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When the #Barbenheimer hashtag emerged last summer, encouraging filmgoers to watch two radically different blockbusters as a double bill, Christopher Nolan’s epic study of atom bomb pioneer J Robert Oppenheimer appeared almost as an afterthought to the frothy, comedic doll-centred Barbie, its seriousness and three-hour length weighing it down. The box office battle – Barbie’s $1.4bn worldwide revenue convincingly defeating Oppenheimer’s $959.9m – appeared conclusive. But as the awards season nears its climax, Oppenheimer…

Christopher Nolan is expressing his gratitude for the Marvel movies. In a new interview with The New York Times, the Oscar-nominated director had nothing but praise for the superhero movies made by the MCU. (Also read: Christopher Nolan says Robert Downey Jr's turn as Iron Man is ‘one of the most consequential casting decisions’ ever) Christopher Nolan recently received an Oscar nomination for directing Oppenheimer.(AFP) ‘Thank God for Marvel movies’In the interview, Christopher Nolan was speaking about the…

Christopher Nolan has a habit of working with the same actors over and over again: the acclaimed director has worked with Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon twice, Christian Bale and Gary Oldman four times apiece. And, he's notably collaborated a whopping six times with Cillian Murphy, the star of not only his blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer but also Dunkirk, Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy. While Chris and Cill's professional "bromance" is undeniably impressive, it's actually the filmmaker's second longest-running…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChristopher Nolan has explained why his longtime collaborator Sir Michael Caine did not appear in his Oscar-nominated historical epic, Oppenheimer. The film, about the nuclear arms race, swept the Academy Award nominations this year, earning 13 nods in total. Irish actor Cillian Murphy, who played the “father of the atomic bomb“, J Robert Oppenheimer, is up for Best Actor, while Nolan…

Acclaimed filmmakers haven't been the biggest fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Legendary director Martin Scorsese has been outspoken with his controversial critiques (which he's since clarified) that superhero movies are "not cinema." Among other big-time directors who've been critical of superhero fare are  David Fincher, Roland Emmerich and David Cronenberg. One auteur pointedly doesn't consider himself part of that pool: Christopher Nolan. Of course, he helmed some of the best Batman movies of all time with his…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChristopher Nolan has explained why he was “little afraid” of Robert Downey Jr when they first met in the early 2000s during casting for Batman Begins. Downey Jr, 58, revealed earlier this month he had an interview with Nolan regarding his potential casting as the villain “Scarecrow” in the Dark Knight franchise. Instead, Nolan decided to cast Cillian Murphy, in a move that kicked off…

Oppenheimer to stream online soon (Photo Credit – IMDb) It has been seven months since Oppenheimer was released in theatres. The biographical drama film received rave reviews from the audience and critics alike. It is cited as one of the best films by filmmaker Christopher Nolan. In terms of numbers, the Nolan directorial also made a considerable collection worldwide. Many people couldn’t get enough of the spectacle that Oppenheimer was. Many saw it multiple times in theatres. Some have been waiting for the movie to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCillian Murphy has revealed that director Christopher Nolan typically sends one of his family members to drop off top-secret scripts for unreleased films.Nolan, the director of the Oscar-nominated film Oppenheimer, and Murphy, who stars in the title role, have worked together on six films. Each time, Nolan has made sure the scripts for the unreleased films are delivered to Murphy by…

Christopher Nolan has confirmed his position as a near-certainty for the best director Oscar after winning the top prize at the Directors Guild of America awards for Oppenheimer on Saturday.Nolan’s rivals for the award, voted on by members of the US’s premier guild for film and TV directors, included Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon and Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things. Greta Gerwig was also in the running for Barbie, having failed to secure an Oscar nomination, but Nolan was the strong favourite, having…

Taylor Swift’s new television special Sunday, aka Super Bowl LVIII, carried live from Las Vegas on CBS and Paramount+, came with a football game attached, a musical production number and a host of comedy sketches masquerading as commercials — and they said variety was dead!I have been asked here, however, to discuss only the commercials, which are granted a newsworthiness they rarely enjoy elsewhere in television, based entirely on their proximity to this one event, the big money involved and the big stars who pick up…