Christopher Nolan talks Bond, Heath Ledger and his 'Dark Knight' trilogy at Lincoln Center

Posted by · 8:12 am · November 29th, 2012

“The Dark Knight Rises” director Christopher Nolan stopped by the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater Wednesday night for one of the Film Society’s “An Evening with…” events. Scott Foundas moderated the discussion, which didn’t focus on Nolan’s full career, but rather, his experience with the character of Batman across a trilogy of films that has changed the landscape of blockbuster filmmaking and, indeed, the awards race itself.

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The Lists: Top 10 things Christopher Nolan got right with his Batman trilogy

Posted by · 12:21 pm · July 24th, 2012

How the franchise nailed the mythos.

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Christopher Nolan on composer Hans Zimmer's contribution to his 'Dark Knight' saga

Posted by · 9:23 pm · July 23rd, 2012

There is one element of “The Dark Knight Rises” that I think is more accomplished than anything else in the franchise, one thing I thought they got more right here than in either “Batman Begins” or “The Dark Knight.” And that was Hans Zimmer’s magnificent, epic score.

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'The Batmobile' documentary to air on The CW

Posted by · 12:35 pm · July 16th, 2012

Take look back at the Dark Knight’s wheels over the years.

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The 'Dark Knight Rises' Oscar talk begins

Posted by · 11:51 pm · July 12th, 2012

And here…we…go!

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My favorite Oscar win: Anton Furst and Peter Young for 'Batman'

Posted by · 9:40 am · February 22nd, 2012

The spring and summer of 1989 were dominated by a solitary image — the Batman logo — plastered on lunch boxes, hats, posters, anything marketable. It was a beautiful image, a painting by Anton Furst, in fact, boldly stretched across the film’s one-sheets and cut off on the sides, indicating that, indeed, this film would be big, too big even for the poster.

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