Who needs Paul Goldberger and Michael Kimmelman when you have Batman? The Observer knows where we will be on May 30, when three of our favorite things collide: Chip Kidd, Gotham City and architecture criticism.
Mr. Kidd has created a new Batman Graphic novel for DC Comics called Death By Design that Read More
Sorry fan boys (and girls!): If you want to see the third installment in Christopher Nolan‘s gritty Batman reboot, you’re going to have to wait until after opening night. The midnight screenings for the July 19th premiere of The Dark Knight Rises have already sold out in select cities. How is that possible, you ask, since the movie is still six months away? And how much are greedy Craigslist scalpers already charging for their coveted golden tickets online? Read More
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As it appears from the most recent trailer of Christopher Nolan‘s Dark Knight Rises, using Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street protests weren’t just an accident. They could possibly be the premise on which the entire film is built! Read More
It just keeps rolling in today: first MTV decided that when seven strangers get together and stop being polite and start being real, at least one of them should be protesting in Zuccotti Park. Now a tipster “involved in the production” of Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises has leaked to The LA Times that Liberty Plaza would be a great backdrop in Gotham.
But are these the smelly hippies that are city deserves? Would the Batman tolerate the General Assembly? Let’s discuss! Read More
THE SOUND OF JUSTICE IN YOUR FACE
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York just released their press statement on the eleven-year prison sentence handed down to former Galleon Group head Raj Rajaratnam for charges of Insider Trading. They obviously take no pride in this kind of thing. Read More
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly walked into the City Council chamber before most of the reporters had even gotten settled into their seats. The 10 a.m. budget hearing on public safety – where Kelly would explain how he plans to keep crime down while the mayor cancels an entire class of police cadets – wasn’t Read More
More box office records crumbled as Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight continued its vertiginous climb. Heath Ledger’s psychotic Joker seduced viewers nationwide to the tune of $75.6 million this weekend, making his movie the country’s favorite once again—and by a $45.6 million margin. Here in Gotham’s real-world counterpart, The Dark Knight claimed $1.1 million in sales—a Read More
MONDAY
The new Batman flick, The Dark Knight, opened this weekend to rave reviews, sold out crowds and a record-breaking performance at the box office—it took in $155.34 million, according to the Associated Press, surpassing the $151.1 million Spider-Man 3 made on its opening weekend a little over a year ago. When a Read More
Two things were noticeable about the line of people awaiting the 12:01 a.m. Lincoln Square cinema premiere of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.
First, the affinity most of the waiting masses appeared to feel with the Caped One; second, the bizarre impression many of the waiting seemed to have that they had seen Read More
There’s a moment in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight when the action—which relentlessly pounds, soars, twists and turns for a full two and a half hours—slows down for one brief and strangely beautiful instant. The Joker—certainly one of the more villainous, terrifying and electric characters to come our way in some time—speeds through Read More
