Goodfellas
R.I.P.
No one embodied the big-screen mobster better than Liotta. But up until the very end, the towering actor proved he was no one-trick pony.
AND NOW IT’S ALL OVER
The actor and producer died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic.
Viral
Reds manager's profane tirade doesn't compare to the Oscar winner.
Cue ‘Layla’
Rats. Botched burials. A burned-out nightclub. A look at the case against Vincent Asaro, now 76—and the feds’ explosive recordings that are straight out of Scorsese.
MOB FRONTS
Gangster Squad stars Sean Penn in the role of real-life 1940s mob kingpin Mickey Cohen. From Johnny Depp’s John Dillinger to Steve Buscemi’s Nucky Thompson on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, see other real mobsters behind the characters.
His HBO pilot Boardwalk Empire may be garnering attention as of late, but it was this week in 1990 that Martin Scorsese released his full-throttle gangster classic. Sean Macaulay on the film and the careers it helped launch.
His HBO pilot Boardwalk Empire may be garnering attention as of late, but it was this week in 1990 that Martin Scorsese released his full-throttle gangster classic. Sean Macaulay on the film and the careers it helped launch.