Batman (1989)

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The Loft Movie Theatre is proud to present a one-night special screening of Tim Burton’s 1989 dark fantasy action classic, Batman.

In Gotham City, brooding billionaire Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) wages a secret war against the city’s criminals as Batman, but his greatest challenge comes when mob enforcer Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) falls into a vat of chemicals and emerges as the Joker — a psychotic showman with a grin as lethal as his schemes. As the Joker’s reign of terror escalates, Wayne must confront his own demons to rescue photojournalist Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) and protect Gotham’s citizens from a grisly demise.

As the first Batman movie to be released after the bright campy TV series of the 1960s, Tim Burton’s Gotham was different, merging 1940s film noir with comic book fantasy — bursts of colour amid the smoke and shadows. With unforgettable performances, a soaring Danny Elfman score, and a splash of '80s pop from Prince, Batman is the superhero spectacle not to be missed on the big screen.