at Yas Mall A member of the now dismantled Cartagena drug cartel, Molina Vega was a major smuggler of cocaine, who...
How Prohibition Created the Mafia As the era ofProhibitiongave way to theGreat Depression, the first wave of gangster movies mirrored the growing anger and frustration of many Americans at their worsening economic conditions. In movies like “Little Caesar” (1931) with Edward G. Robinson, “The...
Very entertaining documentary about crime movies of the 70s in Italy. Quite a lot of people could be found and interviewed for this. It's almost like traveling back in time, when you watch this. The movie is also very well edited and shot. There is a clear distinction and structure throu...
Rome— Italian authorities arrested Italy's most-wanted fugitive on Monday, taking mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro into custody after a 30-year manhunt. Messina Denaro's arrest brings to a close the era of the "Cosa Nostra" Sicilian crime syndicate depicted in "The Godfather" movies. The 60...
See an exclusive clip from the imported Italian mafia drama 'Gomorrah,' which premieres tonight on SundanceTV.
But just one, as there is so much Italian film has to offer beyond gangster movies! The story follows Santo Russo and his rise to becoming a prominent mobster around the height of criminal activity in Milan during the 1980s and 1990s. The main character is based on the real-life mafia ...
The first year I attended, I cherry-picked only the movies I hadn’t seen before. The ones I went to were such a revelation – both in the presentation and the group experience – that my heart hurt as I walked away. What a MAROON I was. Even a movie I thought I knew well would...
when 11 immigrants were killed due to their alleged role in the murder of David Hennessy. The movies and mainstream media portrayed Italian Americans as violent criminals. Movies like “The Godfather” and T.V. shows such as “The Sopranos” further made these stereotypes all the more concrete...
movies to provide comic relief or to produce stereotypes; northern dialects can be connected to greedy, narrow-minded merchants; Roman accent is associated with arrogant, simple-minded bullies; Neapolitan reminds of dishonest, cunning slackers, and Sicilian is for obvious reasons associated with mafia...
It tells the story of Giuseppe Peppino Impastato, an Italian activist who was assassinated by the head of the Mafia, Gaetano Badalamenti. This biographical film explains the important role that Peppino played in facing the Sicilian Mafia, influencing the culture and politics of the 60s and 70s....