The Dark Knight Rises

Sifting Through the Guano: Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises

By Michael Sicinski 1. Every film does at least two things: it enters a broader social context, and it generates its own context. This seems obvious to the point of dullardry, but even by the usual standards of Hollywood blockbusters, the new Batman film (and allegedly final franchise entry—more on that below) emerged, like its…
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