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I’ve had a busy week, so I’m a bit late to the table on “Public Enemies” — but in a way, it seemed fitting to wait until the 4th of July to watch such a muscular, intrinsically American piece of cinema. Much has already been said on these pages about the film, so there’s no […]
Love your ‘Enemies’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:25 pm · July 4th, 2009
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Brit critics cool on ‘Enemies’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 pm · July 2nd, 2009
With Stateside critics somewhat split on “Public Enemies,” I was interested to see what the UK reception for the film would be like. For all the brawny Americanness of his aesthetic, Michael Mann has many passionate apologists on these shores — he even received a BAFTA nod in 2005 for “Collateral” — perhaps to some […]
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Vishnevetsky’s dispatches from the set of ‘Public Enemies’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:14 am · July 1st, 2009
“Public Enemies,” opening nationwide today, is the first film to bring Michael Mann back to his native Chicago since his feature filmmaking debut, 1981’s “Thief.” Fellow Midwesterner Ignatiy Vishnevetsky was on the set for a few days in the summer of 2008 and has been collecting his thoughts over at The Auteurs’ Notebook. It’s a […]
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THE LISTS: Top 10 performances from Michael Mann films
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:24 am · June 30th, 2009
With the forthcoming release of Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” (review) dominating — quite impressively, I might add — the publicity circuit this week, all eyes are on Johnny Depp. An Ulmer Scale X factor for this character study posing as a summer blockbuster, Depp’s performance is sure to draw champions and detractors alike for its […]
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6/29 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:01 am · June 29th, 2009
• Rachel Abramowitz catches up with Johnny Depp on the “Public Enemies” publicity trail. [Los Angeles Times] • Helen O’Hara remembers Michael Jackson’s movie moments. [Empire] • Jenni Miller talks to “Cheri” director Stephen Frears. [Cinematical] • Guillermo DelToro’s credo. [The Independent] • “Do the Right Thing” still asks burning questions. [Washingotn Post] • Hey, […]
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Johnny Depp pitches ‘Enemies’ on Letterman
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:47 pm · June 26th, 2009
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6/26 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:19 am · June 26th, 2009
• Hey, why isn’t Christian Bale on the “Public Enemies” posters, too? Money, silly. [E! Online] • Kyle Buchanan interviews Sid Ganis to get the skinny on the Academy’s big Best Picture announcement this week. [Movieline] • The 50 greatest trailers of all time. Intriguing #1 pick. #12 really stuck out to me back in […]
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6/25 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 am · June 25th, 2009
• Eugene Hernandez quotes the industry on Oscar’s move to 10. [indieWIRE] • Christy Lemire goes back to the 2008 Oscar season to point out the obvious films that might have been included in the Best Picture race were there 10 nominees last year. [Associated Press] • Michael Speier and Carolyn Giardnia write basically the […]
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REVIEW: “Public Enemies” (***1/2)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 pm · June 23rd, 2009
Los Angeles Film Festival There is a moment very early in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” featured today as the centerpiece exhibition of the Los Angeles Film Festival, when Depression-era criminal John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) stares into the dying eyes of friend and mentor Walter Dietrich (James Russo) as his band of cohorts flees the scene […]
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Terrifying ‘Alice in Wonderland’ stills
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:07 pm · June 21st, 2009
So ready for this movie. Click for larger version. One more after the jump… (Courtesy: USA Today)
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David Thomson on Christian Bale
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:25 am · June 21st, 2009
Christian Bale has been given something of a rough ride of late, with the combination of unfortunate media attention and a dreary turn in the woebegone “Terminator Salvation” slightly stripping the varnish from an otherwise solidly built career. Thankfully, Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” has arrived just in time to restore some respectability, though early word […]
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Windy City ‘Enemies’ premiere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:56 am · June 19th, 2009
(Courtesy: Chicago Tribune)
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Michael Mann goes deep on ‘Public Enemies’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:38 am · June 16th, 2009
There’s a reason Michael Mann is my favorite working director. Consistently saddled with accusations of unyielding perfectionism and idiosyncrasy, he is a filmmaker who sets out to make exactly the film he wants to make every time, and he has the goods to back up the artistic aggression. The last two times out of the […]
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Summer hopefuls that can go the distance
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 am · June 15th, 2009
Over at Examiner.com, Jeff Sneider (you know him around these parts as “The InSneider”) has put together a rundown of the 10 summer movies that have a shot at awards glory. In my post-Cannes Oscar column I mentioned how dreadfully quiet the first half of the year has been for awards hopefuls. After all, this […]
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Depp, Bale, Mann talk ‘Public Enemies’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:40 am · June 1st, 2009
From last night’s MTV Movie Awards. It’s only just hitting me, by the way, the fortunate timing of this release:
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Michael Mann talks ‘Public Enemies’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:34 pm · May 18th, 2009
Maybe I’m slow on the uptake here, but I had no idea Johnny Depp has been circling the role of John Dillinger for 20 years now. Chalk it up to one more reason to be chomping at the bit in anticipation of this summer’s “Public Enemies” from director Michael Mann. In this San Francisco Chronicle […]
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New ‘Public Enemies’ trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:52 pm · April 9th, 2009
Last month the first materials for Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, finally hit the net. At the time I thought the trailer (and certainly the poster) had something of a sheen to it, a high-gloss studio vibe that didn’t say “Mann” to me. Well this new trailer is a bit […]
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Dog years
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:58 am · March 24th, 2009
Given that Kris’ recently declared love for the 45-year-old-and-still-sexy-thank-you-very-much actress Hope Davis seems to be shared by a few of you out there, you may be tickled by this extract from a Guardian piece, in which Hadley Freeman tackles the eternal issue of Hollywood’s double standards of gender and age: It is all too easy […]
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