Christopher Nolan

Pleasure in the Rubble: Why the Summer's Last, Smallest Blockbuster Was Its Best

In Man of Steel, There's Greatness in the Superman Origin Story

You'll believe a man can fly -- and is mostly worth watching

What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion

Les Misérables Doesn't Dream Big Enough

The Beats Go On: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event movies to see in L.A. Friday, Nov. 30 The Beat generation -- or, as Cinefamily puts it, the "O.G. hipsters" of the 1950s -- is a pretty tough group to beat. They smoked, drank and wandered aimlessly, all while producing literature that through the decades has avoide ... More >>

Movie Violence Has Never Been Better. But Here's the Problem...

Part of the renascent body-count action industry, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning mere existence might shock many Americans. "There are four Universal Soldier movies?" those shocked Americans would say. They might also be taken aback by the bracing violence that marks the film from stem to stern ... More >>

Watching All of the Wachowskis' Movies For the Sake of Watching All of the Wachowskis' Movies

At around the four-minute mark of my first viewing of the Cloud Atlas trailer, as the M83 track swelled to its bursting point and a hoverbike darted through future-Korea, I remember e-mailing and GChatting at least a dozen friends with a link to the preview and my take: "Holy Shit." Naturally, ever ... More >>

Death, Anime and More Death: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

This week's list is especially for horror lovers. Friday, Oct. 26 Feeling the autumn blues (by L.A. standards, anyway)? Soak up some inspiration from Seeds of Resiliency, an indie flick that spotlights an assorted mix of people, from the Guinness World Record holder for performing flips in his whe ... More >>

The Ethics of Superhero Gun Use: Why Indy Does It in Raiders of the Lost Ark But Batman Doesn't in Dark Knight Rises

For all his doom and gloom, Batman isn't exactly an antihero--a point that's worth bringing up right now because another, less tortured hero can currently be found on IMAX screens across Los Angeles: ... More >>

Bourne Legacy Review: Sequel Suffers From Damonlessness

Dark Knight Rises Review

Self-important and overstuffed, The Dark Knight Rises feels like Batman forever

IMAX or Lie-MAX? Where to Actually See The Dark Knight Rises on the Biggest Screen Possible

The good news is that we have two legit IMAX locations to choose from (three if you count the California Science Center, which specializes in nature documentaries and the like): Universal CityWalk and Collaborator Review: Character Actor Martin Donovan Makes Directorial Debut

Spike Lee on Shooting in His Favorite Borough for Red Hook Summer

Lee talks making the very indie Red Hook Summer

Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling

Oscar Mild

'90s mavericks may have bum-rushed the establishment, but the more the Oscars change, the more they stay the same

Psssst ... Wanna See Lemmy's Nipple?

You know you wanna: Lemmy's nipple (just one click away...)​It's Friday, you're in the office and we know what you're thinking: "Shit--I have this weird urge to see a non-photoshopped cheescake shot of Lemmy Kilmister that shows some discreet nipple." What do you mean that's not what you were ... More >>

Grim and Grimmer

Inception: Dream Weaver

With his latest mind-boggler, can Christopher Nolan save the summer?

We Are the Mods, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

Also, Inception, Predators, Kisses

Edgar Wright and J.J. Abrams in Discussion at LAFF 2010

© Universal PicturesMichael Cera wields the flaming sword of geek chivalry in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World​ At this year's Los Angeles Film Festival, there has been plenty for the genre crowd to get excited about, from last week's Christopher Nolan conversation to the upcoming ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Ghajini, Let Them Chirp Awhile

The 10 (or 17) Best Films of 2008

Coming soon to a theater, er, HDTV near you

Film Poll 2008: WALL-E World

The little robot that could tops another chart

That's Not All, Folks: PBS Tackles The Warner Bros. Story

Brando? Check. Bogart? Check. But the American Masters segment could have used more from the studio's most successful film, The Dark Knight

Thank God It's the End of Summer!

(Annual rant)

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight: Batman Continues

Heath Ledger cements his legend playing nemesis to Christian Bale's Gotham City hero

Movie Reviews: Kabluey, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Meet Dave

Also, Homo Erectus, Garden Party and more

Christian Bale and the Art of Extreme Acting

What won’t the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

Welcome to The Grand Illusion

The Prestige plumbs the depths of magic and loss

It Ain’t Easy Bein' Blue

Bryan Singer offers a loving homage to the ghosts of Supermen past

He’s Still Here

Friday at the Bowl with Steve

Who Was That Masked Man?

Christopher Nolan’s Batman begins with flesh and bone

Freaks, Geeks and Entrepreneurs

There’s more than one way to dance in Park City

Time, Movement, Space, Memory

Structuralist classics screen at LACMA

Eyes Wide Open

No rest for the wicked in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia

In the Mood for Wong Kar-wai

The year’s best films

Something To Forget Me By

Memory and Memento

Time-Warped

The high cost of forgetting in Memento and The Legend of Rita

True Believers

High art and low commerce at the Sundance Film Festival

The Secret Sharer

Christopher Nolan's smart Following

Hypeless in Toronto