A look inside Oscar winner Heath Ledger's Joker diary from 'The Dark Knight'

Posted by · 9:46 am · May 31st, 2013

Precious hints at the actor’s process on an iconic performance.

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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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The Lists: Top 10 performances in comic book movies

Posted by · 11:44 am · May 1st, 2012

With “The Avengers” hitting theaters imminently and “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Dark Knight Rises” still to come, we look at the top portrayals of film’s comic book subgenre.

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Oscarweb Round-up: R.I.P. Jerry Robinson

Posted by · 7:09 am · December 9th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Joker creator Jerry Robinson passes, the NYT ponders whether Scott Rudin held “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” because of last year’s early “Social Network” peak and James Cameron gets sued over “Avatar.”

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