As shown in the film, Vito had been married to Anna Genovese, a popular drag club owner ... sowed the seeds of Vito's discontent with his friend/partner-in-crime. Albert Anastasia's death in ...

That's what we've got in "The Alto Knights" (in theaters Friday), the true story of friends-turned-enemies Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. De Niro was initially cast to play Costello ...

The Alto Knights (15), 123mins ★★★☆☆ ON the face of it, this is an offer cinema-goers can’t refuse – Robert De Niro as two ...

In this forgettable gangster thriller, Robert De Niro plays two rival mob bosses – but it’s a face-off that lacks any real ...

The New York City crime lords Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, we’re told here by way of narration from Costello, became best friends in a Little Italy social club called Alto Knights.

Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative.

Dealing with the fractious relationship between gangsters and former friends Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the film strains for an epic quality that the filmmaking doesn’t support.

Through tricks of makeup and hair and what appears to be a bit of digital wizardry, De Niro’s co-lead in the film is … Robert De Niro, as Costello’s lifelong friend Vito Genovese.

shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse ... photos and footage artfully edited to include actors playing the younger Frank and Vito, we learn the two were good friends as young Italian immigrants ...