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Body Odyssey opens on Mona immersed in ritualized training, each clang of iron and hiss of steroids marking her devotion to a form that exceeds usual human scale. We meet her through a clinical lens—long takes of muscle fibers contracting, close‑ups of injected syringes—yet beneath this precision lies a surreal undercurrent, as if we’ve stepped into an experimental French New Wave gym.

Mona’s quest for the Miss Body Universe crown drives every scene. Early moments anchor us in her disciplined routine: dawn lifts, calorie counts, whispered self‑affirmations. As her regimen intensifies, the film shifts structure, intercutting her present labors with flickering memories of solitude and brief encounters with Nic, the younger man whose fleeting warmth unsettles her equilibrium. These nonlinear glimpses of longing fracture the narrative, inviting us to assemble Mona’s psyche from shards of image and sound.

Tricarico stakes her claim in body‑horror–tinged cinema,...

Guy Pearce. The man, the myth, the heartthrob. You know him from Memento and The King’s Speech, stealing scenes like it’s his day job. But what’s the scoop off-screen? Married? Kids? Oh, and did someone spot a sneaky wedding ring in his hand?

Before you dive into another rewatch of LA Confidential, let’s talk about the actor’s love life. Pearce has been through it all: a decades-long marriage, a shocking split, and now, a rock-solid romance with a co-star you probably binge-watched on HBO (Game of Thrones).

Guy Pearce in Memento (Credits: Pathé)

And if you think that’s all, wait until you hear how becoming a dad flipped his world upside down. But still got fans questioning his relationship status. Spotted on the red carpet with a suspicious silver ring, he has us all playing detective. Stick around as we dig into his past, present,...

“Uppercut” arrives as an American remake of Torsten Reuther’s German film Leberhaken (2021), stepping into the well-worn ring of underdog sports dramas with its own cultural twist. Here, Toni Williams—a determined young German—settles in New York City, intent on proving herself in the boxing world. The film alternates between her first night pleading for training in Elliott’s dimly lit gym and her later life as a confident manager guiding a rising fighter.

Reuther makes his English-language debut behind the camera, writing and directing with a clear affection for intimate character studies. Luise Großmann (billed as Luiii) brings a raw earnestness to Toni’s relentless drive, while Ving Rhames grounds the story with the weathered authority of a former champion turned trainer. Their sparring of words often carries more weight than the few punches that land on screen.

Although much of the work was filmed in Los Angeles,...

Aontas opens on the aftermath of a Credit Union robbery in a windswept Northern Irish village. From that first, blood-stained shot, the narrative moves backward, each scene recontextualizing the one before it.

McCann’s deliberate storytelling—supported by Sorcha Nic Giolla Mhuire’s crisp editing—recalls non-linear experiments in world cinema, from Christopher Nolan’s time-bending thrillers to daring narrative turns in India’s parallel stream. Yet Aontas grounds its structure in the everyday, inviting comparisons to Bollywood dramas where atmosphere and character reveal carry as much weight as plot.

Visually, Damien Elliott’s lens captures neon-tinged streets and the muted hues of rural Antrim, while Daithí Ó Dronaí’s subtle synth score marries Irish folk resonance with global noir moods. The film’s quiet tension—echoing the restraint of Satyajit Ray’s social dramas—asks viewers to assemble motive, identity, and emotion piece by piece, without flashy mechanics or exposition.

Memento tells the story of Leonard Shelby, a man trying to solve his wife’s murder while grappling with short-term memory loss after a violent home invasion. The attack left Leonard unable to form new memories, so he relied on tattoos, notes, and photos to track down the killer.

But here’s the twist: Leonard has already found his revenge. His condition, however, traps him in an endless cycle of forgetting and rediscovering, unknowingly creating a puzzle he can never escape.

Memento | Credit: Lionsgate Entertainment

Directed by Christopher Nolan, Memento stands out for its brilliant reverse storytelling, based on Jonathan Nolan’s short story. The film’s unique approach mirrors Leonard’s disoriented mindset, making it a must-watch thriller that still sparks endless debates. Curious about where the cast is today? Let’s find out!

Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby

Guy Pearce, who played Leonard Shelby in Memento, has had a fascinating career journey.

When you wind up becoming one of the best characters in David Chase's "The Sopranos," it's understandable if you'd want to keep a low profile from fans who either loved or hated you stopping you in the street. For Joe Pantoliano, who played Ralph Cifaretto on the show, that proved all the more difficult given that he lived around where "The Sopranos" was set. In an effort to dodge such a situation, though, the actor had the bright idea of getting hold of a wig he could wear out and about, modeled from one of the then up-and-coming movie makers, Christopher Nolan.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pantoliano spoke about his illustrious career, with his time on "The Sopranos" being a particular highlight. To keep hold of his anonymity, he looked to the director he'd worked with on "Memento," which was released in 2000 and still stands as...

