“Gomorrah” is a gangster film that departs from the glamorizing norm. The acclaimed winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes and Italy’s entry in the Oscar race, it is a vividly panoramic film about a ...

As Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorrah” gains kudos and global converts to the anti-Mafia cause, Italy continues to spawn new ways to recount its age-old mob problem. “Gomorrah,” which recently swept the ...

ROME — “Gomorrah” is gunning for Oscar gold. Emboldened by positive Stateside reaction to Matteo Garrone’s naturalistic Neapolitan Mafia crimer, U.S. distributor IFC Films and producer Domenico ...

A sequel looks rather unlikely, given that a reasonable proportion of the cast could easily be behind bars by the time it gets made, but director Matteo Garrone can take solace in a raft of excellent ...

Italian director Matteo Garrone is shifting the US release date of his acclaimed drama Gomorrah to December in the hope of improving its chance of Oscar success, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Wrong-footing viewers with the surreal slaughter of sleazebags in a tanning parlour, Italian Mafia drama Gomorrah then immediately switches gear to quasi-documentary war-reportage from the mean ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. An IFC rep told us it is too soon to tell exactly when ‘Gomorrah’ will ...

What if a brilliant gangster movie became a TV series without sacrificing quality? It’s intriguing to think about a Godfather series produced by Francis Ford Coppola or a Goodfellas series from Martin ...

Gomorrah’s (2008) trailer boldly claims it as “the greatest mafia movie ever made.” The referenced blurb continues with “[the film] strips every last pretense of romanticism from ‘The Godfather’ Saga.

It can sometimes be hard to tell whether or not a film or television series is based on a true story. It's no secret that the Oscars love a good fact-based film or biopic; but sometimes even when a ...

The head of Sky Studios’ editorial content in Italy has spotlighted the challenges behind making a Gomorrah prequel in the highly competitive streaming era. Emanuele Marchesi delved deep into the ...