Tenet didn't just fail to save cinema – it may well have killed it for good
Branded the saviour of cinema, Christopher Nolan’s time-travelling sci-fi turned out more of a sacrificial lamb – and has totally spooked the industryReleasing his lowest-grossing film since 2006’s The...
View ArticleNever-ending stories: from Bond to Galbraith, why is everything so long?
Films are bum-numbers, books are doorstoppers – even podcasts go on for hours. What’s behind the rise of cultural epics – and is it time someone gave them a trim? About halfway through Tenet, the...
View ArticleTenet up: listen, Christopher Nolan, we just can't hear a word you're saying
The Tenet director has dismissed critics of his poor sound mixing by blaming us for being too conservative. Why must he keep toying with our perception of sound? We’re all aware of the impossible...
View ArticleIn brief: The Nolan Variations; Paris By Starlight; Nat Tate – review
Tom Shone’s fascinating study of film director Christopher Nolan; a delightful adventure from Robert Dinsdale; and the story of William Boyd’s celebrated art world hoaxFaber, £30, pp381Continue reading...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan leads industry fury over Warner Bros' streaming move
Tenet director says studio’s decision to release its entire 2021 slate in the US simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max is ‘not how you treat film-makers’ Tenet director Christopher Nolan is leading...
View ArticleStreaming: Tenet and other time-travel films to lose yourself in
Christoper Nolan’s sci-fi conundrum joins that ‘intelligently daft’ branch of cinematic time-twisters designed to make your head hurtUsually in December, home entertainment columnists would be flooded...
View ArticleThe 2020 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's film picks of the year
Alongside our countdown of the best films of 2020, our chief film critic selects his favourite movies, directors and performances of the yearAs for everyone and everything else, this has been a...
View ArticleDamn right Tom Cruise is angry, but he’s not alone | Rebecca Nicholson
But was he right to let rip at his crew on Mission: Impossible for not social distancing?I know ’tis the season of goodwill to all men, but goodwill is in short supply and anger is everywhere. (Happy...
View ArticleDeath! Dancing! Drinking! The best movie moments of 2020
From an unusual first kiss to a horrifying shock death, Guardian writers pick their most impactful big screen bits of the yearSpoilers aheadDuring quarantine and its long, unending tail, my mind has...
View ArticleProminent film industry names sign letter asking for government support for...
Steve McQueen, Barbara Broccoli and Christopher Nolan join fellow film-makers and actors in call for more funding for large cinema chains hit hard by the pandemicA group of the film industry’s most...
View ArticleMemento at 20: Christopher Nolan's memory thriller is hard to forget
The ambitiously structured noir gave us an early sign of what was to come from the director who would go on to bigger, if not always better, thingsThe first time I encountered Memento, at the 2000...
View ArticleWhy Godzilla vs. Kong saved cinema, not Tenet
Christopher Nolan’s film baffled audiences – all they wanted in this most bewildering of years was to see a giant ape and a dinosaur going at it for 15 roundsIn any other year, Godzilla vs. Kong could...
View ArticleI love superhero movies. But can I sit through a four-hour-long director's...
Fans can finally watch Zack Snyder’s original vision for the Justice League – but can I really spend all afternoon in front of the TV?I have long been a fan of superhero films, which has made the last...
View ArticlePutting the dark into DC: what would Christopher Nolan’s Extended Universe...
The visionary director was discussed for DC’s Superman reboot. Instead we got Cavill, Affleck and an almighty messIt’s fantasy film-maker time. Imagine for a moment that the entire DC Extended Universe...
View ArticleScorsese, Nolan, Pike … giants of cinema unite to save Radio 4’s film show
A host of movie stars have signed a letter, published in the Observer, calling on the corporation to keep The Film ProgrammeRadio 4 executives know their listeners are known for reacting badly when the...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan to make drama about the ‘father of the atomic bomb’
The director will follow sci-fi adventure Tenet with a second world war film about J Robert Oppenheimer for Universal PicturesChristopher Nolan has confirmed that his next film will be a drama about...
View ArticleKapow! Our writers pick their favorite Batman movie
To celebrate the release of The Batman, Guardian writers have written about their all-time favorite Caped Crusader films from Adam West to Ben AffleckOf all the superheroes, DC Comics’ Batman is now...
View ArticleThe top 100 films… and what they say about our changing society
Offbeat British directors defying realist expectations fare well in poll, but Hitchcock dominatesIt is 2 May 1945 and an airborne RAF pilot is reciting poetry with the clipped delivery of the British...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan recreated nuclear explosion without CGI for new film
Director, who blew up a Boeing 747 for Tenet, has spoken of the challenges of practically recreating the atomic bomb test for OppenheimerChristopher Nolan has spoken of the challenges of showing an...
View ArticleThe best films of 2023 to look forward to
New movies from Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Sam Mendes, Greta Gerwig and Florian Zeller, among others, mean there’s a feast of cinema in the coming monthsMore from the 2023 culture previewThe best...
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