Miller's Crossing Miller's Crossing Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides off against each other. In 2005, "Time" chose "Miller's Crossing" as one of the 100 greatest films made since the inception of the periodical. "Time" critic Richard Corliss called it a "noir with a touch so light, the film seems to float on the
John Byrne (playwright) John Byrne (playwright) John Patrick Byrne (born 6 January 1940) is a Scottish playwright and artist. Perhaps best known for writing "The Slab Boys Trilogy" of plays about working-class life in Scotland, he has been described as Paisley's first postmodernist. John Byrne was born into a family of Irish Catholic descent in Paisley, Renfrewshire, where he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme and was educated at the town's St Mirin's Academy before attending Glasgow School of Art (1958–63). After the death of Byrne's mother, who was prone to psychotic episodes, he was informed by a cousin that he