Two die and 13 injured in walkway collapse at Naples ‘Gomorrah’ housing complex
Remaining 800 residents evacuated from last block still standing at Le Vele di Scampia, setting for hit TV series
October 2023
‘They have this ferocious loyalty’: Trudie Styler on the people of Naples
Her new documentary, Posso Entrare? An Ode to Naples, explores the lives of residents in mafia-ridden backstreets
October 2021
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography
‘My life in the mafia’s shadow’: Italy’s most hunted author, Roberto Saviano
September 2021
On my radar
On my radar: Roberto Saviano’s cultural highlights
The investigative journalist and author of Gomorrah on the delights of Mozart, the restorative tranquility of Andalusia and a lifelong love of Subbuteo
May 2021
‘I’m still alive’: Gomorrah author hails court victory over mafia threats
Roberto Saviano says that a court has shown that the crime clans – whose threats forced him to live with a bodyguard – are not invincible
January 2021
How Stephen King’s gun essay found new life in ‘Gomorrah’
The horror writer agrees to let an editor whose cousin was shot and killed by Camorra gangs print his work on gun violence
March 2020
Observer special report
Naples is demolishing Le Vele, symbol of its Camorra past. But I’m not celebrating
The author who chronicled the rise of the crime syndicate in his book Gomorrah says that tearing down tower blocks will not be enough to resurrect Le Vele di Scampia
February 2020
'They're demolishing a piece of my life': Scampia residents mourn fall of 'Gomorrah'
Sail-shaped towers in Naples were for years a drugs hotspot and scene of mafia wars
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
May 2019
Goodbye to Gomorrah: the end of Italy's most notorious housing estate
Famous as the setting for the hit Italian film and TV series Gomorrah, the towers of Le Vele became synonymous with poverty and organised crime – until residents took charge
August 2018
'These stories are our defence against organised crime': the mafia on film
Anti-mafia journalist and scriptwriter Roberto Saviano dissects the complexities of how Italian film-makers portray the Cosa Nostra on screen
November 2017
Film blog
Cage fights, chat shows, train platforms: the strangest places films have found their stars
Looking to cast a new film sensation? Then visit a prison, look at Instagram or head to a station. Because that’s where these future stars were hanging out
August 2016
Brian Moylan's having an episode
Gomorrah: the second coming of The Sopranos lands with a bang
The show inspired by Roberto Saviano’s book and subsequent film isn’t for the faint-hearted as it pulls back the curtain on the contemporary Cosa Nostra
June 2016
Why I love …
Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone on how Italy inspired his new film
Tale of Tales: ‘Don’t try to understand it - just feel it’
May 2015
Cannes 2015: how foreign-language film-makers took over English-language arthouse
This year’s film festival is dominated by movies made in English by non-native English-speaking directors. Is this an ominous sign of Hollywood killing off foreign cinema?
March 2013
Reel review
Reality - video review
Reality: a clip from Matteo Garrone's new film - video
January 2013
Italian council chief blocks filming of anti-mafia TV series in Naples suburb
Angelo Pisani refuses to allow cameras into Scampia for follow-up to Gomorrah film, criticising 'exaggeration' of problems
