Some gangster movies deserved to be shown to generations. And some just have to be forgotten as a bad nightmare. However, even a perfect movie can go by unnoticed, but it would be a missed chance to touch something beautiful.
One of the best gangster movies out there is definitely this hidden gem called Miller's Crossing, created by the Coen brothers in 1990. The movie centers around a man named Tom Reagan. Tom is an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss who also tries to keep the peace between the warring mafias, but ends up getting caught in the middle.
But that's the easy way to describe it. In reality - the beef is much tougher, because two of the boldest mafias, Italian and Irish, are fighting head to head for one particular bookie. Throw in some personal drama like intermafian relationships and sharing girlfriends and you will end up with a crazy head.
One of the best gangster movies out there is definitely this hidden gem called Miller's Crossing, created by the Coen brothers in 1990. The movie centers around a man named Tom Reagan. Tom is an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss who also tries to keep the peace between the warring mafias, but ends up getting caught in the middle.
But that's the easy way to describe it. In reality - the beef is much tougher, because two of the boldest mafias, Italian and Irish, are fighting head to head for one particular bookie. Throw in some personal drama like intermafian relationships and sharing girlfriends and you will end up with a crazy head.
- 5/16/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Rachel Bailey)
- STartefacts.com
Writer-turned-director Alex Garland’s highly anticipated Civil War is set to release worldwide in April and is already garnering massive hype. The film which opened to a stupendous reception at South by Southwest on March 14th, stars Kirsten Dunst in the central role with her husband, Jesse Plemons, also playing a cameo.
Kirsten Dunst in Civil War
Garland, who is known for his expertise as a writer and director in the sci-fi genre, is expectedly setting the standards very high with his latest directorial venture. Civil War is already on track to have a hugely successful run at the box office while also breaking another significant record set by Hereditary. In addition, Jesse Plemons is getting huge love for his small, but highly impactful role.
Jesse Plemons Wins Hearts As Civil War Breaks Records
Alex Garland’s Civil War, which is set to release worldwide in April, is already generating huge hype.
Kirsten Dunst in Civil War
Garland, who is known for his expertise as a writer and director in the sci-fi genre, is expectedly setting the standards very high with his latest directorial venture. Civil War is already on track to have a hugely successful run at the box office while also breaking another significant record set by Hereditary. In addition, Jesse Plemons is getting huge love for his small, but highly impactful role.
Jesse Plemons Wins Hearts As Civil War Breaks Records
Alex Garland’s Civil War, which is set to release worldwide in April, is already generating huge hype.
- 3/22/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Sony's "Madame Web" trailer might be the most ridiculous trailer for a major studio release I've seen in a hot minute. There are just so many bizarre moments that jump out at you. Dakota Johnson playing a Manhattan paramedic who inexplicably gains clairvoyant powers that grant her visions like those from a "Final Destination" film? The way the trailer just throws a trio of female spider-heroes right at you? Johnson's Cassandra Webb magically gaining the ability to fight and drive ambulances like a seasoned pro thanks to her newfound future-seeing visions? Who is she, Bradley Cooper in "Limitless"? Sony refusing to call its latest (Peter Parker-free?) Spider-Man spinoff a superhero movie and referring to it as a "suspense-driven thriller" is merely the bow on top of this pile of nonsense.
However, there is one moment that stands out above all the others. That would be the one where Cassandra...
However, there is one moment that stands out above all the others. That would be the one where Cassandra...
- 11/16/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Feature number three for the Coen Brothers is an eccentric gangster saga with a wonderful slate of mugs — Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman, Steve Buscemi — slinging highly entertaining hardboiled dialogue. The witty, insightful story is at heart not a comedy, and the direction impresses in the formal sense — no superfluous camera acrobatics this time. Barry Sonnenfeld’s visual stick in the mind — the Byrne-Turturro execution scene in the woods is one of the highlights of 1990s filmmaking.
Miller’s Crossing
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 1112
1990 / Color / 1:85 / 113 115 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 8, 2022 / 39.95
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman, Albert Finney, Mike Starr, Al Mancini, Richard Woods, Tom Toner, Steve Buscemi, Mario Todisco. Michael Badalucco, Frances McDormand.
Cinematography: Barry Sonnenfeld
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
Art Director: Leslie McDonald
Costume Design: Ricahrd Hornung
Film Editor: Michael R. Miller...
Miller’s Crossing
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 1112
1990 / Color / 1:85 / 113 115 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 8, 2022 / 39.95
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman, Albert Finney, Mike Starr, Al Mancini, Richard Woods, Tom Toner, Steve Buscemi, Mario Todisco. Michael Badalucco, Frances McDormand.
Cinematography: Barry Sonnenfeld
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
Art Director: Leslie McDonald
Costume Design: Ricahrd Hornung
Film Editor: Michael R. Miller...
- 7/2/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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“HAT TRICKSâ€.
