Oppenheimer Is Headed Toward the Biggest Oscar Sweep in Over a Decade

Christopher Nolan has gotten good at watching other people take home Oscars. He earned his first nomination in 2002 for the twisty screenplay of Memento, which Nolan cowrote with his brother Jonathan. After that, it was a short journey toward Nolan’s becoming one of the most significant directors of the 21st century—to the point that when his 2008 film, The Dark Knight, missed the cut for best picture, it sparked a full-scale overhaul of the category itself. Yet every time Nolan has been back at the Oscars—he was nominated for writing and best picture for Inception, as well as for… Read Full Article