- Christopher Nolan’s most informative statement yet regarding the third part of his Batman trilogy. Yup, it’s definitely a trilogy.
- I didn’t thrill to Philip Palmer’s debut novel Debatable Space, but he’s always been an interesting blogger. Here, a rebuttal to John Scalzi, who has lately been arguing that Inglourious Basterds is not science fiction.
- The 83 year-old Kenneth Anger, author of Hollywood Babylon and director of the Magick Lantern Cycle, is interviewed by The Guardian. The new exhibition runs at Sprüth Magers London until 27 March. Aesthetica blogs about it.
- A heroic take-down of A Prophet at Cinema Scope.
- An extensive (negative) review of Avatar from Daniel Mendelsohn in The New York Review of Books. I’ll try to give the Avatar links a rest now, promise.
- The film that bested Cameron at the Oscars was Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, justly celebrated here at The Pinocchio Theory. Meanwhile, Armond White of the New York Press gives the Academy a thorough pasting. If you’ve never read White before, you are in for a world of fun and frustration. A little taster here.
- Variety has laid off, among other staffers, its film critic of 30 years, Todd McCarthy. Some possible reasons why are mulled over by Anne Thompson. Jim Emerson aggregates the reaction.
