PARIS — Few film types are as iconic in French cinema as the gangster. Throughout the genre’s heyday from the early ’50s through the late ’70s, Belmondo, Montand and Delon seemed to live with a gun in ...

Cinema history is crime-ridden. In 1901, a French short called Histoire d’un crime told the story of a burglar who commits murder and is sent to the guillotine. In 1903, the American short The Great ...

Ever since the Golden Age of crime Noir and classic thrillers, gangster movies have been one of the most successful and beloved corners of Hollywood, from Goodfellas to The Godfather. These movies can ...

Gangster movies are about as old as Hollywood itself, and quite a few of them are held up as award-winning, must-see classics. But there are plenty that have flown under the radar, particularly over ...

Ange Basterga’s “Vendetta” offers an uncompromising look at the violence of organized crime in Corsica and its impact on a man trying to break free from the cycle of vengeance that has plagued his ...