Revisiting the Dark Knight trilogy and its impact on the evolving style of Christopher Nolan
Nearly a decade later, which entry in the Dark Knight trilogy holds up best?
Clockwise from top: Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins; Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises; Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight Screenshot: Warner Bros.
For the second installment in our month-long series on the films of Christopher Nolan, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife revisit the blockbuster comic-book franchise that made him one of the world’s most celebrated directors. Nearly a decade later, which entry in the trilogy holds up best? And how did this particularly operatic take on the caped crusader shape both the future of big-budget moviemaking and Nolan’s own style?