The Guardian Europe
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey faces its toughest test yet: convincing Chinese audiences that Hollywood still matters, while a struggling cinema industry prays for a blockbuster savior.
The Guardian
Beware of fake streaming sites offering 'The Odyssey' for free - they're more likely to steal your bank details than show you the film.
Ars Technica
Classicists and normies clash over Nolan's The Odyssey, because 2,800-year-old poems still trigger the same old arguments.
The Atlantic
Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' reminds us that being nice to strangers is the foundation of civilization - and that Odysseus, like us, could use some therapy.
The Guardian Europe
Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' puts Messenia on the map, but locals wonder if their water supply and fragile ecosystems can survive the inevitable tourist invasion.
The Guardian
A critic revisits Christopher Nolan's treatment of women in film, using his latest epic to question whether female audiences will feel seen - or just see enormous pores in IMAX.
The Atlantic
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the first film shot entirely in IMAX, but only two dozen theaters can show it as intended - everyone else gets a cropped version, because nothing says 'epic' like losing 40% of the picture.
Ars Technica
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey trailer shows Odysseus defying the gods as Penelope warns Telemachus about power struggles.
The Guardian Europe
Lupita Nyong'o calmly explains that the ancient Greek epic is, in fact, not a historical documentary, while Elon Musk and others have strong feelings about her casting anyway.
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