![]() | In ?The Odyssey? and ?Oppenheimer,? Nolan Knows Civilization Is at Stake |
In very different films, the director?s penchant for playing with time is in service to a larger concern about human bonds across eras. | |
![]() | The Haunting Music in the ?Odyssey? Siren Scene Has Ancient Roots |
Ludwig Göransson?s soundtrack for Christopher Nolan?s film resurrects an ancient instrument, the aulos, to evoke the tormenting allure of the sirens. | |
![]() | ?Dread Beat an Blood? Set Black Londoners? Struggle to a Groove |
A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson?s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain?s Black Caribbean population. | |
![]() | Six Years After a Reckoning, Criterion Puts ?Cinematic Blackness? in Focus |
Adding a curator, the Criterion Collection expanded its offerings and its vision of Black film. But auteurs continue to push the company on what inclusion means. | |
![]() | In Artwork Across the Ages, Odysseus? Myth Keeps Entrancing Audiences |
Loved Christopher Nolan?s ?The Odyssey?? Find more images inspired by Homer?s epic poem at these U.S. museums. | |
![]() | ?The Odyssey? Hired Their Viking Ship. They Say It Came Back Damaged. |
A Swedish Viking center said its vessel was used in the filming of Christopher Nolan?s epic but needed repairs when it was returned. Now, the center is seeking compensation. | |
![]() | Will Poulter on the TV Series That Reaffirmed His Faith in Humanity |
?The show really has highlighted just so much kindness and brought so much understanding to the subject of autism,? the actor said. | |
![]() | 8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week |
Whether you?re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about. | |
![]() | Rupert Murdoch Biopic Is Among Premieres at Venice Film Festival |
The directors Danny Boyle, Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog and Casey Affleck will present new movies at the festival. | |
![]() | Charles Gaines, Whose ?Pumping Iron? Sparked Schwarzenegger?s Career, Dies at 84 |
An author and sportsman, he helped create the game of paintball and wrote the book and movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a household name. | |
![]() | Chuck Russell, Director of ?The Mask? and Third ?Nightmare on Elm Street? Movie, Dies at 74 |
His work, including ?The Blob,? a remake of the cult 1958 horror movie, was known for its use of brash visual effects. | |
![]() | Five International Movies to Stream Now |
This month?s titles include a Mexican comedy, a German magical-realist film, a queer Cuban drama and more. | |
![]() | Stream These 5 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August |
Notable titles leaving for U.S. subscribers include a stunning literary adaptation and the movie that made Eddie Murphy a cinema star. | |
![]() | Debra Winger and Arliss Howard Feel Old Enough to Play ?The Gin Game? |
At 71, Debra Winger and Arliss Howard have aged into a married-couples acting tradition that Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn began. | |
![]() | The Artist Matthew Taylor Is Helping Trump Reshape Washington |
Matthew Taylor, a conceptual artist and political strategist, made influential ads and documentaries produced by Steve Bannon. Now he?s assisting the White House. | |
![]() | ?72 Hours? Review: Kevin Hart Is Joining Your Bachelor Party |
Hart plays an ad executive who tries to learn about the younger generation by tagging along to a bachelor party weekend. It proves a less than healthy move. | |
![]() | Summerween in N.Y.C.: Your Guide to Horror Movies, Clubs and More Events |
Summertime is a ripe time for terror. Our horror expert picks a night at the drive-in for a slasher double feature, an amble through a cemetery and more. | |
![]() | ?Hadestown: The Musical? Review: A Theatrical Triumph, Onscreen |
The director Brett Sullivan gives viewers the best seat in the house, with delicate camerawork that moves with the rhythms of Anaïs Mitchell?s soulful score. | |
![]() | ?A Sad and Beautiful World? Review: A Love to Overcome Fear |
In Lebanon, a lush romance in uncertain times asks what keeps us human. | |
![]() | ?Rosebush Pruning? Review: A Petty Provocation |
Karim Aïnouz?s feeble satire thrusts the incest taboo upon a comely cast but fails to stir any interest. | |
![]() | ?Sheep in the Box? Review: Haunted by His Absence |
The latest from the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda follows a couple who bring home an artificial replacement of their son. | |
![]() | ?Her Private Hell? Review: Lock Up Your Daughters |
Nicolas Winding Refn returns with a ponderous, neon-soaked fairy tale about disturbed fathers and their endangered offspring. | |
![]() | ?Motor City? Review: Some Rage and Quiet |
Set in Detroit in the 1970s, this revenge movie tells its story with almost no dialogue. | |
![]() | ?The Dink? Review: A Volley and a Flub |
Jake Johnson and Mary Steenburgen star in a tennis versus pickleball comedy that never quite makes it over the net. | |
![]() | Debate Over Ancient Iranian Jewelry Worn by Zendaya to ?Odyssey? Event |
The actress wore earrings to an event for ?The Odyssey? that a London gallery has said were made from an ancient artifact. | |
![]() | ?White Nights?: A Loner?s All-Consuming Crush |
Immaculately realized and restored, Luchino Visconti?s adaptation of Dostoyevsky?s short story about a chance encounter on a bridge arrives at Film Forum. | |
![]() | ?Fast Charlie,? ?Lucky Grandma? and More Streaming Gems |
Skip the endless scrolling with these seven overlooked movie recommendations. | |
![]() | New Poster for ?La La Land? Fixes Ryan Gosling?s Wayward Hand |
Gosling?s hand position during a dance scene didn?t match Emma Stone?s, haunting him for years after the movie?s release. | |
![]() | Plas Johnson, Saxophonist Behind ?The Pink Panther,? Dies at 94 |
His recording for the theme song, written by Henry Mancini, included a solo improvised in the studio. He also backed Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand. | |
![]() | Kaylee Hottle, ?Godzilla vs. Kong? Actress, Dies in Car Crash |
A deaf teenage actress, she appeared in ?Godzilla vs. Kong? and ?Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.? | |
![]() | Ava DuVernay?s Documentary ?14th? Will Close New York Film Festival |
Described as a ?sequel of sorts? to ?13TH,? the new movie argues that the 14th Amendment, which guarantees birthright citizenship, is under attack. | |
![]() | ?Les Misérables? in Concert and More: A Show?s Never-Ending Life |
Concert versions and touring productions keep the spirit of 19th-century French revolutionaries alive. | |
![]() | 7 Other ?Odyssey? Movie Adaptations to Stream Now |
For decades, filmmakers have been borrowing plot lines and metaphors from Homer?s epic for adventures set in different eras and realities. | |
![]() | Here?s What Greeks Think of Christopher Nolan?s ?The Odyssey? |
Before its release, some in the country were highly skeptical about the new depiction of a beloved tale. But many who saw it over opening weekend came back with positive reviews. | |
![]() | ?National Treasure,? the Over-Engineered, Delightfully Dumb U.S. History Lesson |
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha raced from conspiracy theory to conspiracy theory in this 2004 blockbuster about stealing the Declaration of Independence. | |
![]() | Cinephiles Took Their Own Journeys to See ?The Odyssey? in IMAX 70mm |
To see Christopher Nolan?s interpretation of an epic journey in his preferred IMAX 70mm format, admirers packed their bags and took out their passports. | |
![]() | ?The Odyssey? Brings in $124.5 Million at the Box Office, Powered by Christopher Nolan |
Christopher Nolan?s nearly three-hour epic was No. 1 over the weekend, with about $124.5 million in ticket sales in the United States and Canada. | |
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