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With ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,’ Director Tyler Taormina Reinvents Cinema’s Most Old-Fashioned Genre and Makes an Instant Holiday Classic
In an interview, 'Christmas Eve at Miller's Point' director Tyler Taormina explains his holiday movie's expansive cast and arthouse inspirations.
And the ancestral Long Island home where they’ve gathered each year now seems destined to hit the market, as the Balsano siblings weigh moving their aging mother into an assisted living facility. Produced by the Omnes Films collective, “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” maintains an Altman-like thrill of exploration among its vast ensemble of characters, which flash the full range of goofus to gallant. After dessert is served, the high-schoolers overrun their dead-end town, populated by emotionally stunted, Grinch-ian cops (the conspicuously recognizable Michael Cera and Gregg Turkington) and loitering, smoking do-nothings like Splint (Sawyer Spielberg).
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