Miller’s Crossing actually debuted at the New York Film Festival a couple of days after Goodfellas hit theaters nationwide; unlike the Scorsese film (which was a solid if unspectacular hit), the Coen movie didn’t reach much beyond that movie-nerd paradise. This makes sense, because perhaps more than any other Coen movie, Miller’s Crossing is a movie-nerd project.
Miller’s Crossing at 35: The Coen Brothers’ movie-nerd gangster fantasia
