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NO other film-maker has explored the psyches of people caught in extreme circumstances with the dominating consistency and cinematic power of acclaimed American director, Michael Mann writes Conor Nolan .

Public Enemies director Michael Mann often blurs the line between the good guys and the bad in the moral crossfire between cops and robbers.

There's a scene in 'Public Enemies' where notorious 1930s bank robber John Dillinger is trying to persuade nightclub coat-check girl Billie Frechette to take off with him even though they've just met.

Michael Mann, the son of Jack and Esther Mann and the director and co-writer of "Public Enemies," grew up all around Chicago.

For The Herald Bulletin ANDERSON - When attending a new film directed by a filmmaker whose work is well-known and universally touted, it is nearly impossible not to compare that shiny new product to past craftsmanship.

The Ice Mann Cometh: Public Enemies showcases its director's skills - but does it have a warm heart? By Scott Renshaw Michael Mann deserves major gratitude from me for one thing above all else: Thanks to him, I finally understand what apparently frustrated so many people about Stanley Kubrick.

Johnny Depp is John Dillinger, foremost among "Public Enemies." Public Enemies R: violence, language; 2:23 Stylish director Michael Mann delivers a bombshell of a period piece in " Public Enemies ." He stars Johnny Depp as 1930s gangster John Dillinger , the Robin Hood-style thief with a crooked smile and a way with the press.

Johnny Depp arrives as John Dillinger in theaters nationwide Wednesday. Clint O'Connor ranks the top-ten gangster films.

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale star 1930s-style thriller Public Enemies, with the FBI, gangsters and whistleblowers Ryan Gilbey Nothing concentrates the attention like watching a film in the presence of its director.

Michael Mann. Michael Mann: Seeing history through Dillinger's eyes / / / June 24, 2009 by Roger Ebert Michael Mann saw the Biograph Theatre at 2433 N. Lincoln for the first time while riding past it on a streetcar when he was 8 or 9. His mother Esther told him, 'That's the old Biograph Theatre where they killed Dillinger." She took a bow from the ...

GumSpirits Productions, a film company based in Portland, Maine, will release its latest feature, Three Priests nationwide on June 30th.

Irish writer Ronan Bennett talks to Killian Fox about working on Public Enemies with his hero Michael Mann Sunday, 21 June 2009 Ronan Bennett, the Irish author of Zugzwang and writer of acclaimed TV film The Hamburg Cell, saw his first Michael Mann movie, The Jericho Mile, at the Scala in King's Cross in 1979.

The terrifically readable webzine Obit has a new piece on " the 10 Greatest Movie Death Scenes ." Any list that covers both Fredo Corleone and the Wicked Witch of the West is okay by me, but the comment section acknowledges that writer Kevin Nance has barely scratched the surface here.

Curly-haired Irish player Colm Meaney, perhaps best known to American audiences as Chief Engineer Miles O'Brien on the hit syndicated series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", has had a long and varied career in features, as.... Curly-haired Irish player Colm Meaney, perhaps best known to American audiences as Chief Engineer Miles O'Brien on the hit ...

"The Unbound Captives", to be directed by American actress Madeleine Stowe from her own script, will roll at the end of this year on locations in New Mexico and New Zealand.

What's the craziest thing you've ever done? Madeleine Stowe probably has you beat.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman is set to reunite with Rachel Weisz, his co-star from "The Fountain," for a new period drama called "Unbound Captives." Variety.com said the 19th century America-set movie was written and will be directed by actress Madeleine Stowe.

Caption: Madeleine Stowe Picture goes out to get herself an ice cream Los Angeles, California .... Actress MADELEINE STOWE is to step behind the camera to direct her own movie UNBOUND CAPTIVES - and she has tempted stars including HUGH JACKMAN, RACHEL WEISZ and ROBERT PATTINSON to join the project.

Approaching the Allegro Bar in the Hotel Taschenbergpalais in Dresden, Germany, the first thing one notices is the blue neon script above the doorway spelling out the bar's name; then, inside, one's gaze is drawn by a big green neon cactus on the far wall.

Public Enemies The stars: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Marion CotillardThe director: Michael MannThe plot: The government mobilizes to take down the charismatic faces behind the bank-robbery/organized-crime explosion of the '30s - including John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson.Hot or ...