THE ORPHANAGE is a great example, and in its own way it is a reworking of BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING. Even though we see Laura's (Belén Rueda, superb) son Simón before he disappears, the idea that he might have been taken by ghosts becomes the notion that questions her sanity. But the clearest connection to the Preminger…

I enjoyed this movie more than most of Mann's output of late because I found the script to be quite clever, knowing how to own its more preposterous elements. The performances are great, and Mann has always had a way with texture and rhythm, but Stuart Beattie's screenplay has a fun premise that mostly holds together…