The film intercuts between these two stories as we see how Vito slowly built his reputation and put together the first pieces of his empire, while Michael franticly tries to hold that same empire ...

Instead of releasing a longer cut of the highly-anticipated sequel, Scott is looking to create a trilogy. Ridley Scott‘s ancient Rome would draw some inspiration from a mafia classic for a possible ...

It’s New Year’s Eve in 1958, Havana. Fidel Castro’s revolution may be lurking outside, but the atmosphere in the hall is ...

Leave it to Luca Guadagnino to single out the most subversive selections from Francis Ford Coppola‘s filmography. The “Queer” auteur told Sight and Sound that Coppola’s “The Godfather: Part III” is, ...

The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic crime drama movie starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The film’s plot continues as Vito’s influence within the criminal underworld is steadily ...

Marlon Brando’s performance as Vito Corleone is iconic. So iconic that it has never been replicated or reprised. Brando never returned in the role, even though he had an opportunity to do so in The ...

With five words, Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone became an icon of American leadership. “My offer is this: nothing,” he tells the corrupt senator, his eyes cold and blank, at the outset of “The Godfather ...

This is part two of a series on Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather Trilogy. You can read my reflection on the original film, “The Godfather” (1972), here. The American Dream is a dream of freedom: the ...

John Aprea, the character actor known for his work in “The Godfather Part II” and playing John Stamos’ father in “Full House,” died on Aug. 5 of natural causes, according to media reports. He was 83 ...

Peter Clemenza is the perhaps the scariest member of the Corleone mafia family in The Godfather aside from Vito Corleone’s personal enforcer Luca Brasi. Clemenza is one of the Corleone family’s two ...

Director Francis Ford Coppola (Megalopolis) and The Godfather novelist Mario Puzo co-wrote the screenplay for The Godfather Part II, which effectively serves as both a prequel and a sequel to the ...