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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow The Batman review – Robert Pattinson's emo hero elevates gloomy reboot by Peter Bradshaw Feb 28, 2022 Matt Reeves’ film is spectacular and well-cast but an intriguing saga of corruption devolves into a tiresome third act That definite article means it’s the genuine article. Adding “the” to Batman’s name has become a huge part of the brand identity, a sign of how elemental and atavistic this shadowy figure is supposed to be. You can imagine some growly voice saying “the Batman” – but not Tom Holland putting on a deep baritone to say he’s “the Spider-Man”, or Henry Cavill booming he’s “the Superman” (although maybe you could have Billy Joel stride into a dark Gotham City bar to raspingly confront “the Piano Man”). Director and co-writer Matt Reeves has created a new Batman iteration in which Robert Pattinson reinvents billionaire Bruce Wayne as an elegantly wasted rock star recluse, willowy and dandyish in his black suit with tendrils of dark hair falling over his face; but Wayne magically trebles in bulk when he reappears in costume and mask as the Dark Knight, his whole being weaponised into a slab-like impassivity. And this of course is happening in the sepulchral vastness of Gotham City, the brutal and murky world which Christopher Nolan thrillingly pioneered with his Dark Knight trilogy and made indispensable for imagining Batman on screen. Continue reading... Continue Reading Obscure poetry collection's sales soar after TikToker dreams about it by Alison Flood Feb 28, 2022 The publisher of The Fifth Window by poet Russell Thornton has ordered a reprint after orders flooded in following viral fame An American TikToker has sent sales of an obscure Canadian poetry collection soaring, after she had a dream that led her to track down the title. TikToker Ohmarni, whose real name is Marni Webb, posted a video about a “rare book that I dreamt about” on 31 December. In her dream Webb, who claims to be psychic, was asked by a man “is the fifth window open?” Googling this led her to Canadian poet Russell Thornton’s collection The Fifth Window, published in 2000 – but it was hard to get hold of, and only available when requested from university libraries. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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