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A theater is reimagining Homer’s Odyssey through the agony of Ukraine’s war

A new production of the “The Odyssey” in wartime Kyiv reimagines Homer’s epic through the experience of modern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Penelope review – Odysseus’s other half sings of her own twists and turns

Grace McLean brings vocal and emotional range in the central role of Alex Bechtel’s Homeric song cycle

The Guardian - UK

Ithaca: a scintillating eco-thriller RPG that aims to confront our violent moment

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From Tehran to Tinseltown: Euphoria Actress Jewell Farshad on Representation and Diversity

When Iranian-American actress Jewell Farshad walked onto the set of HBO’s Euphoria for Season 3, she understood the significance of the moment.

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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey crosses $1 billion: Matt Damon film's massive box office milestone, star-studded cast and story

Christopher Nolan's epic film 'The Odyssey' has achieved a significant box office milestone. The movie has now earned over one billion dollars worldwide since its release. This success places it among the year's top-grossing films and boosts interest in Nolan's adaptation. The film features a large cast, including Matt Damon…

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Woman’s Check-Engine Light Comes On. When She Pops Her Hood She Can’t Believe Her Eyes: ‘RIGATONI PASTA???’

"HOW does that even happen?"

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Nolan’s Odyssey shows what happens when a leader’s violations are rewarded

The Greeks learn at Troy that breaking the rules works, then carry the lesson home. Nolan’s film shows how an exception becomes a habit of power

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Nolan’s Odysseus had to be Matt Damon

The recruitment of Matt Damon and other A-listers to sell a Greek myth makes sense

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The Odyssey's women deserve their own epic - with loyalty, seduction, and modern dilemmas that never go out of style

The Odyssey is misunderstood as just a bloodbath, it tackles distant marriage, what it means to be a wife, and so much more

Woman & Home

In Homer’s epic, a bold princess helps Odysseus home – but not in Nolan’s film. Who is Nausicaa?

In Homer’s Odyssey, Nausicaa is a tall, gutsy teenage princess who finds a naked and helpless Odysseus washed up on her shore, gives him her brothers’ clothing, and instructs him on how to appeal to her mother, Queen Arete, for help to get home to Ithaca. She is crucial to…

The Conversation

Every Blunder ‘The Odyssey’ Translator Pointed Out While Eviscerating Nolan’s Hit Adaption In Raging Review

The acclaimed filmmaker credited her work as an inspiration. Her review, however, is anything but flattering.

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The Odyssey leaked online as Universal Pictures vows to ‘pursue all appropriate remedies’

Illegal recording racked up millions of views on X

The Independent UK

‘It reminded me of James Bond’: Guardian readers on The Odyssey

The Odyssey is the summer’s biggest film: an adaptation of an almost 3,000 year old poem that everyone is talking about. So what was our readers’ verdict?

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Nolan says he had to change The Odyssey ending from the "grim" original poem

Christopher Nolan explains why he changed The Odyssey's ending from the poem

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This Video Of Robert Pattinson Defending His (Despicable) Odyssey Character Is Cracking Me Up

Antinous is just a boy, standing in front of a girl, asking her to love him.

The Independent UK

The Odyssey: Five hidden plot details you might have missed, including Athena’s real identity

Did you spot these the first time around?

The Conversation

The dog who waited for Odysseus: Argos reflects the deep human-animal bonds of ancient Greece

Homer’s Odyssey, with its fabulous monsters and intense tale of human endurance, was a natural candidate for Christopher Nolan’s latest Hollywood blockbuster. But amid all the fantasy and heroic human drama, there are two far more homely scenes in the poem which remain among the epic’s most memorable. Both involve…

The Independent UK

Viking ship’s owners say Universal failed to pay $6,000 repair bill after The Odyssey shoot

Studio says ‘all invoices relating to Glad av Gillberga paid in full’

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Still thinking about The Odyssey? Read these 6 books next

From Stephen Fry’s ‘Odyssey’ to Margaret Atwood’s ‘Penelopiad’, dive into these Homer-inspired titles

The Independent UK

Elon Musk vows to make ‘historically accurate’ AI version of The Odyssey

The tech mogul has been criticising Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey for months and said the director had ‘lost his integrity’ over some of the casting choices

The Conversation

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey reveals a darker, less triumphant heroism

Warning: this review contains spoilers for The Odyssey.

Cinemablend

Why The Odyssey's Final Scenes ‘Walloped’ Matt Damon And Caught Him By Surprise

This scene is so heartbreaking.

The Conversation

Why Odysseus couldn’t just say: ‘I’m home’

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

The Independent UK

Matt Damon reveals female stunt double with ‘greatest arms’ stood in for him during The Odyssey giant battle

The Odyssey is screening in cinemas now

Evening Standard

The Odyssey audiobooks see listener surge on Spotify after success of film

The epic Greek poem, composed around the 8th century BC, is particularly popular with Gen Z and Millennial listeners.

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