Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt,..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dunkirk

A harrowing new World War II classic

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Mark..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Following

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Darren Ormandy, Nicolas Carlotti, Jennifer Angel, Gillian..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Insomnia

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Memento

Christopher Nolan's breakthrough movie is a film noir thriller with a gimmick.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joe..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...ago to become a cultural phenomenon. Channeling D.C. Comics, Christopher Nolan, and campy Sixties television, The LEGO Batman Movie..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Man of Steel

This new Superman flies without a lot of emotional baggage, which is mostly a good thing though the character could stand a bit more dramatic heft.

"...Costner, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Harry Lennix, Christopher Meloni, Richard Schiff, Laurence Fishburne and Ayelet Zurer...."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...historical crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon and Christopher Nolan's own Atomic Age epic, Oppenheimer, lead the field..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ghajini

"...of a 2005 Tamil film, which was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento. In the romantic action thriller, a business..."

Dec. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brothers Quay

Influential animators honored with retrospective and Christopher Nolan doc

"...lives and art, "Quay," directed by none other than Christopher Nolan. Surely a night not to be forgotten soon,..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Interstellar

Majesty and mawkishness combine in Christopher Nolan's film about humans' last-ditch attempt to find a habitable planet in another galaxy.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prestige

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tenet

Time goes backward and forward these days …

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki,..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Transcendence

Wally Phister, the Oscar-winning Inception lenser, takes the directing reins for this sci-fi puzzler that stars Johnny Depp.

"...in this futuristic thriller from first-time director Wally Pfister, Christopher Nolan’s longtime cinematographer who won an Oscar for his..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Critics Association Calls Killers of the Flower Moon Top Film of 2023

But Oppenheimer dominates in multiple categories

"...the top award, it was a bountiful year for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which performed an almost perfect clean sweep..."

Jan. 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Reviews

Strikingly conceived and executed, with visual panache and diamond-hard portrayals from the leads, Memento is one to remember.

"...MementoD: Christopher Nolan; with Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Batman

A new, brilliant, and bleaker caped crusader

"...Batman marks a radical shift in direction, even from Christopher Nolan’s (comparatively) more grounded trilogy...."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...it's a pure classic: In the year of Brexit, Christopher Nolan got a major studio to finance a picture..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bigger and Better

The Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre completes digital conversion

"...us were The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. So we went the entire year without..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Cinema16: European Short Films

Some of the best directors working today, whether abroad in relative obscurity or amid the grimy existential zillion-dollar glitz of Gotham City

"...like Sweden's Roy Andersson or, in the case of Christopher Nolan, amid the grimy existential zillion-dollar glitz of Gotham..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

The Illustrated World at AFS Cinema's New Season of Animation

There’s more to animation than Disney and Miyazaki

"...and Polish stop-motion to create perfectly executed miniature nightmares. Christopher Nolan is a huge devotee (it's not hard to..."

July 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association 2008 Awards

The AFCA goes batty for the Batman

"...Best Director: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature

Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association loves it some bat

"...Best Film: The Dark Knight Best Director: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) Best Actor: Sean Penn (Milk)..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Blitz

Steve McQueen's history of the London air raids misses the target

"...film about Britain at war. Sam Mendez had 1917, Christopher Nolan had Dunkirk, and now Steve McQueen has Blitz...."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2023

"...big, bold, and beautiful film about the atom bomb. Christopher Nolan is the man...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2023

"...Best Director: Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Celine Song (Past Lives)..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

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