We discuss Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with Bilge Ebiri (New York Magazine / Vulture)! We discuss Nolan’s sympathetic Odysseus, a man out of time, burdened by guilt and shame, but also a herald of a new age of science and reason. We consider how Nolan made one of the oldest and grandest stories into aContinue reading “THE ODYSSEY (2026)”
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DUNE PART TWO (2024)
We go BACK to Arrakis, desert planet, homeworld of the spice and the Fremen and keeper of Shai Hulud. We’re joined again for the journey by major spice-head John DeVore to discuss Villeneuve’s two films in relation to Lynch’s 1984 version and Frank Herbert’s book. Along the way, we consider the worm Uber, the possibilityContinue reading “DUNE PART TWO (2024)”
Cows in the Field 