PODCAST: ABC 774 – July 20th

It’s a Batman special on this week’s Friday film segment as Raf and I explore Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, the film’s debt to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and its contemporary political resonances, on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – July 20th Episode (.MP3)  

REVIEW: The Dark Knight

If industry hype can kill a film by the sheer weight of expectation alone, then it’s fair to say that few films have been as ‘hyped’  as The Dark Knight. Then again, after the critical and box-office success of Batman Begins, and barely six months after the death of one of its stars, Christopher Nolan’s [...]