Precious hints at the actor’s process on an iconic performance.
A look inside Oscar winner Heath Ledger's Joker diary from 'The Dark Knight'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:46 am · May 31st, 2013
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Christopher Nolan talks Bond, Heath Ledger and his 'Dark Knight' trilogy at Lincoln Center
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 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 Kristopher Tapley · 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 Kristopher Tapley · 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 Kristopher Tapley · 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 Kristopher Tapley · 11:51 pm · July 12th, 2012
And here…we…go!
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Tech Support: Lindy Hemming on dressing Bond… and Bane
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:53 am · June 19th, 2012
The Oscar-winning costume designer is curating a London exhibition of 007 designs.
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License to brood: James Bond and Batman wrestle internal and external demons
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:10 pm · May 20th, 2012
What do our broodingly complex contemporary heroes have to say about our modern vision and version of “the ideal?”
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The Lists: Top 10 performances in comic book movies
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 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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My favorite Oscar win: Anton Furst and Peter Young for 'Batman'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 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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Oscarweb Round-up: R.I.P. Jerry Robinson
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 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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Oscarweb Round-up: End of an Oscar era?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:04 am · November 11th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Steve Pond calls this week an “end of an era” for the Oscars, Bill Nighy discusses “Arthur Christmas” across the pond and Ricky Gervais offers Hollywood a “2 for 1” offer on hosting the Globes and the Oscars.
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Cinejabber: Sometimes Batman just really wants to catch the Joker
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:21 am · October 1st, 2011
Open thread. The floor is yours.
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