Michael Mann

Michael Mann is one of my favorite filmmakers, and Miami Vice and The Insider are among my favorite movies. If you have the time, check out this Museum of the Moving Image video essay series by Matt Zoller Seitz on Mann.

Parts one through three are up. Stay tuned for four and five.

http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/zen-pulp-pt-1-20090701
http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/zen-pulp-pt-2-20090703
http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/zen-pulp-pt-3-20090709

I've been a bit occupied. Haven't had a chance to see Public Enemies yet, but I'm pretty pumped.

Pretty pumped about Layover as well. We're in the home stretch!

Kwok

Cinereach and Sundance doing good things

$1.5 million grant for projects with themes that "that evoke global cultural exchange and social impact."

Variety article here.

Chris