Second Thoughts: Public Enemies

[Edited: 7/21/2012] The majority of mainstream critical opinion largely matched my initial reaction to Michael Mann's Public Enemies --...

Miami Vice

One of the first reviews I wrote for this blog was of Michael Mann's hotly contested 2006 opus Miami Vice . I've since taken it down...

Collateral

The best case for Michael Mann's visual genius can be made by comparing his depictions of Los Angeles in Heat , his most well-known and ...

Public Enemies

There may be no major Hollywood director as underrated as Michael Mann. Only Martin Scorsese can claim to capture America's seedy underw...

The Insider

Michael Mann deservedly earned himself a reputation as one of the preeminent action directors of the last 20 years, but that unfairly typeca...