Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024

“Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.

After passing over arguably Hollywood’s foremost big-screen auteur for years, the...

Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024

Christopher Nolan won the marquee feature prize at the 76th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards on Saturday night (2/10) for Oppenheimer.

This makes Nolan the frontrunner to win the Best Director Oscar. Only eight times over the past 75 years has the DGA Award winner not gone...

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with "Oppenheimer." But "Tenet" was still on his mind.

The palindromic spy thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson was released at a tricky time during the pandemic, when many theaters were open internationally...

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, "Oppenheimer," landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday. Emma Thomas, Nolan's wife and producing partner, roused him after a flurry of congratulatory messages came through on her phone.

"Don't take it as being blase," Nolan...

Friday, Jan. 19, 2024

Thousands of cinema lovers, Hollywood celebrities, industry executives and filmmakers from around the world have arrived in a very snowy Park City, Utah, for 10 days of movie watching.

The 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, the world's premier showcase for independent film,...

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024

The field of feature film nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2023 are Greta Gerwig for Barbie, Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things...

Monday, Dec. 11, 2023

Early honors in Hollywood's unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song's tender relationship drama "Past Lives," Jonathan Glazer's piercing Holocaust film "The Zone of Interest" and Martin Scorsese's sprawling Osage murders epic "Killers of the Flower Moon."

But a...

Friday, Dec. 1, 2023

Editor Jennifer Lame, ACE described the script for writer-director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) as being inspiring and stressful at the same time.

“I loved the script when I read it,” related Lame, noting that it felt “magical” and “so special.” Lame added...

Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023

Impossible is often just a starting point on a Christopher Nolan film and "Oppenheimer,"about the father of the atomic bomb, was no exception. In fact, it's often where inspiration was born.

During one especially stressful stretch, filmmakers lost their White House set five days before...

Friday, Nov. 17, 2023

Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) is the eighth consecutive film on which visual effects house DNEG has collaborated with director Christopher Nolan. Andrew Jackson--the overall production visual effects supervisor on Oppenheimer, and a DNEG mainstay--has worked on the last four...

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