Director – Todd Phillips – 2019 – US – Cert. 15 – 122m****1/2 Put on a happy face. Batman spin-off is a remarkable origin story / character study of one of that franchise’s great villains – in cinemas from Friday, October 4th Arthur Fleck lives in a cramped apartment with his ageing single parent mother and […]
Director – Christopher Nolan – 2008 – US – Cert. 12a – 152m ***** If you see The Dark Knight in an ordinary cinema rather than IMAX 70mm, you haven’t seen it at all – review originally published in Third Way in 2008. The Caped Crusader is as significant a figure in the media landscape […]
Director – Tim Burton – 1989 – US – 12 – 126 mins **** Batman amalgamates Blade Runner, Brazil, Star Wars and Vertigo while giving more screen time to its villain than its title character – UK release: August 11th, 1989 “What kind of a world is this where a man in a bat costume […]