By Raymond Benson
When Miller’s Crossing was released in 1990, we as an audience were still trying to determine what the Coen brothers were all about. This, their third feature film, was totally different from their previous movie, Raising Arizona (1987), which was radically different from their debut title, Blood Simple (1984). Raising Arizona was a wacky comedy. Miller’s Crossing may have had more similarities to Blood Simple, being that they are both neo-noir crime dramas with a gritty, hard edge but laced with the now-familiar but then-surprisingly unique ingredient of Coen dark humor. Still, Miller’s Crossing, being a period piece that takes place during the Prohibition years, is a more elegant, and certainly more technically accomplished, picture than Blood Simple. Sudden, brutal violence, though, remains a trait of both movies.
In an excellent supplemental interview with Joel and Ethan Coen...
“HAT TRICKSâ€.
By Raymond Benson
When Miller’s Crossing was released in 1990, we as an audience were still trying to determine what the Coen brothers were all about. This, their third feature film, was totally different from their previous movie, Raising Arizona (1987), which was radically different from their debut title, Blood Simple (1984). Raising Arizona was a wacky comedy. Miller’s Crossing may have had more similarities to Blood Simple, being that they are both neo-noir crime dramas with a gritty, hard edge but laced with the now-familiar but then-surprisingly unique ingredient of Coen dark humor. Still, Miller’s Crossing, being a period piece that takes place during the Prohibition years, is a more elegant, and certainly more technically accomplished, picture than Blood Simple. Sudden, brutal violence, though, remains a trait of both movies.
In an excellent supplemental interview with Joel and Ethan Coen...
- 2/14/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Here it is! Our first look at Linda Hamilton looking like a complete badass as Sarah Connor in the new Terminator film has arrived! The film is coming from Director Tim Miller (Deadpool) and producer James Cameron. I was so happy to hear that Hamilton would be coming back to the franchise and after seeing these new images of her, I can't wait to see her in action again!
We got our first look at Mackenzie Davis earlier today in some set photos and a lot of people seems to think that she will be the new Terminator.
We still don't know much about the story, but this first film is said to be the launch of a trilogy and a direct sequel to Terminator 2. It will ignore all of the other films that have been made since, and Cameron previously said:
"We still fold time. We will have...
We got our first look at Mackenzie Davis earlier today in some set photos and a lot of people seems to think that she will be the new Terminator.
We still don't know much about the story, but this first film is said to be the launch of a trilogy and a direct sequel to Terminator 2. It will ignore all of the other films that have been made since, and Cameron previously said:
"We still fold time. We will have...
- 6/20/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
People get soooo crazy this time of year when Oscar anticipation (and predictable backlashes) reaches its peak. Seriously, people have lost their minds in the countdown to La La Land's triumph. One article this week even proclaimed it a fascist film. Hahaha. Oh Oscar season. Never stop bringing the insanity.
So The Film Experience has no choice but to endorses this Tweet as Tweet Of The Week -- it's such a perfect satirical jab at the madness. (More of the best tweets of the week, most of them Oscar focused, are after the jump...)
Just saw La La Land mugging an old lady in an alleyway.
— Tom Reagan's Hat (@andymannion777) February 25, 2017...
So The Film Experience has no choice but to endorses this Tweet as Tweet Of The Week -- it's such a perfect satirical jab at the madness. (More of the best tweets of the week, most of them Oscar focused, are after the jump...)
Just saw La La Land mugging an old lady in an alleyway.
— Tom Reagan's Hat (@andymannion777) February 25, 2017...
- 2/25/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Joel and Ethan Coen have built a reputation as two of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmakers working today. Dabbling in Film Noir to screwball comedy, from off-beat indies to big-budget studio pieces, their films are adored by critics and audiences alike. The two-man writer-director-producer-editor team, have long been regarded by cinephiles as masters of the craft. Choosing our favourite Coen Bros. film isn’t an easy task, but we asked our staff to rank their films from favourite to least favourite. The results were interesting, with Fargo running away with first place, and two of their 16 films not producing enough votes to justify making the cut (The Lady Killers, Intolerable Cruelty). Here are the results. Let us know which is your favourite Coen Bros. film?
****
13. Burn After Reading, 2008
Leave it to Joel and Ethan Coen to follow-up their award winning mammoth No Country for Old Men just a year later with the spry,...
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13. Burn After Reading, 2008
Leave it to Joel and Ethan Coen to follow-up their award winning mammoth No Country for Old Men just a year later with the spry,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
In the 50th and final instalment of our writers' favourite films series, Jason Deans plumps for a prohibition-era mob drama from the Coen brothers
Smart guy, huh? Ya think ya can do better, shoot your mouth off here – or save those wisecracks for the comments below
My all-time top celebrity spot? Gabriel Byrne, no question. On a Saturday in July 2003, the morning after two of my best friends marry, I'm in the bar of the Charlotte Street Hotel saying a final farewell before they fly off on honeymoon (also, the newly minted husband needs to borrow cash for the cab to Heathrow). As we swap war stories from the night before, I become aware of a familiar yet unplaceable Irish voice drifting over the conversation from behind me. After a few seconds, it comes to me – "What's the rumpus?" – so I sneak a crafty glance over my shoulder and there...
