With “The Godfather, Coda,” let the tinkering be done. But I urge you to seek the movie out, because it truly does touch the grandeur of the first two films. Even if it can’t match it.

The biggest change with Coda comes at the beginning, where a scene between mafioso Michael Corleone and an archbishop has been moved up half an hour. Coppola has also cut the film back from nearly ...

Coda ’s main revision from Part III is its final scene, which gives unexpected meaning to its title, and utterly refashions Michael’s fate. It effectively repeats the end of Part II, with his cold ...

It’s a little better now. In “The Godfather Part III,” recut and retitled “The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,” flashes of greatness periodically illumi… ...

Poor “Godfather III.” It’s a film that was never up to the impossible task of carrying the banner for its two predecessors, movies whose impact on cinema and on the culture in general remain ...