In The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan worries the end of politeness will destroy civilisation. I fear he’s right | Joseph Earp

If you smooth out Homer’s epic poem and modernise it too much, you lose what made it so important to begin with

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winner said making 'The Odyssey' has made him interested in potentially directing a horror movie: "It very much whets my appetite for more."

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There’s no denying the power of the film on the big screen. But how far should modern moral sensibilities influence adaptations of classics? Everyone knows how dumb it is to be this person: the one who mourns the film adaptation of a favourite text because it misses out this…

Since I saw the movie, I have found it difficult not to see Trojan horses everywhere. We live now in a state of perpetual distrustfulness Prior to the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, I’m not sure many of us would have conceived of the Trojan Horse as a kind of…