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MANN ASSEMBLES ENEMIES LIST

It’s official: Michael Mann’s next movie, Public Enemies, begins shooting March 10th in Chicago for Universal Pictures.  That should be enough.  But if you’re one of those people who didn’t see the brilliance in Miami Vice (the theatrical cut), here’s additional reason for excitement: it stars Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger and Christian … Continue reading

COENS TRIUMPH, DEAKINS FALLS SHORT

And here we using the guild awards to play Oscar oracle again… It’s tempting to view the Coen Brothers’ DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in The Moving Pictures as a sure-fire indicator that they’ll at least win their first Best Director Oscar, but recent history tells us that this ain’t exactly a fait accompli.  … Continue reading

THE SHUTDOWN OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

UPDATE: The New York Times has a piece on Parnassus, and though the tone is hardly optimistic, it presents the possibility of the film going forward either by recasting Ledger or reworking based on the completed footage. Either direction seems highly unlikely. Then again, given the high profile of Ledger’s story, consider that the producers … Continue reading