Christopher Nolan has done it again!

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2014)

First things first, let's get this out of the way. I am a HUGE Christopher Nolan fan. Everything he touches turns to gold. I have so far seen Doodlebug, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Dark Knight Rises.
I finally saw Interstellar on Thursday, its last week in IMAX. Theaters in Oklahoma either opted not to show it on film, or were not capable. (There is an IMAX up in Tulsa that can project 15-perf/70mm. They played The Dark Knight Rises in this format, but apparently not Interstellar.) I had no IMAX 70mm, regular 70mm, or 35mm options in my area, so I settled for the best format available to me Digital IMAX at the Warren.
The crowd was initially small, but more people came leading up to the sepia-toned Paramount, Warner, Legendary, and Syncopy logos. It was the last showing of the night. The Warren IMAX always plays "Also Sprach Zarathustra" just before the curtain opens to reveal the monolith-like screen. And it's probably never been more appropriately used, given that the film is heavily inspired by 2001, and Nolan himself is influenced by Stanley Kubrick.
The theater announced a trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but nope. Instead we got trailers for Jupiter Ascending, Seventh Son, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron -- all of which were shot digitally, I might add.
Longtime Nolan collaborator Wally Pfister, ASC, is absent and is reportedly retiring from cinematography. His directorial debut, Transcendence, was released in April. Some people may have feared the worst: We saw what happened to John Carpenter when he split with longtime DP Dean Cundey. We also saw what happened when Cundey made his directorial debut with the straight-to-video Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.
While Pfister's Transcendence (a great film!) was ripped apart by critics and flopped at the box office, Nolan's gamble -- hiring Hoyte Van Hoytema to shoot Interstellar -- paid off handsomely.
Christopher Nolan has done it again. The image was striking, whether the shot was 35mm or IMAX 70mm (cropped to 1.9:1 from the full 1.43 IMAX aspect ratio). The visuals (most of the FX work is practical effects) were breathtaking. Van Hoytema didn't miss a beat.
And speaking of beats, let's move on to the audio. The sound effects were robust and loud. They gave the subwoofer quite a workout! Hans Zimmer has created another awesome score. Sometimes, the music would reference "Also Sprach Zarathustra," but subtly.
Now moving on from the technical stuff to the stuff Joe Sixpack actually cares about -- the acting. Nolan has again assembled a powerful ensemble -- Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises), Mackenzie Foy, Jessica Chastain, longtime Nolan regular Michael Caine (Batman trilogy, The Prestige, Inception), Ellen Burstyn, Casey Affleck, and Matt Damon. Everyone brings their "A" game. Their A+ game, rather.
The story and writing were top-shelf. Of course, Joe Sixpack may get confused about the more technical/scientific things (especially the Tesseract in the third act), but I'm not exactly a Joe Sixpack and I could follow the plot with ease. If you can make it through Nolan's masterpiece Inception, then you should have no problems here.
The Editing. Lee Smith does something that he didn't do in the Dark Knight Trilogy or in Inception. He had several fades to (and from) black. Most Nolan movies have hard cuts all the way through.
Interstellar in IMAX (even if it's Digital IMAX) is worth every penny. See it in the best format available to you.
My verdict: A+ (I could add infinite pluses. It was that good!) 10/10