Christian Bale’s character investigates ritual murders alongside Edgar Poe in Netflix’s new movie Pale Blue Eye – premieres January 6

Netflix has released the trailer for The Pale Blue Eye, a dark detective drama starring Christian Bale. In the center of the story are the mysterious murders…

A plea to Hollywood: make Batman fun again

From his self-consciously noir-ish voiceover (“Fear is a tool… two years of nights have turned me into a nocturnal animal”) to his character’s emo-styled black eyeliner and…

Christopher Nolan’s greatest trick: the dark magic of The Prestige

Christopher Nolan is mainstream cinema’s prince of darkness. From his 2000 breakout Memento, a nihilistic, time-turning revenge fantasy; through three gritty, decaying Batman movies (tied, indelibly, to…