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Tag: Jon Polito

Beautiful scaffolding

Certain themes and techniques recur throughout Joel and Ethan Coen’s films. Convoluted crime stories with arbitrary conclusions in which none … More

Billy Bob Thornton, Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Joel and Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Jon Polito, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins, Roger Deakins, Tony Shalhoub

Filmic mythology

If the daft comedy Raising Arizona was a film made of style, with Miller’s Crossing the Coen Brothers showed that … More

Albert Finney, Barry Sonnenfeld, Carter Burwell, Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, Gabriel Byrne, Joel and Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Miller's Crossing
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