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Christopher Nolan loved Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, calls it “compelling at every turn” and a “gift to film fans”

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Masters of blockbuster bombast Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve shared the same views when it came to their movies being shown on anything other than the biggest screen possible, so it was always likely that their respective cinematic visions would chime with one another, and that has proven to be the case now that the […]

The Best Film Scores of 2020

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Hasitha Fernando on the best film scores of 2020… The film industry took a devastating hit due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and even as of yet we are seeing the ripple effect of it over a year later. Theatres closed down indefinitely, many tentpole release dates were pushed back and production activities came to […]

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2020

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The Flickering Myth writing team share our top ten movies of 2020… And so we come to the end of 2020 – a year which I’m sure virtually everyone is glad to see behind us. The past twelve months been a hugely difficult and trying time for all, what with events that have engulfed the […]

Christopher Nolan says Tenet’s summer theatrical release was Warner Bros.’ decision

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While the majority of studios moved swiftly to push back their releases into 2021, or even forego a theatrical release in favour of PVOD or streaming, Warner Bros. remained steadfast in its plans to bring Christopher Nolan’s Tenet to cinemas this past summer, coronavirus be damned. Prior to its release, Nolan’s film found itself tagged […]

Christopher Nolan says Tenet was inspired by Memento, reveals there’s a Tenet Easter egg in the film

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With Christopher Nolan’s time-inverted spy thriller Tenet releasing of DVD, Blu-ray, and digital platforms this week, the director has revealed the film was actually inspired by his 2000 breakout backwards-mystery thriller Memento. In an interview with  Complex, Nolan discussed how Tenet has been hinted at in his earlier work starting with Memento as well as revealing […]

Christopher Nolan worried that “studios are drawing the wrong conclusions” about Tenet’s box office underperformance

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When speaking to the Los Angeles Times, filmmaker Christopher Nolan opened about his recent film Tenet and its box office performance amid the global health crisis. There’s no denying the film, which brought in $50 million at the domestic box office and just about $350 million worldwide, didn’t perform as many expected. However, Nolan feels like […]

Tenet costume designer on the challenges of time inversion tailoring

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Jeffrey Kurland, the costume designer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, has discussed the challenges he faced tailoring the time inversion sequences. Tenet might be Christopher Nolan’s most complex film yet with time flowing backward and forwards and characters inverting themselves to witness events from a different perspective – it’s a lot to take on board. Tackling […]

Tenet star John David Washington wants a sequel: “I hope we get to explore more”

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While the film is underperforming at the box office in the States (and has grossed just $250 million worldwide amid the ongoing pandemic), Tenet’s leading man hopes to see more from the film’s universe. Actor John David Washington opened up to Esquire about wanting to see more from Christopher Nolan’s time-bending Tenet when asked if he […]

Tenet continues to struggle in the U.S., but passes $200 million worldwide

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Having been withholding numbers from rival studios, Warner Bros. has now announced that Christopher Nolan’s Tenet added just $6.7 million in North America in its second weekend, although a further $30.6 million from international markets helped push the film’s cumulative gross beyond the $200 million mark. In North America, Tenet has now grossed $29.5 million […]