Smart guy, huh? Ya think ya can do better, shoot your mouth off here – or save those wisecracks for the comments below
My all-time top celebrity spot? Gabriel Byrne, no question. On a Saturday in July 2003, the morning after two of my best friends marry, I'm in the bar of the Charlotte Street Hotel saying a final farewell before they fly off on honeymoon (also, the newly minted husband needs to borrow cash for the cab to Heathrow). As we swap war stories from the night before, I become aware of a familiar yet unplaceable Irish voice drifting over the conversation from behind me. After a few seconds, it comes to me – "What's the rumpus?" – so I sneak a crafty glance over my shoulder and there...
- 12/30/2011
- by Jason Deans
- The Guardian - Film News
They were smug, evil, or maybe just plain stupid. Here’s our list of the top ten ‘They had it coming’ movie deaths…
"They had it coming. They had it coming. They had it coming all along."
So sang the hosiery-clad vixens of smash hit musical Chicago. Of course, they were referring to the many men they had brutally murdered, whereas I'm responsible for the deaths of no one on this list. But it's an appropriate introduction to a run-down of movie characters who, for one reason or another, really did bring their own cinematic demise on themselves.
Undoubtedly some of the 10 deserved their deaths more than the others. But as I've watched each of them shuffle off this mortal coil, either shaking my head in sorrow or slapping my thigh in triumph, I've been compelled to declare on each occasion, "Well, they asked for that."
Here then (in no...
"They had it coming. They had it coming. They had it coming all along."
So sang the hosiery-clad vixens of smash hit musical Chicago. Of course, they were referring to the many men they had brutally murdered, whereas I'm responsible for the deaths of no one on this list. But it's an appropriate introduction to a run-down of movie characters who, for one reason or another, really did bring their own cinematic demise on themselves.
Undoubtedly some of the 10 deserved their deaths more than the others. But as I've watched each of them shuffle off this mortal coil, either shaking my head in sorrow or slapping my thigh in triumph, I've been compelled to declare on each occasion, "Well, they asked for that."
Here then (in no...
- 11/30/2010
- Den of Geek
First off I need to apologize for the tardiness of this entry. I was infected with the swine pandemic and was unable to do anything but utter “Bbbbraaaiiinsssss…” feebly from my bed. Now I’m up and about again, so here we go.
One of the first things to do when making your movie is figure out who your main character is going to be. Now, you may pick your plot first and then figure what kind of protagonist you want or you may pick your characters and write about what they do – it all depends on your style of writing. In either case, understanding your protagonist(s) is very important since these are the people whom the plot revolves around, who we will come to know and love and who we will follow for the next 120 minutes. They will be our tour guides through your movie so you have...
One of the first things to do when making your movie is figure out who your main character is going to be. Now, you may pick your plot first and then figure what kind of protagonist you want or you may pick your characters and write about what they do – it all depends on your style of writing. In either case, understanding your protagonist(s) is very important since these are the people whom the plot revolves around, who we will come to know and love and who we will follow for the next 120 minutes. They will be our tour guides through your movie so you have...
- 11/1/2009
- by Marco Duran
- Atomic Popcorn
Actor Gabriel Byrne.
Gabriel Byrne: Talk To Me
By
Alex Simon
Editor's Note: The following article appears in the April issue of Venice Magazine.
Gabriel Byrne was born in Dublin May 12, 1950, the eldest of six children. After schooling under the stern tutelage of The Christian Brothers and five years in Catholic seminary, Byrne attended University College in Dublin, where he studied linguistics and archeology, as well as honing his love of soccer, playing with the renowned Stella Maris Football Club.
Byrne discovered acting late compared to most of his peers, spending his 20s working in a variety of professions including schoolteacher, where his students inadvertently helped him discover his true calling (see below for more details). Since then, he has starred in over 45 films for some of cinema's finest contemporary directors both in the Us and Europe (John Boorman, Costa Gavras, Michael Mann, Ken Loach, David Cronenberg, and the Coen Brothers,...
Gabriel Byrne: Talk To Me
By
Alex Simon
Editor's Note: The following article appears in the April issue of Venice Magazine.
Gabriel Byrne was born in Dublin May 12, 1950, the eldest of six children. After schooling under the stern tutelage of The Christian Brothers and five years in Catholic seminary, Byrne attended University College in Dublin, where he studied linguistics and archeology, as well as honing his love of soccer, playing with the renowned Stella Maris Football Club.
Byrne discovered acting late compared to most of his peers, spending his 20s working in a variety of professions including schoolteacher, where his students inadvertently helped him discover his true calling (see below for more details). Since then, he has starred in over 45 films for some of cinema's finest contemporary directors both in the Us and Europe (John Boorman, Costa Gavras, Michael Mann, Ken Loach, David Cronenberg, and the Coen Brothers,...
- 4/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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