Christopher Nolan is known for his unique way of storytelling and he stands out as one of today’s top filmmakers. Films such as Inception, Dunkirk, and Interstellar established him as a creative storyteller. Nolan often breaks away from typical storytelling styles, using complex plots that captivate and challenge his audience.

Christopher Nolan | image: HellaCinema\ Wikimedia Commons

Here’s what some of Hollywood’s most legendary filmmakers think about him and his approach to filmmaking.

1. James Cameron

One of Christopher Nolan‘s most ambitious films, Inception, has received honest appreciation from James Cameron. Cameron is well-known for his visual epics like Avatar and Titanic. Cameron thought Inception was one of the best movies of 2010 and even suggested that director Christopher Nolan should have been nominated for an Academy Award that year.

James Cameron | Credits: Gage Skidmore\ Wikimedia Commons

At the Hollywood premiere of Sanctum, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron...

Not every great movie gets the love it deserves. A box office flop, however, doesn’t always mean the film is bad – or that it did not recover some money, at least. Guy Pearce knows this better than most.

While he’s delivered memorable performances in everything from classics like Memento to blockbusters like Iron Man 3, many of his best films have flopped commercially. For all his ability to disappear into complex roles, here’s a countdown of ten Guy Pearce films that, despite their box office misfortune, deserve your attention.

10. The Time Machine (2002)

In this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel, Guy Pearce plays Alexander Hartdegen, a brilliant inventor who builds a time machine to save his fiancée, Emma, after a terrible tragedy.

A still from the film | Credits: Warner Bros.

His journey takes him 800,000 years into the future, where humanity has split into two races – the peaceful Eloi and the underground-dwelling Morlocks.

Before his ground-breaking masterpieces like Memento, The Dark Knight, and his Oscar-winning epic, Oppenheimer, a 19‑year‑old Christopher Nolan spent his weekends in the late‑1980s shooting an eerie, 8 mm horror short called Tarantella that would not have been out of place in the library of David Lynch’s most unsettling movies. For more than three decades, the five‑minute film was considered lost until it was uploaded to YouTube in 2021 – and very quickly taken down for copyright reasons. Now the film has crept back onto the video sharing site via The Great Cinema’s channel, and fans should really check it out while they can.

For those who were freaked out by the micro-budgeted viral sensation Skinamarink, and don’t like their on-screen nightmares to make a lot of sense in favor of being more experimental, Nolan’s early exploration of how it was possible to do a lot...

Christopher Nolan is known for crafting cinematic epics, often within the world of science fiction. From Inception to Interstellar, Nolan dabbles in genre to create his deeply affecting stories that have. But did you know that Nolan once made a horror short film titled Tarantella? In fact, according to IMDb, it’s the first film Nolan ever made. The film has been lost for 32 years, but just a few days ago, The Great Cinema uploaded the film to their YouTube channel, finally giving Nolan fans a glimpse into the auteur’s young brain.

At just under five minutes long, the 1989 short film follows a young man experiencing nightmares about big spiders and demons. It’s rather surreal in its editing and cinematography, and serves as a fascinating precursor to one of Nolan’s first feature films, Memento, which was released in 2000. Tarantella feels like a young Nolan working through the...

It’s time to look at the work of one of the greatest directors of our generation: Christopher Nolan. How big is Nolan these days? Interstellar, a movie which was never among the director’s top grossers, hit IMAX screens last week for its tenth anniversary, and screenings have been selling out constantly. The fact is – Nolan makes movies that belong on the big-screen, and he’s one of the few directors who’s arguably become his own franchise. For proof of that, one need only look at the fact that he’s planning a new movie, and the cast is jampacked with A-listers, because Everyone wants to work with Nolan.

A caveat – our Christopher Nolan movies ranked list is just one person’s opinion, and his work is divisive. Everyone has their favourites (and least favourites), so I’m hoping this ranking will open up some discussion in the comments below.

Vin Diesel is undeniably known for his role as Dominic "Dom" Toretto in the Fast and Furious franchise, but he has flirted with many other franchises, including XXX, The Chronicles of Riddick, and even the MCU. One of his recent projects that should've kicked off a new franchise is becoming a new hit on streaming.

