Let me also recomend one of my most favorite new up & coming directors.

Christopher Nolan.

He's got a short list of movies...but honestly...they are works of art, IWO. Here they are in order of my favorites.

Memento starring Guy Pearce (one of my fav actors) is about a guy involved in a murder mystery & he has short term memory & tattoos all important info on his body while trying to find the killers of his wife. It is an amazing film...no shit.

The Prestige & Insomnia are in a tie for second...they're both that good.

Insomnia (starring Al Pacino, Hillary Swank, & Robin Williams) is about a cop involved in a Internal Affairs investigation that travels with his partner to Antartica to solve a murder case. In that part of the world it's always daytime. Never gets dark. The plot thickens as the cop (Pacino) accidentally shoots his partner dead while chasing the murder suspect (Williams) out in the wild. Internal Affairs then starts cracking down on him & the murder suspect also knows that he shot his partner...thus starts framing him & he has to partner up with the murderer to solve the case, clear his name, & it all just goes down hill after that. Fantastic. No shit. It's deep babe.

The Prestige is fantastic. 2 magicians develop a bitter rivalry over their shows & one of the characters wife dies in a trick that goes wrong. Hatred boils & one of them is actually a legit magician...the other...he's something else all together...supernatural thriller with a shitload of great actors...my favorite of all time...Christian Bale. Then you got Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, David Bowie, Scarlett Johanssen, & many more. It's great. Very cerebral...you gotta watch it 2-3 times to get it. Saw it in the theatres 4 times & got a really shitty bootleg of it. Trust me...buy it when it goes on sale.

Batman Begins. Christian Bale takes the role as Batman & Nolan reinvents the franchise like no one ever could have dreamed. He, finally, brings out of Batman what he actually is...the detective, defender, & son of Gotham. It's more than what I could have wanted out of the retake. If you like comics...you'll love this flick.


The Dark Knight (Batman II) is the next film of his that's currently in production...it'll be just as great as Batman Begins...& believe you me...it was fantastic.

Doodlebug & Following are the only two Nolan movies I have yet to see & they were his debuts...self financed & hard to find.

Nolan is another one of those once upon a time directors.