Subject: Organized Crime

• Gomorrah

  March 26, 2009

• Heet Mob Has a Video.

  May 15, 2007

• Carrotmob plans hit on midtown liquor store

  September 30, 2008

• To Russia With Food Coloring

  September 7, 2000

• Ho Down

  January 24, 2002

• Mob scene at Screenland: Black Hand Strawman opens today

  Charley "Moonface" Carollo Terence O'Malley's long-awaited new documentary about the Mafia opens today at Screenland (1656 Washington, 816-421-9700). The director's 2006 movie, Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time (now on DVD) -- which also had crime on its mind -- played there for about 14 years. Of course, mugs like "Moonface" here lack fundamental sex appeal, but a movie about organized crime -- the ultimate recession-proof industry -- seems destined for its own long run.Charles Ferruzza's review of B

  March 20, 2009

• Filmmaker Terence O’Malley documents Kansas City’s gangster past

  June 12, 2008

• Frank Hayde Booksigning

  February 28, 2008

• Cosa Nostra Constituency

  December 13, 2007

• Mic-Check Mondays

  October 11, 2007

• Bait and Switch

  October 5, 2006

• Badda Bam!

  January 6, 2005

• Dial M for the Mob

  A phone company chief operates dangerously close to a crime ring.

  June 10, 2004

• Hard Cell

  The feds want to bring down a deadly prison gang, and crimes in Leavenworth are exhibit A.

  April 29, 2004

• Boss Martians

  Friday, April 9, at El Torreon.

  April 8, 2004

• Low Flying Owls

  Thursday, March 25, at the Replay Lounge.

  March 25, 2004

• Premonitions of War

  Saturday, January 3, at the Bottleneck.

  January 1, 2004

• Bad Asses

  Jen and Ben get Gigli with it, and -- lucky us! -- we get to watch.

  July 31, 2003

• Ashley Casselle

  Saturday, July 12, at XO.

  July 10, 2003

• Pendergast

  Saturday, May 24, at Davey's Uptown.

  May 22, 2003

• MC Paul Barman

  Sunday, November 10, at Abe & Jake's Landing.

  November 7, 2002

• Masters of the Hemisphere

  I Am Not a Freemdoom (Kindercore)

  July 20, 2000

• THE MURDERERS

  IRV GOTTI PRESENTS ... THE MURDERERS (MURDER INC.)

  March 30, 2000

• Next Day Air

  May 14, 2009

• When The Godfather played to an empty room

  This week's column involves Mark One Electric Co. and its questionable eligibility for affirmative-action programs. Carl "Red" Privitera incorporated the business 1974, which is run today by his daughter, Rosana Privitera Biondo.Searching for background information on Mark One, I came across a Kansas City Star story by Robert Butler on the 25th anniversary of the release of The Godfather. Butler marked the occasion by recalling the film's 1972 premiere in Kansas City.As my colleague Charles Ferr

  June 10, 2009

• DEEP TROUBLE

  July 30, 2009

• PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1

  October 22, 2009