Can a super-grungy The Batman sequel take the DC universe somewhere even darker?
The 2022 film was an outlier, free from the usual superhero trappings and resolutely downbeat, and the follow-up should also go beyond the conventional
January 2023
Oscar nominations 2023: the full list
From The Banshees of Inisherin to Everything Everywhere All at Once, all the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards, which take place on 12 March
March 2022
Blockbuster or bladderburster? Why movie intermissions must return – now!
Week in geek
The Batman reinvented Gotham. So who will be its next supervillain?
Now you've seen it
The Batman: Robert Pattinson’s voice, the Riddler’s brutality, Gotham’s makeover – discuss with spoilers
The bat, man: live animal prank causes flap in Austin cinema
Film industry banks on The Batman to mark start of ‘post-Covid’ cinema
‘I’m OK with not getting it right every time’: Zoë Kravitz on growing up famous and getting her claws into Batman
The Batman review – Robert Pattinson’s brooding caped crusader has a lot on his mind
Down the rabbit hole
What links The Batman to High Fidelity and The Satanic Verses?
Disney, Sony and Warner Bros pause film releases in Russia over Ukraine invasion
February 2022
The Batman review – Robert Pattinson’s emo hero elevates gloomy reboot
Peter Sarsgaard: ‘Have we reached superhero saturation? Probably’
Doorbells, chicken and special edition biscuits: why are The Batman’s tie-ins such a joker?
Robert Pattinson was told to change his ‘absolutely atrocious’ Batman voice
January 2022
Today in Focus
Culture 2022: what to watch, read and listen to this year
Guardian critics Charlotte Northedge, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Simran Hans look ahead to the best of the year in culture
December 2021
Week in geek
Can Robert Pattinson’s The Batman defeat Tom Holland’s super-cool new Spider-Man?
The Matt Reeves-directed film will need to deliver a fully refreshed dark knight if it is to challenge the rejuvenated wallcrawler
October 2021
The Batman trailer reveals Robert Pattinson’s dark take on superhero
Footage teases bleak and violent vision for Dark Knight’s latest instalment, due for release on 4 March
May 2021
Trailerisation: the movie trend resurrecting old pop music
Week in geek
Can anyone solve the puzzle of Paul Dano’s Riddler in The Batman?
