Lanewatch

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker's British movie critic, has struck yet again with his review of The Dark Knight Rises. As you may recall, Lane is temperamentally incapable of writing anything of length without referring to at least one of the 10 items on his Anglo-centric checklist: Shakespeare, Dickens, Tolkien, 007, royalty, Harry Potter, Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie, Sherlock Holmes and something European (non-British, often French). His average seems to be about three of these references per article, and he's right on target in his latest effort. He references 007, royalty (the musical piece "Pavane for a Dead Princess") and something European (Ravel, the composer of that piece). Just for fun, he throws in a mention of Hitchcock and calls Bruce Wayne's living quarters a "castle." Clearly, the boy can't help it.