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 ...

Joe Pesci has made a career out of playing fast-talking tough-guys in gangster movies, but the celebrated Oscar-winner has done so much more.

Mafia movies are about more than organized crime; they highlight loyalty, betrayal, familial ties, masculinity, and so much more. The post 12 iconic mafia movies that deserve a spot on your watchlist ...

Joe Pesci, for a very long time in Hollywood, has been known for his intense performances. Be it crime dramas or humour-infused plots, he has a way of making every role his own.

On lists of all-time great mob movies, you’ll often find Casino near the top. The 1995 Martin Scorsese classic starred Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone, who earned a nomination for ...

On Monday night at age 83, the last Spilotro brother died of natural causes--ending an era that connected the golden years of ...

Joe Pesci is back in the ring.. Nearly 45 years after “Raging Bull,” the Oscar winner is making his return to acting in a very different kind of boxing movie: “Day of the Fight” (in ...

The next week, in a much-needed moment of levity in response, SNL guest-host Joe Pesci, a Catholic Italian-American widely known for his screen persona as a mafia gangster and clownish robber ...

If the Academy Awards cast a mob movie, it would probably look a lot like "The Irishman." It stars Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci and is directed by Martin Scorsese, who has ...

Commentary and archival information about Joe Pesci from The New York Times. News about Joe Pesci. ... A. O. Scott looks back at Martin Scorsese’s ultra-violent mob film from 1990.

Joe Pesci is back in the ring. Nearly 45 years after “Raging Bull,” the Oscar winner is making his return to acting in a very different kind of boxing movie: “Day of the Fight” (in ...

Much like Vinny in the South, the film was a fish out of water at the Academy Awards. But the comedy endures, thanks to a generous Joe Pesci and a fiery Marisa Tomei. By Jason Bailey The director ...