Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Brian Lloyd and Deirdre Molumby, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
A year after assuming the identity of Batman, Bruce Wayne has all but demolished organised crime in Gotham. Believing that he can retire and hand over the mantle of the city’s protector to District Attorney Harvey Dent, Bruce fails to understand that in the mob’s desperation they have turned to the most unlike of allies: a mysterious urban terrorist known only as the Joker.
At time of recording, it was ranked 3rd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 2nd September 2024.
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- Alex Billington at First Showing reports on the screening of the prologue to The Dark Knight before I Am Legend, December 2007.
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- Mark Hughes at Forbes looks back on The Dark Knight as “the first billion dollar superhero movie”, July 2023.
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- Jordan Moreau at Variety reports on the premiering of the TENET trailer in IMAX, May 2020.
- Steve Pond at The Wrap on the Oscar legacy of The Dark Knight, July 2018.
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- Andrew Klavin argues that The Dark Knight is a defense of George W. Bush at The Wall Street Journal, July 2008.
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- Heath Ledger wins his Academy Award for The Dark Knight, February 2009.
- Hero Complex covers the Oscar campaign for Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight, January 2009.
- Nicholas Barber at The BBC considers the Joker as a mirror for social anxieties, October 2019.
- Rob Bricken at Polygon considers the Joker as an avatar of anarchy, October 2019.
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