In 2020, Diesel starred in Bloodshot, the adaptation of the Valiant Comics character of the same name. The movie was expected to start a shared cinematic universe, but its poor reviews and reception made Sony Pictures rethink the plans. However, five years after its release, Bloodshot found redemption on streaming, per Tudum.

Bloodshot was released internationally on Netflix on Apr. 1, and it didn't take long for it to become a hit. For the week between Apr. 7 and 13, Bloodshot premiered in sixth place on the global charts. Bloodshot received 3.1 million views in the last week, entering the Top 10 in 34 countries,...

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 dives deeper into the post-apocalyptic world we first explored in the hit game and its debut season. The show keeps pulling us into the lives of Joel and Ellie, now settled in Jackson, Wyoming, where new faces and old wounds shape their journey. Among the fresh characters, Eugene stands out, stirring up emotions and questions about the past, tying directly to the community’s fragile peace.

This season, the story expands beyond the game’s framework, much like the beloved Bill and Frank episode from Season 1. We meet people who add layers to Joel and Ellie’s struggles, with Eugene’s fate sparking tension that hits close to home. The showrunners weave in familiar elements from ‘The Last of Us Part II’ while crafting bold new arcs, keeping us hooked on what’s next for our favorite survivors.

Who is Eugene

Eugene is...

Hollywood is mourning the loss of Nicky Katt, an actor known for his memorable roles and ability to leave a lasting impression – even in the smallest roles. While many remember him for his brief but impactful appearance as the sarcastic Swat officer in The Dark Knight, there’s another role in a Christopher Nolan movie that deserves equal recognition.

All the way back in 2002, Katt played the role of office Fred Duggar in Insomnia starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams. Though his role wasn’t large in the movie, his appearance helped a lot in shaping it.

Nicky Katt in a still from The Dark Knight | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

As fans revisit Nolan’s earlier work in the wake of Katt’s passing, Insomnia stands as a true reminder of the amazing talent the actor had.

What made Nicky Katt’s Insomnia role so powerful?

While actor Nicky Katt...

Vanilla Sky is Cameron Crowe’s divisive remake of Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). A fascinating, nonetheless, heavy film – packed with s*x, violence, and mad amounts of drinking – it asks us a big question: Would you choose a perfect dream over an imperfect reality? The journey to that answer, however, is anything but easy.

Released when Hollywood was still willing to take creative risks in a way that we don’t see pan out today, much like Tom Cruise in this instance, Vanilla Sky feels like a jolt – a relic of a time long gone.

Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky stars Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz | Credits: Paramount

More than twenty years after its release, let’s look into how the film came to life, the paycheck Cruise took home, and why Vanilla Sky continues to resonate decades later, even though critics felt otherwise when it first came out.

It is hard to believe that "Batman Begins" will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. That one fact alone immediately evokes the first chord of Hans Zimmer's "Time" from his "Inception" score in your head, as you are taken aback at how stupid fast the years fly by these days. No one can doubt how much impact Christopher Nolan's first entry in his "Batman" trilogy left on the comic book genre as we know it. And while the sequel, "The Dark Knight," was arguably more influential, that film would not exist without the origin story that set it up.

Before Christopher Nolan took over the reins on Gotham City, he was notable among cinephiles for his masterpiece, "Memento." The film's nonlinear storytelling and neo-noir thriller elements gave viewers a glimpse into Nolan's creative mind, giving him his first Academy Award nomination for his original screenplay. His next film,...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Metrograph Pictures releases “Gazer” in theaters Friday, April 4, 2025.

Imagine if “Baby Driver” was a tragic, music-free exploration of mental decay, and you might be able to start picturing the tensest robbery sequence in “Gazer.” Just like Ansel Elgort’s tinnitus-inflicted getaway driver, Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) needs to put her headphones in before she tackles a dangerous job. But she’s not blasting Queen or The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

The struggling single mother suffers from dyschronometria, a deteriorating mental condition that leaves her unable to accurately perceive the passage of time. Seconds and minutes seamlessly turn into hours and days in a way that leaves her constantly questioning when she is. It’s a workable, if inconvenient, situation when your biggest fear is missing a doctor’s appointment or zoning out at work. But when you have...

Chicago Fire is shaking things up on April 16. Not only is the series bringing back Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker), but it's employing storytelling techniques and trickery that we haven't seen in over a decade! "Post-Mortem" will revolve around a firefighting incident gone awry, and Boden comes back to his old stomping ground in an effort to determine what really happened.

