For such a serious movie, Oppenheimer has inspired a surprising volume of memes. And no, we’re not just talking about Barbenheimer. Exploring the invention of the nuclear bomb, Oppenheimer is ...

The Barbie Japan Twitter account denounced the linkage of "Barbie" movie with "Oppenheimer" via "Barbenheimer," saying the double feature craze trivialized the bomb. Some of the Barbenheimer memes ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, led the Manhattan Project which developed the first nuclear weapons used in World War II, resulting in devastating impacts on Hiroshima ...

My time in dark theaters felt a bit like a durational performance piece. For one thing, Oppenheimer, a biopic about the man who created the atomic bomb, is about three hours long and Greta Gerwig ...

Ah, you knew the memes from Oppenheimer (and Barbie! And Barbenheimer!) were coming after the Christopher Nolan movie dropped over the weekend. And there are a bunch of them! Let's concentrate on ...

Oppenheimer had a massive opening weekend at the box office, earning over $80 million and enticing viewers to return to theaters. The entire cast was mesmerizing, making the 3-hour historical epic ...

From my perspective, it wasn't even the namesake of the movie (with all due respect to Dr. Oppenheimer). The most important star was the atomic bomb itself.

A version of this article appears in print on March 12, 2024, Section A, Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: ‘Oppenheimer,’ My Uncle and the Bomb’s Lasting Secrets.