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Over the years, gangster movies have become a prominent pastime in American cinema and a beloved film genre known for iconic titles such as The Godfather, Goodfellas, and A Bronx Tale. The gangster ...

American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as its title, Ridley Scott’s would-be epic aspires to enshrine Harlem ...

Organized crime has fascinated filmmakers and audiences alike for decades, and now, mob movies have carved out their own permanent place in pop culture. From smoky bars in New York City to the ...

Denzel Washington plays a 1970's drug lord named Frank Lucas in American Gangster. Lucas takes pride in many things, but most of all in the quality of his merchandise, Southeast Asian heroin as pure, ...

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Gangster movies have been a constant in American cinema since its beginnings. Every few years, a new film is added to the canon of must-see gangland pictures. “American Gangster” is this year’s model.