It's a great premise for an episode, and one that the cast has already hyped up for its intensity, but we are more intrigued by the fact that "Post-Mortem" is going to employ flashbacks as Boden questions the firefighters involved in the aforementioned incident. Chicago Fire has been an aggressively linear show for the bulk of its time on the air. So linear, in fact, that the one time it used flashbacks was after the death of a beloved character.

Chicago Fire will bring back flashbacks Chicago Fire -- "A...

Time distorts in unsettling ways in our exclusive new clip from Gazer, the dark neo-noir thriller in the vein of Memento centered around a potentially unreliable narrator.

Metrograph Pictures releases the film in theaters on Friday, April 4, 2025.

The neo-noir thriller follows “a young mother (co-writer Ariella Mastroianni) who, due to a unique condition that progressively affects her perception of time, is trying to save money for her daughter’s future before it’s too late. She takes a risky job from a mysterious woman with a dark past, which leads her to become entangled in a tense web of revenge, deceit, and murder.”

Marcia Debonis, Renee Gagner, Jack Alberts, and Tommy Kang also star.

Watch the clip below that introduces Mastroianni’s character, Frankie, as she weighs her options when faced with a dubious proposal for fast cash. Whether to take the risky job is the least of her problems; startling visions signal murder ahead.

One’s tempted to compare Gazer to many of the films it riffs on. For starters, there’s Memento, Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough film about a man unable to form short-term memories and caught up in a seedy criminal underbelly. Ryan J. Sloan’s debut may not feature such a radical structure, but with its gauzy 16mm look and engrossing story, it does something almost as important: announce a distinct directorial vision.

Ariella Mastroianni (also a co-writer) stars as Frankie, a single mother first seen working the night shift at a gas station. Her unique condition is dyschronometria, a degenerative brain disease that affects her perception of time and––most crucially––causes blackouts. To help center her in the moment, she uses cassette tapes that repeat affirmations and mantras, telling her to rewind if she feels one coming on. In other references, she spends her time at a support group...

So, what are you hoping to see this month? Whether you’re seeking a 420-friendly road movie, body horror with a fairy tale twist, based-on-a-true-story exorcisms, or romantic comedies with green cards and gay couples, there’s bound to be a Don’t-Miss Indie in this April edition… two of which will be featured in Film Independent Presents screenings on April 2 and 15 – will we see you there?

Secret Mall Apartment

When You Can Watch: April 2 (Film Independent Presents)

Where You Can Watch: Film Independent Theater, Theaters (limited)

Director: Jeremy Workman

Cast: Michael Townsend, Colin Bliss, Adriana Valdez-Young

Why We’re Excited: “Let’s all live at the mall” is the tagline of this documentary about eight artists who did just that – for four years. As Providence, Rhode Island’s historic mill district was getting a facelift in the early 2000s, art spaces were getting ousted in favor of shopping centers and power plants.

Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) spends much of Ryan J. Sloan’s Gazer staring at strangers so she can maintain some grip on reality. Barely hanging on to a poverty-wracked existence, she finds a sense of meaning in creating backstories for those she surveils. After believing she has seen a woman, Paige (Renee Gagner), being threatened in an apartment building that she watches, the sylph-like Frankie gets sucked into an increasingly baffling mystery that threatens to completely upend her life, while also illuminating aspects of her past for viewers.

Located somewhere near the intersection of The Conversation and Memento, Sloan’s feature-length directorial debut marries the former’s obsession with watching to the latter’s meditations on the nature of perception. Like both films, it jolts the wandering, obsessive nature of its main characters with an interruption of violence and sews confusion throughout.

The stated reason for Frankie’s behavior is that...

Are you craving more sci-fi dramedy entertainment post-“Severance”?

While you wait for the highly anticipated return of the Emmy Award-winning series, there are several films that slot into the “Severance” tone, bringing thought-provoking joy and heartbreak to the screen.

Whether you are yearning for Mark and Gemma’s romance or the “Severance” take on capitalism, these films will fill the Lumon-sized hole in your content plate.

Keep reading for seven movies to watch if you still need your “Severance” fix.

(Credit: Focus Features) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

In order to salvage their failing relationship, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet decide to complete a brain surgery to erase their memories of each other completely. The sci-fi romance film navigates similar themes as “Severance” especially in romantic relationships.

Just as “Severance” Season 2 tests the strength of Mark and Gemma’s love in the experiment, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...

Chainsaw Man’s feature film debut, Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc could very well end up being the biggest anime film of the year. Chainsaw Man has already been one of the most highly-anticipated anime to return for the past three years since its finale in the Fall 2022 season. Based on the Reze Arc trailers so far, Csm's action and animation will be better than ever. With so much hype surrounding the Reze Arc, Chainsaw Man anime fans will certainly be talking about it a lot in the lead-up to its September 19th release, which is what’s so fun about being an anime fan.

