Christopher Nolan

Metallica Through the Never Is One of the Great Concert Films

Questlove DJ Set at Hybird, Bastille Week, Memento Film Feast: What to Do This Week

Still nursing a holiday hangover and trying to fend off the heat? Here's a look at our favorite reasons to venture out this week, sure to keep you cool and cushion the blow of your post-long-weekend return to responsibility.

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

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

Brooklyn Film Festival 2013 Picks

Race 2: Action, as You'd Expect

Les Misérables Doesn't Dream Daringly

The Follies of 1832

Movie Violence Has Never Been Better—Or More Reckless

The way we die now

The Bourne Legacy: Who's the New Guy?

A feeling of Damonlessness clouds a franchise

The Dark Knight Rises: And I Sit Down To Review It

The summer's big old buzzy Dark Knight Rises has risen up at two hours and 44 minutes, and I'll be on CNN International tomorrow to talk about. But let me give you a little preview of my thoughts.

Self-Important, The Dark Knight Rises Feels Like Batman Forever

Why so serious?

This Week in the Voice: I Fought The Landlord

This week in the Voice, out today, Araceli Cruz and Steven Thrasher tell the tale of landlord Moshe Samovha's bad Upper Manhattan building and the lone resident who fought for better living conditions: "This is a landlord who has acted with impunity for decades, content to let the city repair his bo ... More >>

Air-Tight Security Around New Batman Film

Normally, reviews and mentions of a movie are embargoed by the film studio until a few days before the opening, but in the case of The Dark Night Rises, participating press have been warned by Warner Brothers to not tweet, review, or mention the film in any way until opening day (July 20)! There is ... More >>

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"Occupy Wall Street" Exploitation Examined By Olbermann and I

​On last night's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith and I chewed over the weird way TV and movie cameras have been diving onto Occupy Wall Street, from the Real World casting notice looking for activists to the alleged Dark Knight Rises flirtation with marching extras.

The Curious 21st-Century Decline Of Hype Williams

On Friday, a link to three-minute making-of video for a scrapped, Hype Williams-helmed clip of "XXXO" appeared on M.I.A.'s twitter. The footage shows M.I.A and a small group of dancers (including Beyoncé choreographer Jonté) painted head-to-toe and gyrating to the song's hissing, whirling beat. Th ... More >>

The Academy Awards: A Triumph for Oscar Mild

Year in Film: Hoberman's Top 10

Old timers, newcomers, and even Leo make the list

South Park Shamelessly Rips CollegeHumor Inception Parody, Apologizes Half-Heartedly

​The New York Times ArtsBeat blog managed something resembling an apology from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for lifting huge segments of dialogue for their Inception parody, which aired Wednesday, from CollegeHumor's "Inception Characters Don't Understand Inception," created ... More >>

Is Leonardo DiCaprio the New De Niro?

​Who ever thought that little Leonardo DiCaprio from Growing Pains would emerge as one of the most sought-after actors of his generation? After showing enough quirk appeal to get an Oscar nomination with What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, he developed into heartthrob material, almost making us bel ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Siren Fest and The Fake Retirement of Ted Leo

​Every summer, Coney Island gets taken over for a Saturday by a mass of incredible music, and the mass of fans who hop on the F or the Q to get to one of the furthest edges of Brooklyn to hear them. The best part? It's free, and it's ours: The Siren Fest is here again. This year's headliner? Mod-r ... More >>

This Week's Voice: M.I.A., Ted Leo, Marissa Paternoster, Early Indie Reissues, and More

Ted Leo, blowing a vuvuzela. Photo by Mark Hewko.​In this week's Village Voice, we get ready for Siren Festival by talking to Ted Leo about the rumors of his impending retirement (not true!), while Rob Harvilla attempts to sort through former Siren headliner M.I.A.'s new Maya, Chuck Eddy round ... More >>

The Dream Is Dead: Inception Fails to Get Inside Our Head

With Inception, Can Christopher Nolan Save the Summer?

The Ninth Annual Film Poll

Critics turn into optimists, pick WALL-E as year's best.

Shelved in fiction: 'Henry Paulson and the Toxic Assets'

Jonathan Lethem Week(s) Continues; Did You Hear the One About 'The Dark Knight?'

Pulp Fictions: Grant Morrison's Batman

The Dark Knight: Selling Tickets—and a Muddled Political Message

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster is also shilling a jumbled message of the paranoia of our age and the politics of fear.

Batman's Muddled Political Metaphors

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster is selling tickets—and a jumbled message on the paranoia of our age and the politics of fear

Heath Ledger Peers Into The Abyss in The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan's Batman returns, delivers the kick-ass goods

Queasy Rider

Nicolas Cage sells his soul for another Hollywood hit

That Old Black Magic

Memento director takes his bag of tricks to the Victorian era

'The Memory of a Killer'

Stranger With Candy

A decent Factory: Tim Burton's enjoyable Roald Dahl redux delves into Wonka weirdness

Caped Fear

A lapsed superhero fanatic suddenly finds himself living in a world of fantasists

Cape and Scowl

Batman and sobbin': Orphan grief and existential questions in a grim franchise retake

Days of Heaven

Waking Life

Under the Stars

J. Hoberman's Top 10

Persistence of Memory

Crouching Pussycats, Hidden Gems

Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

Amazed and Confused at Sundance

Troubled Buyers and True Believers

Past Masters and Possible Worlds

Venetian Finds

Following Up

A First-Time Director on His Stalking Picture

Shadow of a Doubt

World in Motion

Skin Flicks

Rotterdam Gets Racy