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: ...

Robert De Niro has been a riveting force in countless films, but never more so than when portraying mobsters, whether the young Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" or James Conway in "Goodfellas.

From "The Godfather" to "The Sopranos," mobsters and their families have been the subject of American fiction for generations. Now, two new programs promise to take a deep dive into the true stories ...

The Oscar-winning actor plays gangsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in a real-life crime film written by Nicholas Pileggi and co-starring Debra Messing. By Frank Scheck There are some good ...

Franke Costello and Vito Genovese were a partnership born amidst the flurry of Prohibition that devolved into a vicious rivalry when a power vacuum opened up within the New York crime scene. Their ...

The scarred and swarming tenements along Harlem’s East 108th Street have changed little since Gambler Frank Costello was a boy. The towers of the Triborough Bridge now float in the sky just beyond ...