The Black Dahlia Articles

Hilary Swank, Josh Hartnett in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia THE BLACK DAHLIA Review Part I Now, if Brian De Palma had set out to destroy Josh Hartnett's career as a leading man, he couldn't have done a better job. As the film's boxing-cop hero, the handsome and likable Hartnett is both badly lit and badly handled. Not surprisingly, the actor displays none of [...]

THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006) Direction: Brian De Palma Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Scarlett Johansson, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler Screenplay: Josh Friedman; from James Ellroy's novel Oscar Movies Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, The Black Dahlia THE BIG SNOOZE Stylized without being stylish, intricate without being intriguing, heavy without being dramatic. That pretty much sums up director Brian De Palma [...]

Scarlett Johansson in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia THE BLACK DAHLIA Review Part II 1940s Los Angeles: Two police officers, both former boxers, get ready to knock their brains out so the Los Angeles Police Department can get a little positive publicity. Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), known as Mr. Ice for his supposedly cool demeanor, has made a deal with gamblers to throw the [...]

2007 American Society of Cinematographers Awards American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) award 2007 feature-film nominations: January 11, 2007 2007 ASC award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 18, 2007 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Children of Men   Feature Films * Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC, (Children of Men) Dick Pope, BSC (The Illusionist) Robert Richardson, ASC (The [...]