Every Christopher Nolan Film Ranked from ‘Batman’ to ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan, today’s most ambitious director, lets us have our cake and eat it too by mixing avant-garde daring and maximalist spectacle.
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‘The Odyssey’ Rocks the Boat of History
Christopher Nolan’s “blank check” epic, The Odyssey, is a curiously bold, dark, and surprising take on the dangerous ways in which we create history.
My Most Anticipated Films of 2026
As surely as “Dumpuary January” follows the fall awards season, a new year brings a slew of anticipated films. If the industry is in trouble, nobody has told these directors.
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: ‘Interstellar’ at 10 Resonates
Although it aims to portray humanity’s future, sci-fi film Interstellar‘s message – that our greatest asset and liability is ourselves – resonates in our times.
The Best Films of 2023
Our best films of 2023 include A-listers exploring new ground or new wrinkles in the familiar, lesser-knowns of singularly surprising work, and gut-punch comedies.
Six Neo-Noir Films That Mark the Genre
Nihilistic undertones shade these six neo-noir films, which remain loyal to the classical era’s hard-boiled moral obliviousness
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Bombs
Like the atomized color in Seurat’s pointillism, Nolan uses a non-sequential progression of meanings to create a larger picture in Oppenheimer. Unfortunately, this method leaves viewers seeing a lot of dots.
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Detonates Moviemaking’s Limits
Christopher Nolan’s latest juggernaut Oppenheimer is an earth-shattering study of modern politics and governance that redefines what filmmaking can be.
The 35 Best Films of 2010
The best films of 2010 include a fake documentary, a comedy about Jihad, a vampire story NOT dealing with tacky tween romance, a haunting hillbilly noir, and an elegant tale about clones. Not necessarily the usual cinematic suspects.
‘Memento’ Is the Movie of the Attention Economy
We are afraid of time, and so like Leonard in Memento, we kill it, compulsively and indiscriminately.
How Hollywood Saved Itself (Again) at the Summer 2017 Box Office
The Summer Box Office of 2017 does not represent the death of the Hollywood. It simply represents the changing face of Hollywood accounting.
Making Movies to Survive in ‘The Wolfpack’
The Wolfpack is less about the power of movie consumption and more about the power of movie creation.