However, online discourse can become problematic with a big anime film like Chainsaw Man, especially considering the movie is based on a manga several arcs past the saga the new movie adapts. Manga fans already know all the amazing twists and turns...

As work continues on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we now have a first look at Spider-Man: No Way Home and Dune star Zendaya on set in full costume.

We don't yet know who she will play in this retelling of the epic poem composed by Homer in the 8th Century, but the actor was spotted alongside Matt Damon (who is looking more than a little worse for wear). The Bourne star has been aged up and is rocking a pretty impressive beard, a sign perhaps that this scene is from later in the movie.

While these photos don't exactly help confirm it, rumour has it Zendaya is playing Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare.

In the story, she acts as a divine benefactor and mentor to Odysseus and his family, often appearing in disguise to subtly guide them. Athena is deeply invested in Odysseus's journey home...

In a month where Netflix gave us one of its worst films yet in the Russo Brothers' slick but empty "The Electric State," and one of its best series ever in "Adolescence," Hulu has been quietly proving its worth as an alternative streaming platform. 2025's Best Picture winner, "Anora" dominated the Hulu charts upon its mid-March release, followed by Bill Burr's excellent new standup special, which similarly rose to number one in recent weeks. But this is still the streaming sphere, which means you're never far away from a truly wretched movie somehow managing to rise from the muck and attain incomprehensible success.

Enter: "Premonition" — a 2007 psychological thriller starring Sandra Bullock as a housewife whose husband may or may not be dead. Now, we've seen some real stinkers dominating streaming charts this year. For example, Prime Video had a pretty egregious February with Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson's...

Christopher Nolan is one of the most respected directors of the 21st century. While he technically made his debut with Following in 1998, Nolan's breakout work is largely considered to be Memento, which was released in 2000. This movie earned Nolan his first Oscar nomination, for Best Original Screenplay, based on the script he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan Nolan. Memento is perhaps one of Nolan's most classic examples of playing with time as a storytelling device, a motif that would become a signature tool throughout his work.

Memento was well-received, and Nolan's filmography has developed growing clout over the years. The director's first movie to be nominated for Best Picture ended up being Inception. From there, multiple other Nolan films would be nominated for Oscars, including Dunkirk and Oppenheimer. The latter film would go on to become Nolan's first movie to win Best Picture, and also earned the auteur an award for Best Director.

For more than two decades, Jeff Probst has been the proud face of Survivor. While the show is known for its thrilling factor, it was the host who truly made it popular. But behind the scenes, he was facing a personal battle that nobody knew about. This battle somewhat mirrored Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller Memento.

Jeff Probst in a still from Survivor | Credits: CBS Broadcasting

And just like in the movie, Probst had a condition that severely affected his short-term memory, causing him to forget conversations, important details, and even some of his everyday moments.

The condition that affected Jeff Probst’s memory

After taking over hosting duties in 2000, Jeff Probst has been an important part of Survivor for more than two decades. He became a go-to person for the players in the game, helping them navigate their challenges. But in his real life, he was struggling on his...

Among the world-renowned filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is one name that comes with instant recognition among anyone who has the slightest interest in cinema. Tarantino came into the world on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and gained both serious acclaim and a devoted fanbase through his storytelling methods.

Tarantino achieved his fame by going against typical standards. He also stands apart from his peers since he didn’t attend film school and lacked industry-related family ties. He gained knowledge about films by working at a video store that provided him access to a collection of different genres and filmmaking styles. His personal study gave him an independent outlook that separated his storytelling methods.

Quentin Tarantino | Image by Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. The director’s works bring new meaning to contemporary filmmaking.

If you’re a fan of cinema, you’ll know the name Christopher Nolan. The director is one of the very few modern filmmakers who still gets to bring bold, creative visions to life on a blockbuster scale. The reigning champ of the intellectual box office hit, Nolan has enjoyed a storied career in Hollywood thanks to his consistency in producing pulse-pounding cinema that also has the capacity to make you think. His obsession with the theme of time, invisible special effects, and multi-layered plot structures have dazzled film viewers for decades at this point.

Nolan studied English Literature, believe it or not, at University College London. While at university, he was the president of the Film Society and met his wife and future producing partner, Emma Thomas, on campus. His first feature film was 1998’s “Following,” but his career really took off with the groundbreaking “Memento” (2000). The Guy Pearce...

