Christopher Nolan is set to be featured in a complete retro by the Toronto International Film Festival’s summer marquee series that will start ahead of the July 17 North-American theatrical premiere of “The Odyssey.”
The series at TIFF Lightbox cinema, titled “Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs,” will run July 8–Aug. 20 and feature screenings of Nolan’s works exclusively on 35mm and 70mm film.
Nolan made his directorial debut with the low-budget black-and-white noir “Following” that launched from the Toronto fest’s Discovery section in 1998. He last returned to the festival in September 2017 with a special screening of “Dunkirk” in IMAX 70mm in celebration of IMAX’s 50th anniversary. Nolan is not expected to attend the upcoming TIFF summer series retro.
To launch the retro The Ringer and Spotify’s The Big Picture will host a live recording of their podcast at TIFF Lightbox with Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins, according to a statement.
The retrospective celebrating the self-taught Oscar-winning director will feature all 12 of Nolan’s features, several of which projected in 70mm format. They comprise: “Memento” (2000), “Insomnia” (2002), “Batman Begins” (2005), “The Prestige” (2006), “The Dark Knight” (2008), “Inception” (2010), “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012), “Interstellar” (2014), “Dunkirk” (2017), “Tenet” (2020), and “Oppenheimer” (2023).
