MINHUNTER IS A 24-PART PROFILE OF MICHAEL MANN'S 1986 MYTH-MAKING, GENRE-DEFINING MASTERPIECE MANHUNTER. DO YOU SEE?

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SCENE TWENTY FOUR WITH KATIE WALSH

"MANHUNTER is aesthetically distinct, but it's all of [Michael Mann's] themes." It seemed a fitting and suitably laugh-filled end MINHUNTER to recruit the insanely talented and hilarious Tubbs to my Crockett, Katie Walsh, to reminisce about beach life, bad haircuts and William Petersen's beautiful gams.

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SCENE TWENTY TWO WITH JORDAN HARPER

"This is the single best mystery reveal scene in the history of the medium." One of America's greatest crime authors, an unparalleled storytelling mind, and one of my most cherished friends - Jordan Harper - is here; strap yourselves in fellow MINHUNTER detectives - you owe him awe.

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SCENE TWENTY ONE WITH TRAVIS WOODS

"The cine-grammar of this movie is pure art-deco detective noir in these broad strokes." We have arrived at seeing MANHUNTER, just as Michael Mann has intended, and I have arrived at seeing one of the best to do it - Travis Woods - bringing his truly gifted and immense film mind to bear on MINHUNTER.

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SCENE TWENTY WITH BRENDAN HODGES

"A dreamy, surreal, at times nightmarish film, that disobeys conventional narrative forms all the time." Insights like that, spouted so effortlessly from another One Heat Minute Hall of Famer, Brendan Hodges, made him an essential expert to consult with evidence of Mann's greatness on MINHUNTER.

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SCENE NINETEEN WITH ROXANA HADADI

"Can you ever understand another person?" That's right, my legendary friend Roxana Hadadi, comes to answer the biggest question of Michael Mann's work in the latest episode of MINHUNTER.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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