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Emily Wilson Can’t Let The Odyssey Go

September 19, 2026

A red-headed woman talks and gestures while seated on a white chair with a man seated in the foreground.

A Trojan Horse Is Supposed to Have Humans Inside It

August 4, 2026

Black and white illustration of the Trojan Horse from Nolan's movie against an old painting of the sack of Troy

An Odyssey for Our Own Time

July 27, 2026

Odysseus looks ahead with a past version of himself in military uniform lurking above his shoulder.

Odysseus’s Confession

July 26, 2026

black and white photo of Matt Damon as Odysseus

The Fear of Black Greeks

July 24, 2026

A Trojan horse in a person's hand

The Fear of Missing The Odyssey

July 23, 2026

A photo of a pile of posters for 'The Odyssey' showing a Greek soldier in armor from behind.

The Odyssey Was Never About the Gods

July 17, 2026

Painting of a nude man sitting crouched over on a rock near the sea

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Your Odyssey Might Be Cropped

July 16, 2026

Still of The Odyssey

An Odyssey Deserving of the Biggest Screen Possible

July 15, 2026

A group of men in Greek battle armor standing in the woods

The Absurd Misunderstanding Fueling the Debate Over The Odyssey

Thomas Chatterton Williams

May 23, 2026

A photo-illustration showing Lupita Nyong'o, Helen of Troy, Scarlett Johansson, and the protagonist in Ghost in the Shell

Hollywood’s Star Power Is Shifting

March 8, 2026

Collage of black-and-white photo cut-outs of auteurs' heads scattered alongside pink film-reels and yellow stars.

America’s Strangest Tourist Destination

October 24, 2024

A photo of a 1961 sign advertising "SOUVENIRS of the BOMB EXPLOSION," next to a photo of the Trinity-test mushroom cloud

Christopher Nolan on the Promise and Peril of Technology

November 20, 2023

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Oppenheimer Is More Than a Creation Myth About the Atomic Bomb

July 19, 2023

Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer”

I Want to Watch Tenet Again. Unfortunately.

September 2, 2020

The Surprising Legacy of Inception, 10 Years Later

August 4, 2020