The Odyssey's Real Protagonist

EPISODE 412: Mementos.

Does Christopher Nolan make going to the movies feel like homework?

Friend of PTFO (and New York Times critic at large) Wesley Morris returns for a — relatively spoiler-free — cinematic sparring session:

What goes wrong when an auteur plays with too many Hollywood toys?

What goes right when Homeric text aligns with archetypal Damon?

Is the casting really “woke,” after all?

And why were those Greek islands so... neutered?

YOUTUBE SPOILER ALERT:

Don’t Believe His Lies,

Pablo

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