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Directorial Vision vs Crowd Pleasing

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Tom Jolliffe on directorial vision vs crowd pleasing… We’ve all done it in our lives. The crowd leans a certain way and we adhere to that. Maybe it was in school. Oasis vs Blur (yes, I’m old). The consensus is Oasis, so you put Oasis in your tape deck to please everyone. Secretly though you’re […]

Matt Reeves talks The Batman, praises Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy

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As director Matt Reeves continues his press tour for War for the Planet of the Apes, the filmmaker is naturally getting a lot of questions regarding the status of his next big film, The Batman. Reeves recently spoke a few days ago about how he aims to make a noir-driven Batman film with a focus on the character’s emotions, and now […]

Dunkirk becomes Christopher Nolan’s most successful UK release

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Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk has become the acclaimed filmmaker’s most successful release of all-time at the UK box office, where it has grossed £56.4 million and counting. Dunkirk shot to the top of the box office in July, with the U.K. scoring the biggest Warner Bros. opening of 2017. It went on […]

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk passes $500 million at the worldwide box office

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Spurred on by an impressive opening in China earlier this month, Christopher Nolan’s latest film – the World War II epic Dunkirk – has sailed past the $500 million mark at the global box office, having grossed $508.3 million to date around the world. “Christopher Nolan has proven why he is regarded as one of the […]

Dunkirk to get the widest 70mm release in theaters in 25 years

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With Dunkirk just a couple weeks away, Warner Bros. has announced that Christopher Nolan’s latest film will be released in 70mm across 120 theaters, the highest number for the format in 25 years. 70mm is used for wide high-resolution film, once being a hallmark of the industry and used for big, cinematic films like Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur. Its […]

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk gets an extended TV spot

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With the release of Dunkirk fast approaching, Warner Bros. has unveiled a new extended TV spot for Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic, and you can watch it below… SEE ALSO: Dunkirk will be Christopher Nolan’s shortest film since Following “Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. […]

Producer vs. Director: The Case of Zack Snyder

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Pim Razenberg on the debate on creative differences between producers and directors… Creative differences. The clichéd answer to most break-ups between a studio and its directors. Recent examples of cases where “creative differences” were the cause of conflict are the departure of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the as-of-yet untitled Han Solo anthology film […]

Dunkirk will be Christopher Nolan’s shortest film since Following

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The official running time for Christopher Nolan’s hotly-anticipated World War II epic Dunkirk has been revealed, and the film will run for just 107 minutes. That is the shortest of his career since his 1998 directorial debut Following, and the first of his films to be below two hours since Insomnia in 2002. It’s also […]

Josh Hartnett explains why he passed on Batman Begins

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Josh Hartnett has the distinction of passing on the opportunity to play the three most iconic superheroes of all time, having turned down the leads in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, and Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. Speaking with the Associated Press (via The Playlist), Harnett has explained his decision to pass on the role […]