For instance, both most well known posters for The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight rises feature Batman facing forward (albeit still with “lots of dark colors and shadows”).
Is the back-to-the-camera trend striking, as applied to Nolan movie posters, and is it an interesting coincidence?
For one thing, Nolan is not believed to design his own movie posters.
For another, there are many, many other movies, not directed by Nolan, which feature characters’ back to the camera.