Public Enemies (2009)

Johnny Depp plays the outlaw John Dillinger in “Public Enemies.”
July 1, 2009
Seduction by Machine Gun
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: July 1, 2009

Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” is a grave and beautiful work of art. Shot in high-definition digital by a filmmaker who’s helping change the way movies look, it revisits with meticulous detail and convulsions of violence a short, frantic period in the life and bank-robbing times of John Dillinger, an Indiana farm boy turned Depression outlaw, played by a low-voltage Johnny Depp. Much of what makes the movie pleasurable is the vigor with which it restages our familiar romance with period criminals, a perennial affair. But what also makes it more than the sum of its spectacular shootouts is the ambivalence about this romance that seeps into the filmmaking, steadily darkening the skies and draining the story of easy thrills. More

Paul Krugman! Paul Krugman! Paul Krugman!

That ’30s Show
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 2, 2009

O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that? More

Is it just me?

Or are illegal immigrants Satan incarnate, while our Republican overlords who hire them, often at low wages, are the godlike entrepreneurs who keep this country going? More I'm so confused!

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Palin Resigns?

Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! What are we going to do if we don't have you around to make fun of?

Wait, there's Amy Klobuchar! “It’s important he go against the grain of his past career and really get to know the issues.” Link

And, for those o' us locals, there's always Our Favorite Suburban Wingnut: Michele Bachmann! Link In all honesty, I do wish they'd draft her. I'm sure she's too sour to bottle, but she'd be great toting a rifle in Afghanistan.

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