Christopher Nolan

Hoping for a diversion from existential angst, a friend and I went to see The Dark Knight. What ensued was not a diversion from the angst, but a pummeling further into its depths. The following commentary is in no way to be construed as currently topical, The Dark Knight having been out for a couple of months. It's just taken me this long to disentangle myself from the malevolence portrayed therein. Becoming inured to insupportable violence has become de rigueur for film viewing... Read Full Story

Director: Christopher Nolan Writers (WGA): Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) and Christopher Nolan (screenplay) ... more Release Date: 18 July 2008 (India) more Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller Tagline: Why So Serious? Plot: Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. Plot Keywords: Double Life | Concept Car | Heavy Rubber | Comic Hero... Read Full Story

Now now, let us not get ahead of things buddy. Not two days after wild rumors started circulating that Angelina Jolie was looking to play Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s third chapter of the Batman Begins series... Comes an even wilder rumor from out of the UK that Warner Bros. execs have begun eying top-notch actors Johny Depp and Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman for the roles of The Riddler and The Penguin in the next Bat-flick. DON’T DRINK THE KOOL-AID JUST YET. For every... Read Full Story

64% of Dark Knight moviegoers say they plan to see the movie again in the theater, according to a poll conducted this weekend by fandango. Sixty-two percent of those respondents said that Heath Ledger’s incredible performance is the factor that makes them want to see it a second time. I should probably preface this post with the fact that honestly, I’m not that much of a Batman fan. Growing up I enjoyed the Old Skool Batman movie with Michael Keaton, but since then I’ve had a hard time with... Read Full Story

In 1951, as the Red Scare began to grip America, Howard Hawk’s sci-fi classic The Thing From Another World showed how a group of people, facing an enemy it can’t begin to fathom, can be torn apart by fear and paranoia. Fifty-seven years later, as the Terrorism Scare rages on, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight does the same. Some films entertain, and some examine. The Dark Knight does both, and ultimately we’re asked to examine ourselves. A society facing a dark night of the soul is asked... Read Full Story