Movie review: `The Traitor´ tackles the demise of La Cosa Nostra
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020 at 7:55 AM Feb 19, 2020 at 7:55 AM You may not know Italy’s Maxi Trial from a maxi skirt, but a 150-minute investment in “The Traitor� will compellingly enlighten all who love their mobster movies - like pizza - Sicilian style. That means along with the typical toppings of murder, sex and betrayal, 80-year-old director Marco Bellocchio serves the story square with minimal flourishes. Crusty, yes; cheesy, no. But it is considerably less filling than “Goodfellas,� Martin Scorcese’s chronicle of Henry Hill, a mob groupie recruited into “the family,� schooled in loyalty and apprenticed in arm-breaking before turning...