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movies.nytimes.com - 7/18/2008

Movie Review | 'The Dark Knight': Showdown in Gotham Town

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Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, “The Dark Knight” goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind. >

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Times ' Dark Knight Review [The Cinema]
Gawker — ... "Mr. Ledger's death might have cast a paralyzing pall over the film if the performance were not so alive... He’s just a clown painted on black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece." [Times] ...

Spotlight on the Bat-Pod
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed — ... , Popular Mechanics gets the lowdown on how the Bat-Pod was created. Director Christopher Nolan and production designer Nathan Crowley assembled the vehicle "after picking through junkyards, a local Home Depot and (a) surprisingly hands-on garage." Meanwhile, Dark Knight continues to rack up the positive reviews, and I hope you've already secured your tickets for the weekend. (Is anyone going to those 6 a.m. screenings?) The New York Times calls it "darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind." So far the most negative criticism I've seen has ...

The Dark Knight : The Movie's Out, The Reviews Are In, And Heath Ledger Is Amazing [Critical Mass]
Jezebel — ... : The Joker is more than wild. It's a tribute to the power of Heath Ledger's transcendent performance in The Dark Knight (* * * * out of four) that we can watch him, transfixed and deeply unsettled by the character's creepiness, laugh at his comic menace, and still manage to block out thoughts of the actor's tragic and untimely death. This is a career-making performance if ever there was one. Too bad it was a career-ending one as well. The New York Times : The new Batman movie isn’t a radical overhaul like its predecessor, which is to be expected of a film with a large price ...

‘Space Chimps’: the ‘Times’ Takes a Courageous Stand
Vulture — ... Hidden away in today's Times arts coverage, deep in the section behind Manohla Dargis's review of The Dark Knight ("Goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind") and ...

Weekend Movie Forecast: The Dark Knight or Space Chimps?
Gothamist — ... , but Manohla Dargis at the Times got it right: “No matter how cynical you feel about Hollywood, it is hard not to fall for a film that makes room for a shot of the Joker leaning out the window of a stolen police car and laughing into the wind, the city’s colored lights gleaming behind him like jewels. He’s just a clown in black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece.” ( ...

Some light for the current dark tidings. Some Reygadas.
VINYL IS HEAVY — How about a bit of counter programming? After yesterday's noon:forty-five viewing of everybody's favorite thing to talk about right now, I needed some stillness, some light, some reserve, some duration, some real matter, some water. You know, some good old timey long take mise-en-scene. Phew! However: I'll be seeing big fussy over there in the multiplexes again, probably (I ...

The Dark Knight: and The Ladies (Room)
Movies et al. — ... And those very gals, after silently praying that the Joker will die or Batman will retire or everyone will just perish en masse and the movie will end, tend to be seated in the centers of theater rows." I have a had time even taking this argument to pieces. It's so stupid, and has already been so savaged, that it seems pointless. I'll do it anyway, but my heart's not in it. 1. Women can't handle The Dark Knight? I'm sorry, I didn't realize that. I must have been mistaken ...

L.A. Dispatch: A DVD Boost for 'The Dark Knight' Campaign
Carpetbagger — ... and critical darling . Customers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. purchased 3 million copies of “The Dark Knight” on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, the first day in stores. For a title to sell 1 million copies in a single day is considered strong. Sales of next-generation Blu-ray discs alone totaled 600,000 on the first day, leading Warner Brothers to project Blu-ray sales will total 1 million by Saturday. In a surprise, Blu-ray sales were especially strong at grocery stores, indicating that the format is broadening beyond early adopters to more mainstream buyers, notably ...

Best Pic: Sweating the Dark Knight
Awards Daily's Oscar Countdown — ... eventually decides, and they could opt out this time around, there is no mistaking the deep and lasting impact of this film.  Said Ebert, “In his two Batman movies, Nolan has freed the character to be a canvas for a broader scope of human emotion. For Bruce Wayne is a deeply troubled man, let there be no doubt, and if ever in exile from his heroic role, it would not surprise me what he finds himself capable of doing.” And then there’s the Joker.  Writes Dargis: No matter how cynical you feel about Hollywood, it is ...

Oscar Predictions!
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... WHAT I THINK SHOULD WIN: I’ve always been a Winslet fan, so I’m happy with her. I don’t feel strongly about any of the others. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR * Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features) * Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) * Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax) * Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) * Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” ...

'Hurt Locker' Nabs Some Critical Love
Carpetbagger — ... please.) And in the animated category, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” bested Pixar’s “Up.” Though surely someone will pontificate, or at least tweet, about how a dwindling group of mainly old-school writers prefer the handmade to the digitized, the Bagger is not going to read too much into this. The L.A. critics, the Baguette points out, do not have a great track record in predicting eventual Oscar winners, or even nominees: Last year they awarded “ Wall-E” best film ( “The Dark Knight” was the runner up) and Sally Hawkins as best actress; though ...