Carrie-Ann Moss, aka Trinity from The Matrix, was surrounded by raining offers after the movie concluded a successful trilogy in 2003. Moss was going through a significant life-changing phase; she had to choose between the limelight and motherhood. Contemplating what she wanted more in the long run, the Die Alone actress took a willing break from her career to embrace motherhood.

Carrie-Anne Moss plays Jedi Master Indara in The Acolyte | Lucasfilm

The Matrix, a sci-fi cocktail spilling the trajectory of multiple realities, was first released in 1999, directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. The movie followed two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, in 2003 after attaining a remarkable triumph from fans and critics alike. Moss tasted the path of glory with the sci-fi trilogy starring alongside Keanu Reeves but decided to bid farewell to the cinema, only to return with more.

Carrie-Ann Moss embraced motherhood over films after The Matrix...

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release next month. The Shrouds will be reaching theatres in New York and Los Angeles on April 18th, then will expand nationwide on April 25th. With those dates right around the corner, a trailer has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above.

In The Shrouds, Vincent Cassel, who previously worked with Cronenberg on Eastern Promises and A Dangerous Method, takes on the role of Karsh,...

The Dark Knight trilogy actor Gary Oldman recalls the note Christopher Nolan gave him that is one of the best he's received in his career. Coming off of successes like Memento (2000) and Insomnia (2002), Nolan entered the world of comic book adaptations with Batman Begins in 2005. Christian Bale played the role of Batman, aka Bruce Wayne, throughout Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, with Oldman playing a prominent role as ally Jim Gordon, who eventually becomes Police Commissioner in The Dark Knight (2008).

During a recent interview with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Oldman recalls that filming one scene for The Dark Knight trilogy resulted in Nolan giving him one of the best notes he has ever received from a director. The note was surprisingly simple, with the director simply telling Oldman that there is more at stake for Gordon in the scene in question. Check out Oldman and Colbert's exchange below:

Stephen Colbert: “Speaking of Nolan,...

La obsesión de Sancho por detener a Augusto continuará este abril. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la segunda temporada de Memento Mori y ha compartido sus primeras imágenes. Además, la serie ha sido renovada para una tercera y última temporada.

La segunda temporada de Memento Mori, que constará de cinco episodios de 45 minutos, adaptará la segunda parte de la saga literaria Versos, Canciones y Trocitos de Carne, escrita por César Pérez Gellida. Esta nueva temporada continuará el duelo entre Augusto (Yon González) y el inspector Sancho (Francisco Ortiz), que intentará detener al asesino después de que huyera con Erika (Olivia Baglivi) de Valladolid. La obsesión por detenerle llevará a Sancho al límite, mientras Augusto sigue con su obra poética y mortal. A la historia se suma Gracia Galo (Anna Favella), una inteligente y templada inspectora italiana de gran madurez emocional que llega para equilibrar a Sancho.

Jon Bernthal is one of the greatest - and most underrated - actors working today. Best known for playing The Punisher among comic book fans, the Daredevil: Born Again star has delivered stellar performances in everything from The Bear to The Wolf of Wall Street and The Many Saints of Newark.

Now, he's geared up for Christopher Nolan's new movie The Odyssey. This retelling of the epic poem composed by Homer in the 8th Century also stars the McU's Spider-Man, Tom Holland, and both actors have been spotted in costume today.

While we believe the latter is playing Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, after some other recent images, there's no word on who Bernthal might be bringing to life in the fantasy epic.

We're used to seeing Bernthal with a beard, but the bald head is new and he certainly wouldn't be mistaken for Frank Castle right now. Daredevil: Born Again...

After The Matrix made Carrie-Anne Moss a household name, she was offered a wave of major Hollywood roles. However, at the time, the actor opted to turn them down.

Speaking to The Independent, Moss said she decided to step away from acting to focus on raising her family. "After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them," she said. "I remember being torn, having a little twinge like, 'Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.' And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, 'At the end of my life, will it matter to me that I have another movie on my résumé? Or will it matter to me that I held my baby?' And I instantly thought, no. It was just a no-brainer.

Stars: Douglas Smith, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Carrie-Anne Moss, Frank Grillo, Jonathan Cherry | Written and Directed by Lowell Dean

Die Alone is the most recent film from Saskatchewan-based filmmaker Lowell Dean. If you’ve heard of him, it’s probably because of the over-the-top genre comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop. But he’s done several other films, including the zombie film 13 Eerie and the post-apocalyptic action film SuperGrid, which I was lucky enough to catch along with a Q&a session with him at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival a few years back.

