MINHUNTER IS A 24-PART PROFILE OF MICHAEL MANN'S 1986 MYTH-MAKING, GENRE-DEFINING MASTERPIECE MANHUNTER. DO YOU SEE?
SCENE EIGHTEEN WITH PRISCILLA PAGE
"I feel like he's [Will Graham] one of the fictional characters that I relate to the most." The fantastic film critic and essayist Priscilla Page has brought her dictaphone and thick case files to perform the detective protagonist role for this MINHUNTER episode.
SCENE SEVENTEEN WITH PHILIP GAWTHORNE AND LIAM BILLINGHAM
“Michael Mann came to me in a dream." It's time to get silly and philosophical on MINHUNTER with the extraordinary Philip Gawthorne and Liam Billingham from Die Hard On A Blank.
SCENE SIXTEEN WITH JEN JOHANS
“Men sometimes have the most open conversations with you when they’re looking ahead; it’s not as scary.” Walk down the cereal aisle through MANHUNTER and get vulnerable with the fantastic author, critic and podcast host of the Watch With Jen Podcast - Jen Johans on MINHUNTER.
SCENE FIFTEEN WITH JEDIDIAH AYRES
“He embraces cringe like nobody...Nobody makes Michael Mann movies because they’re too scared to..." My dear friend, noir scholar and primo crime fiction head - Jed Ayres - cuts to the core of why we love Michael Mann on the latest MANHUNTER.
SCENE FOURTEEN WITH VERONICA FITZPATRICK
“Michael Mann films are for people who have been in love, which I really really appreciate.” The amazing educator, writer and podcast host Veronica Fitzpatrick, joins MINHUNTER to discuss the precision and the levity of one of MANHUNTER’s misdirections.
SCENE THIRTEEN WITH Rob Belushi and William Boyle
“What Michael Mann does...is [maintain] the dream, so hyper-realistic [and yet] living in a parallel consciousness of light and formation.” Rob Belushi and William “Bill” Boyle are prepared to lie to The Tattler for the greater good on MINHUNTER.
SCENE TWELVE WITH WITH MITCHELL BEAUPRE
"I was struck by how many images from MANHUNTER had stayed with me throughout the years.” Managing Editor at Letterboxd, physical media 'thirst-trapper' and all-around incredible film mind Mitchell Beaupre, logs MINHUNTER.
SCENE ELEVEN WITH CARLY SEVERN
“Those two fingers he’s raising ... he’s gone TURBO Chicago.” It’s been far too long since we had one of OHM’s greatest champions back on Mann's deep dive; the lovely (and turbo-charged) Carly Severn is ready to rush a document through the FBI head office for MINHUNTER.
SCENE TEN WITH JESS ELLICOTT
"My dream house is a Michael Mann murder victim house or a house in a DePalma movie." Pushing the Mann agenda on MINHUNTER, it's Australian film critic and programmer Jess Ellicott.
SCENE NINE WITH MICHAEL ROFFMAN
"I dream of MANHUNTER all the time." Fellow obsessive in arms, Michael Roffman, returns to our latest Mann deep dive MINHUNTER.
SCENE EIGHT WITH NILES SCHWARTZ
"One of the most rewatchable movies ever, and to quote @ZODIAC_MF - own age”. Author of Off the Map: Freedom, Control, and the Future in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies and my dear friend, Niles Schwartz, joins the MINHUNTER ranks.
SCENE SEVEN Pt. 3 WITH @RufusTSuperfly
"A scene that resonated with my students for decades." Audit the film studies class with one of the most hilarious, insightful and joy-sparking presences on Twitter (no, I will never call it X). The legendary @RufusTSuperfly, aka Tom Reagan's Hat, is on MINHUNTER.