Tag: Batman

Christopher Nolan to be named a Modern Master

According to Pete Hammond over at Deadline, writer/director Christopher Nolan is set to receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s highest honor, the Modern Master Award, at the Arlington Theatre in January. (Toad the Wet Sprocket recorded their amazing live album at the Arlington in 1992. And I’ve been to Santa Barbara before, and it’s …

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Reviews: Detective #869, Sirens #16, Streets #16

Here are three recent reviews I wrote for Batman on Film: Detective Comics #869, Gotham City Sirens #16, and Streets of Gotham #16. BOF’s commander-in-chief Bill “Jett” Ramey — the hardest working Batman fan on the planet! — told me earlier this week to stop reviewing Gotham City Sirens because it’s gotten so awful since …

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