As is so often the case in Christopher Nolan’s films, the clock is ticking. On September 3 – and even earlier abroad – his eleventh film, Tenet, opens in theaters. Although the trailers are deliberately vague, the film looks like classic Nolan: Advanced technology, bold photography action, and a high concept that plays with the idea of time.
Since his career began more than 20 years ago, Nolan has repeatedly returned to the same ideas; a few directors have thematically or formally consistent filmographies. That makes his career – so far ten features, plus Tenet – especially rewarding to revisit. All his films talk to each other; repeat their visual motives and re-examine their core services. It’s never a bad time to look at Nolan’s work, but with a new project on the horizon, it’s the perfect moment to reconnect with one of our most trusted adventurous filmmakers on a big budget.
My own Nolan rewatch yielded this ranking of his films – keeping in mind that the ‘worst’ film on this list is even better than the vast majority of films released in one particular year by Hollywood, and the top two or three are one of the very best movies of my life. They are…
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