Both zombies and a post-apocalyptic setting return in Die Alone, but it’s not a typical tale of the zombie apocalypse, although that isn’t easy to tell from the opening scenes. Ethan and his girlfriend Emma were heading to his cabin when their car crashed. Ethan wakes up to find Emma and most of his memories, are missing.

David Cronenberg is back in the director’s chair for The Shrouds this coming April, and you can definitely expect both graphic violence and graphic nudity from Cronenberg’s latest.

The Shrouds has been officially rated “R” this week for…

“Strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.”

From Sideshow and Janus Films, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds will open on April 18 in New York and Los Angeles, before expanding nationwide on April 25, 2025.

Vincent Cassel (Irreversible, Eastern Promises) stars alongside Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Guy Pearce (Memento) and Sandrine Holt (“Fear the Walking Dead”).

Here’s the official synopsis: “In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth.

While Karsh is still reeling from the loss of his wife...

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release sometime in 2025. We don’t know a specific release date for this one yet, but the Motion Picture Association ratings board has revealed that The Shrouds has secured an R rating – primarily for sexual content and nudity! Here’s the reason given: Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Pyramide Distribution will be giving the film a theatrical release in France on April 30th.

Did You Know Anora & The Brutalist’s Numbers Took Over A Major Christopher Nolan Thriller At The Bo? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

As Anora director Sean Baker wrapped the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, seizing his record fourth statuette of the night, he roared, “Long live independent cinema” — a mantra that couldn’t have resounded better outside a ceremony exalting indie films over studio juggernauts and streaming titans.

Anora clinched five wins, The Brutalist nabbed three, and A Real Pain, Flow, and others—all original films without the tag of sequel, remake, biography, or adaptation attached to them—galvanized the evening with one award each. Their victories now incite a box office rush, unlike anything the majors could muster.

Even months after its digital release, Anora and The Brutalist saw theater admissions soar post-Oscar night. Anora’s Monday take vaulted over 400% from the prior week, Tuesday’s surge past 350%, pushing its domestic...

Following his Oscar-winning feature film Oppenheimer (2024) which swept the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actor, Best Score and more categories at the 96th annual Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan’s next project is taking shape.

Read on for everything we know about the inspiration, story, cast and more

When does Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey come out?

The film is currently set for a release in Imax July 17, 2026.

Has Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey started production?

Yes, filming is underway in Morocco, and Sicily is another destination on the list.

What is Christopher Nolan’s next film about?

Just before Christmas, it was revealed that Nolan’s latest project would be epic in more than one sense of the word as it will adapt Homer’s epic poem composed around the 8th century Bce. Universal revealed the news.

“Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic...

Our hero Ethan is contending with a strange kind of cyclical amnesia that makes dealing with the flesh-eating undead a good deal harder

As this highly derivative but mildly absorbing Canadian horror thriller kicks off, we meet Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man seemingly on the verge of killing himself. He looks out over a picturesque stretch of Saskatchewan landscape bathed in magic-hour glow before we cut to a welter of confusing, often blood-soaked flashbacks (or flashforwards) – and his voiceover then explains that although his memory doesn’t work so well, he’d rather not remember most of his life anyway. That’s because unfortunate Ethan is suffering from a kind of cyclical amnesia, not unlike the disorder that bedevilled Guy Pearce’s character in Memento, which compels him to keep reintroducing himself to people he’s met many times before. This is a particularly dangerous condition to have because...

British filmmaker Christopher Nolan has established himself as one of Hollywood's brightest talents and among the very finest directors working today. His filmography ranges from the bombastic sci-fi spectacle of Interstellar to the dramatically charged Memento to sweeping war epics such as Dunkirk. No matter which genre or subject matter Nolan wishes to take on, it can be assured that it will be executed with technical precision and monumental scale.

Guy Pearce has always been that underrated gem in Hollywood—stealing scenes, delivering impeccable performances, and somehow still flying under the radar. From the mind-bending mystery of Memento to the gritty crime drama L.A. Confidential, Pearce has been delivering cinematic gold for decades. But guess what? He was often overlooked until recently when his role in The Brutalist won him an Oscar nomination.

Guy Pearce in The Brutalist | image: A24

Yep, Hollywood is suddenly waking up to his brilliance, after Pearce appeared as the sociopathic industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren alongside Adrien Brody in The Brutalist. So now, Pearce has become the name on everyone’s lips. And guess what? Fans are getting curious to know just how rich he is. Wondering if all that hard work has at least turned into serious cash, people want to know about his net worth. So let’s dive right into it,...

