With Matt Reeves’s The Batman set to hit theaters on March 4, The Ringer hereby dubs this Batman Week. Join us throughout the week as we celebrate and examine the Caped Crusader’s path through cinema and debate where Batman can go from here.
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March 4, 2022
‘The Batman’ Is Here!
Holy reaction podcast, Batman! Chris Ryan and Joanna Robinson join Sean to break down ‘The Batman,’ the most-anticipated movie of the year so far
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March 4, 2022
‘The Batman’ Is Unlike Any Superhero Movie Before It
Gotham City’s favorite vigilante has long been known as "the World’s Greatest Detective." Matt Reeves is the first director to truly realize that on screen.
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March 4, 2022
The Oral History of Prince’s ‘Batman’ Soundtrack
Batman is an eccentric hero with a cape, so when it came time to pick an artist to make the soundtrack for Tim Burton’s 1989 film, the choice was obvious
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March 3, 2022
What Makes ‘The Batman’ Different, With Matt Reeves
The director appears on ‘The Big Picture’ for a spoiler-free discussion about how and why he made the film
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March 3, 2022
The Batman Franchise Had to Adopt the Dark. Will It Ever See the Light Again?
‘Batman & Robin’ had the unintentional effect of forcing later installments to become darker and moodier. Are we destined to live in a Gotham where every future movie looks like this week’s ultra-gritty ‘The Batman’?
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March 2, 2022
How ‘Batman: Arkham’ Revolutionized the Superhero Video Game Genre
The action-adventure series proved that IP-based games didn’t simply have to mirror the story lines of movies or comics, with developers instead building out more realized worlds with their own pocket realities and discrete stakes
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March 2, 2022
The 25 Best Batman Villains, Ranked
Every superhero needs a nemesis—these are the ones who have given the Dark Knight the best fight on the big screen
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March 2, 2022
A Villain for Every Era: The Penguin and Riddler Have Come a Long Way
Oswald Cobblepot and Edward Nygma have taken many forms since entering Batman’s sphere in the 1940s. Now they take center stage in ‘The Batman.’
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March 1, 2022
The Batman Movie That Most Influenced ‘The Batman’
Forget Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Bale, and Batfleck: Robert Pattinson’s Batman may owe a deeper debt to an animated Dark Knight
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March 1, 2022
The Long and Twisted History of Designing Gotham City
Batman and his city are inextricably linked, and in developing their Dark Knight movies, filmmakers from Tim Burton to Matt Reeves have always paid special attention to how that city looks
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February 28, 2022
The State of the DC Extended Universe’s Batman, Heading Into the Reboot
‘The Batman’ having box office success should be a foregone conclusion, but the real question is what fans actually want out of a Batman movie in 2022, and whether a multipronged approach to the character can be successful for Warner Bros.
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February 28, 2022
‘Batman Returns’ Was the Peak of Grotesque Superhero Cinema
With Tim Burton’s unique sensibility and unparalleled performances from Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfieffer, the ‘Batman’ sequel stands apart from the rest
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February 23, 2022
Building ‘The Batman’ Bingo Card
Van and Charles make predictions for the upcoming film
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February 23, 2022
From Noir to Nirvana: Everything ‘The Batman’ Has Been Compared To
Based on what director Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson have been saying, this new Caped Crusader movie is going to be everything
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October 27, 2021
Why Are NFL Players So Obsessed With ‘The Dark Knight’?
The Christopher Nolan film may be 13 years old, but players across the league still identify with its themes—and especially the Joker. Why that character? Why this movie? And how does it all manifest on the field?