The Alto Knights adapts the mind-boggling true story of mobsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, albeit with some changes that deviate from reality.

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 ...

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 ...

But having Robert De Niro play real-life gangsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese at once simply feels like a casting stunt. The end result is that Barry Levinson’s otherwise sober-minded The Alto ...

Written by Goodfellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, The Alto Knights is inspired by the true story of the rivalry between Frank Costello and Vito Genovese—big names in organized crime in New ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in ...

You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks ...

Inside you there are two mobsters, and Robert De Niro plays both. There’s a scene near the limp climax of Barry Levinson’s utterly somnambulant The Alto Knights in which Vito Genovese (De Niro) argues ...

Robert De Niro is doing double duty in The Alto Knights (now in theatres), playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in the world!

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in ...