The legacy of heroin kingpin Frank Lucas, whose story was dramatized in the 2007 narrative feature American Gangster, is the focus of a forthcoming documentary film. The film features interviews with ...

Josh Brolin once opened up about a tense moment he had with Denzel Washington while filming the 2007 movie American Gangster.

The scourge of heroin use by Black Americans in cities like New York in the 1970s sparked Richard Nixon’s War of Drugs. The goal was to “associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin” ...

New Documentary explores Frank Lucas, Black Gangster Lore, and the True Cost of Power NEW YORK, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The name Frank Lucas is legend—kingpin, hustler, mastermind. Harlem's most ...

*“He represents the real Godfather of Harlem,” said documentary director Legs McNeil (The Uncensored Oral History of Punk) about his new documentary “Pusherman ...

‘‘American Gangster’s’’ two adversaries, drug kingpin Lucas (Washington) and Richie Roberts, the cop who becomes his ‘‘Les Mis erables’’-type nemesis (Crowe), also can be seen as two sides of the same ...

Denzel Washington is getting some major Oscar buzz thanks to his performance in Gladiator 2, but long before the legacy sequel, he teamed up with Ridley Scott for a crime thriller with a star from the ...

(CNN) — As the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues, many parts of his past are being revisited. That includes his father’s friendship with the late gangster, Frank Lucas. Melvin ...

“American Gangster” opened last weekend and many of those who bought tickets — $43.6 million worth from Friday through Sunday — surely came away feeling as Mark Twain did when he said his memory was ...

Gangster movies have been a constant in American cinema since its beginnings. Every few years, a new film is added to the canon of must-see gangland pictures. “American Gangster” is this year’s model.

There are too many movies being filmed in New York. Every single movie seems like it's a postcard to go to NYC. Don't get me wrong, New York is a beautiful place that looks like the movie Blade Runner ...

Josh Brolin revealed that things once got tense between him and Denzel Washington while filming American Gangster. During an ...