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In his timely new documentary, “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James tells the story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who passed nuclear secrets to the Soviets.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Universal PicturesChristopher Nolan’s cinema is one of dualities: between knowledge and ignorance (Memento); seeing and sightlessness (Insomnia); good and evil (The Dark Knight); illusion and authenticity (The Prestige); dreaming and waking (Inception); courage and cowardice (Dunkirk); and the past and the present (Tenet). In that regard, Oppenheimer—a film of endless contrasts and contradictions—is the fullest expression of the writer/
The three-hour biopic about the so-called father of the atomic bomb is a technical, visual, and storytelling achievement. It’s also the best film of both Nolan’s career and 2023.
Christopher Nolan apparently has another smash hit on his hands, one that could land the writer/director some major awards later this year if things break right.