Michael Mann

The Greater the Truth, the Greater the Damage: ‘The Insider,’ Michael Mann’s White-Collar Thrill Ride of Corporate Malfeasance

    By Tim Pelan   Few filmmakers can take a whistle-blowing dramatization of real life potentially dusty legal shenanigans…

3 years ago

‘Heat’ at 27: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre

Heat poster art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/   By Koraljka Suton   A guy told me one time, “Don't let…

4 years ago

Take It to the Limit One More Time:
Michael Mann’s ‘Miami Vice’

    By Tim Pelan   Michael Mann’s 2006 big screen revamp of 1980s groundbreaking TV show Miami Vice (Brandon…

5 years ago

‘Horror Implied, as Opposed to Explained… That’s Michael Mann’s Strength (Will)’—‘Manhunter’

Manhunter poster by Thomas Walker   By Tim Pelan   In 1986, Michael Mann’s Manhunter elevated schlock-horror to a thoughtful,…

6 years ago

L.A. Breakdown, a Hitman In Crisis: Michael Mann’s ‘Collateral’

    By Tim Pelan   When people think of Tom Cruise, what do they see? That shit eating grin,…

6 years ago

‘The Last of the Mohicans’: Michael Mann’s Riveting Love Story as the Formation of American Identity

  By Sven Mikulec   After a string of successes on television, having made a name for himself on projects…

6 years ago

‘Thief’ at 40: How Michael Mann’s Cinema Debut Stole the World’s Attention

    I started the film at 175 pounds and dropped to 150. We worked eighteen-hour days. This director, Michael…

7 years ago

The Uses of Disenchantment: How Michael Mann’s ‘The Keep’ Fell Into Neglect

  By Tim Pelan   In early 2016 BAMcinématek held a major retrospective of all Michael Mann’s filmography, throwing up…

7 years ago

Michael Mann’s ‘Heat’: A Complex, Stylistically Supreme Candidate for One of the Most Impressive Films of the Nineties

  By Sven Mikulec Michael Mann's crime thriller Heat was a project whose development path started all the way back…

8 years ago

Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’ unflinchingly stands as significant as ever

Rarely have we seen such an important film as Michael Mann's The Insider. The story of Jeffrey Wigand, a whistle-blower…

9 years ago