TagChristopher Nolan
Interstellar (2014): Starting Out at the End of the World
As Earth’s surface is turning to dust, a former NASA pilot is offered another mission, to help find a way to transport humanity to a habitable planet
What Oppenheimer Teaches Us About Today’s Cultural Moment
Let us hope we have the wisdom to take heed of the messages the movie communicates.
American Prometheus: Destroyer of Worlds
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" meets the hype and illustrates just how world-changing the atomic bomb was“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” So goes a line from the Hindu sacred text Bhagavad Gita, quoted by none other than J. Robert Oppenheimer, the quantum physicist who headed up the development of the first atomic bomb during World War II. Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer hit theaters on July 21 and has given audiences a taste of why the “father of the atomic bomb” entertained that haunting, little phrase. Nolan hit this movie out of the park. With a star-studded cast, a juxtaposed and non-linear storytelling mode, and a beautiful soundtrack to boot, some critics are calling it the most important movie of the century. That might be because the production of the atom bomb Read More ›