I know, I know, you’re jaded. You’ve seen it all in hundreds, nay, thousands of movies. War movies, survival movies, hanging-on-by-the skin-of-your-teeth movies, abandon-hope movies, never-lose-hope movies. You’ve also seen admirable or despicable actions from soldiers, officers, and ordinary civilians. But trust me, you have never seen all of that brought together in a package such as Christopher ... more >
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“Dunkirk”
A unique movie experience
Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles and Tom Hardy
Directed by Christopher Nolan
In Dunkirk, England Wins World War II. Again.
Cooler heads prevailed
Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles and Tom Hardy
Directed by Christopher Nolan
For "Dunkirk" Christopher Nolan cast the puppy-eyed lead singer of One Direction, Harry Styles, as a British soldier during the famed 1940 evacuation. This is entirely appropriate. I say this because the British Army fought World War II with the ferocity of a boy band. I don’t understand why the British feel such a reflex to celebrate it. Here’s a trip down the the pathway of British military ... more >
INTERSTELLAR
Curiously fulfilling
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain
Directed by Christopher Nolan
The first thing to remember about “Interstellar” –Christopher Nolan’s fantastically-loopy apocalyptic father-daughter space saga is its nature as a scientific parable. Nolan, along with his brother and screenwriter Jonathan, are attuned to how scientific theory and discovery open new possibilities for story structure and mythic storytelling. In fact, the term “wormhole” in space comes from ... more >
Man of Steel
The superhero genre gets the Nolan treatment again
Henry Cavill and Amy Adams
Directed by Zack Snyder
I think we can all agree that whoever says blockbuster doesn't necessarily mean subtlety and intelligence. That's a fact. On the other hand, he who speaks "Christopher Nolan" speaks resurection, restoration and myth reinvented. "The Dark Knight" trilogy behind him, Nolan has been re-emerging as producer and screenwriter, on "Man of Steel," which to have added some zest and some pep. And who better ... more >
The Dark Knight Rises
Disguised as entertainment it feel like a foreboding prophecy
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard
Directed by Christopher Nolan
UPDATE - Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims of the Denver theater shooting. We were saddened by this tragic event. If “Inception“ found Christopher Nolan debating whether to surrender, Tarkovsky-like, the real world for the deepest levels of imagination, “The Dark Knight” Rises finds him already having taken the plunge. Where would you rather be as a musclebound ... more >
NEW DARK KNIGHT RISES TRAILER RELEASED
Next in line of the D.C. Comics franchise
"I'm Gotham's reckoning," the joker (played by Tom Hardy) says under his weird WWII-styled gas mask. That's enough to make any Marvel Comics fans drunk with joy. A brand-new trailer of The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Brothers) has been released today, sending tremors through Gotham City. Dark Knight Rises was directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ann Hathaway, ... more >
Tree of Life HOW-TO Guide on Youtube
For the less philosophically inclined
As Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," which opened in major cities at the end of last month, is getting ready for its nationwide rollout, a how-to featurette has been released by distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures in the hopes that it will help shepherd the meditative film across the dusty trails that await. Because in order for a movie to make money, as Mike Fleming of Deadline New York ... more >