What a year it has been. I really feel like I need a long break. They said Covid was over, but it was not. It’s still here and it’s still not nice. Fuck Covid! But I guess one’s treatable Covid pales in comparison to whole countries ravaged by war, which seems to be the evil … Continue reading 2023 – Another Year in Film
Tag: Christopher Nolan
Tenet and the Art of the Invisible
Tenet (2020, Christopher Nolan), despite its many flaws, is a highly polished piece of Hollywood blockbuster machinery that allows us to take a step back and consider what happens when a major cinematic gear isn’t working. Plot The plot of Tenet is a complex intellectual puzzle. If you are really interested in knowing more about … Continue reading Tenet and the Art of the Invisible
The Three Reviews: Dunkirk (2017 Christopher Nolan)
‘…full historical disclosure be damned…’ The mastermind behind Memento and those latter day Batman movies, Christopher Nolan, takes on his first significant British-centred film (it’s his country of birth after all) and there is an inescapable tinge, or should I say cringe, of Union Jack waving at work here – very inappropriate timing one must … Continue reading The Three Reviews: Dunkirk (2017 Christopher Nolan)