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Oct 5, 1990 · The dialogue is well-written, but it is indeed written. We admire the prose rather than the message. People make threats, and we think about how elegantly the threats are worded. "Miller's Crossing" comes from two traditions that sometimes overlap, the gangster movie of the 1930s and the film noir of the 1940s.
• It wasn’t until I was preparing to write this installment that I read Roger Ebert’s original review of the movie, in which he expressed a fair amount of skepticism. He cited the unearthly...
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Nov 23, 2020 · By Charles W. McCormick, Contributing Writer. November 23, 2020. What separates humans from animals? Could it be the ability to procure and disseminate alcohol in Prohibition-Era America? Is it...
Mar 19, 2020 · I had trouble finding a hook for a critique of the excellent Coen Brother’s film, Miller’s Crossing. I read several reviews, even going so far as to read Roger Ebert’s pedestrian analysis. As to be expected, Ebert, who seemingly offers reviews from beyond the grave like a Dracula with press credentials, the piece was about him.
May 1, 2020 · He also ranks it as the second-best Coen flick. Others were turned off by the very same self-awareness, among them Roger Ebert, who called the strengths of the film “largely technical.” Miller’s Crossing (1990) Again, both are valid viewpoints on a film that intentionally walks the tightrope between being straightfaced and being tongue-in ...
Oct 16, 2020 · The police are pawns, and the busts of illicit drinking establishments are just ways for one gang to get back at the other. It's also a dark comedy, where none of the characters play into their stereotypes, and everyone has something going on below the surface. It stars Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, and Marcia Gay Harden.
Apr 22, 2012 · Miller’s Crossing [1990] – ★★★★1/2. Loosely based on Dashiell Hamett’s Red Harvest, Miller’s Crossing is an intelligent gangster film shot in the style of a film-noir. Directed by Joel Coen, and produced by Ethan Coen and Mark Silverman, the film centres on Tom Regan (Gabriel Byrne), who is the “right hand” of Leo O’Bannon ...