Christopher Nolan | Credit: HellaCinema/ Cc-by-sa-4.0/Wikimedia Commons

Apart from being a meticulously brilliant filmmaker, and creating thought-provoking films, Christopher Nolan is highly revered in the entertainment industry. His films are often praised for their complex storylines, grand cinematography, and direction. However, the actors’ performances are equally important to a movie’s success. All characters played well are imperative to a film’s success. And the perfectionist he is, Nolan makes just the right choices when it comes to his cast.

Furthermore, the British filmmaker’s ability to elicit great performances from actors has not only his films but also these actors’s careers. Here is a ranking of the top 10 performances from Christopher Nolan movies.

10. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight (2008) Harvey Dent/Two-Face | Credits: Warner Bros.

One of the most iconic supervillains, Two-Face is materialised on screen by Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight. This...

Chicago – “Banr” …the touching and passionate tale of a husband, wife and daughter during the mother’s Alzheimer’s dissolution …made its World Premiere at the 31st Slamdance Film Festival on February 21st, in Los Angeles. Writer, actor and director Erica Xia-Hou represented the film during the premiere. For film information, click Banr.

After 40 years of devotion, an elderly couple (Sui Li and Baoqing Li) and their daughter (Erica Xia-Hou) face a heartbreaking farewell … he succumbs to a heart attack, while she battles Alzheimer’s … and the wife and mother becomes trapped in a cycle of fragmented memories and a desperate search for her family, as love fades into the cloudy mists of non-recognition.

’Banr’ at 31st Slamdance Film Festival

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HollywoodChicago.com interviewed of writer/director/actor Erica Xia-Hou of “Banr” in anticipation of the World Premiere at Slamdance.

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The Brutalist star, up for an Academy Award for the first time, talks about awards fuss, living with his ex and making his new film Inside in an actual prison

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After his acclaimed performances in films such as LA Confidential, The Proposition, Memento, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Animal Kingdom and The Hurt Locker, you may be surprised that Guy Pearce has just been nominated for an Oscar for the first time: for his turn as the sociopathic industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren in The Brutalist. Or maybe you haven’t noticed Pearce’s Oscars campaign because he keeps rubbishing his own career: he was “shit” in Memento (“I’m bad in a good movie. Fuck!”), worse in Neighbours (“I played the same thing and it fucking drove me nuts”) and has cheerfully owned up to acting in “a bunch...

Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller, The Prestige, is set to land on a new streaming service in March.

Nolan's 2006 film, The Prestige, will drop on Hulu on March 14. The thriller, which unites Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, follows two stage magicians in 1890s London, who develop an intense rivalry with one another. Obsessed with outdoing the other, the rivalry inevitably grows out of control, leading to dire consequences. Jackman and Bale lead the stacked cast, which also includes the talents of Nolan movie regular Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo, Samantha Mahurin, Andy Serkis, and the legendary David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. Nolan co-wrote the script alongside his brother, Jonathan, who would serve as a writer on several of his other movies.

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One of the most popular modern horror genre stars joins her biggest project yet.

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These days, Christopher Nolan is busy dominating the box office and riding high off making the first blockbuster to win Best Picture in 20 years. But back in 2000, he was barely an up-and-coming director. With just one self-funded film to his name (1998's "Following"), the director finally had a modest budget from an independent film studio and set to work turning his brother Jonathan's short story idea into a film.

In Jonathan's original story, "Memento Mori," a man named Earl suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to help his future self remember key information about his life, with the ultimate goal of finding the mystery individual responsible for murdering his wife. When working on the screenplay adaptation, however, Christopher Nolan came up with the idea to tell part of the narrative in reverse, thereby ensuring his film version,...

Hollywood has seen a lot of actors with failed marriages, and Guy Pearce’s is yet another name on the list. Tying the knot back in 1997, the now-57-year-old actor, with hits like Memento (2000), The Brutalist (2024), and L.A. Confidential (1997) on his resume, he found himself and his wife, Kate Mestitz, undergoing a divorce around 18 years later.

Guy Pearce. | Credits: First Snow / Freestyle Releasing.

But throughout the time that they were together, the actor could sincerely admit that she was “the greatest love of my life,” as he recently claimed, years after their divorce. In fact, the Marvel actor had gone through so much in his life with his ex-wife and ostensibly found such a comfortable and safe place with her that he even let out his Kevin Spacey fears to her.

Guy Pearce claimed Kate Mestitz was “the greatest love of my life” Guy Pearce. | Credits: Memento / Lionsgate.

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