Batman Through the Years

On this episode of Our American Stories, before modern sanitation, cities were filthy, drinking water was often contaminated, and diseases like cholera and typhoid killed hundreds of thousands of people. Life in even the world's greatest cities could be dangerous, all because of ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, before television and smartphones, there were front porches, and there were storytellers. For Dennis Peterson, the greatest storyteller he ever knew was his grandfather, Frederick Newman “Paw” Summers, an East Tennessee jack-of-all-trades ...  Show more

This week we dip our toes into the DC Universe talking about The Batman (2022). Directed by Matt Reeves, the film stars Robert Pattinson as the Batman, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler and Colin Farrell as the Penguin. When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, ...  Show more

Qui ne connaît pas l’homme chauve-souris, ce super-héros surgit de la nuit pour rétablir la justice ? Et, au passage, casser quelques mâchoires ? Je parle bien sûr du Batman, qui a droit à son lot de films réguliers, et ça ne date pas d’hier : personnellement, ses aventures be ...

A tale of life and death in Gotham City. After years of vigilante crime fighting, Batman prepares to become an official member of the Gotham City Police Department, deepening the rift between himself and Catwoman, who’s been using Gotham criminals as her personal ATM. Meanwhile, ...  Show more

The Batman is already 2022’s highest-grossing film. In some ways, it’s yet another comic-book adaptation to dominate theaters. In others, it’s a return to a pre-MCU cinema experience free of the weight of universe-building. Robert Pattinson stars in the first standalone Batman mo ...  Show more