The Dark Knight is currently clocking in with a 94% critical approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. There are some mixed reviews, like David Denby’s in The New Yorker, but Manohla Dargis at the Times got it right: “No matter how cynical you feel about Hollywood, it is hard not to fall for a film that makes room for a shot of the Joker leaning out the window of a stolen police car and laughing into the wind, the city’s colored lights gleaming behind him like jewels. He’s just a clown in black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece.” (Gothamist review here.) more ›