Widely acclaimed as America's greatest living film director, Martin Scorsese is also, some argue, the pre-eminent Italian American artist. Although he has treat

A fresh and gripping crime saga that explores the allure of power inherit in two of the world's most notorious institutions, the Mafia and the Catholic Church.

There is never a shortage of priest characters on our screens. Even Spencer Tracy, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won Oscars for playing priests. Robert de Ni

This volume examines the gangster film in its historical context with an emphasis on the ways the image of the gangster has adapted and changed as a result of s

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