Two-time Oscar winner Christopher Nolan says amateur film critics have developed a habit of dismissing storytelling techniques simply because they can identify them, a tendency he calls "a real problem in criticism today." Nolan laid out the argument in a recent podcast interview with Beijing-based host Zhong Shu, a clip of which surfaced on X […] The post Christopher Nolan takes aim at amateur critics who think spotting a trick means it failed appeared first on American Almanac .
Two-time Oscar winner Christopher Nolan says amateur film critics have developed a habit of dismissing storytelling techniques simply because they can identify them, a tendency he calls "a real problem in criticism today." Nolan laid out the argument in a recent podcast interview with Beijing-based host Zhong Shu, a clip of which surfaced on X on July 31. The filmmaker, riding a wave of commercial and critical success with his latest epic The Odyssey, did not mince words about what he sees as a fundamental misunderstanding of how stories work. The core complaint is straightforward: a growing class of online reviewers believes that naming the device a filmmaker used, making a character sympathetic, building toward a heroic moment, leaning…Open
Christopher Nolan turned a 3,000-year-old poem into a $264 million global opening weekend, a result that should embarrass every studio executive still betting the farm on tired sequels and reboots. The British filmmaker's adaptation of Homer's epic earned $124.5 million from 3,919 domestic theaters in its first three days, Variety reported. Overseas, the R-rated, nearly […] The post Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' opens to $124 million, proving original blockbusters still pack theaters appeared first on American Almanac .
Christopher Nolan turned a 3,000-year-old poem into a $264 million global opening weekend, a result that should embarrass every studio executive still betting the farm on tired sequels and reboots. The British filmmaker's adaptation of Homer's epic earned $124.5 million from 3,919 domestic theaters in its first three days, Variety reported . Overseas, the R-rated, nearly three-hour film pulled in another $139.6 million from 73 international markets, bringing its worldwide debut to $264.1 million. That figure eclipses the global opening of Nolan's 2023 Oscar winner "Oppenheimer" by more than $80 million and marks his strongest debut since "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012. The numbers landed well above pre-release projections of $80 to $90…Open
Before she played a sorceress on screen, Samantha Morton was pulling off illusions for real. The 49-year-old British actress, who portrays the enchantress Circe in Christopher Nolan's new epic The Odyssey, spent years as a teenager working as a magician's assistant, a chapter of her life that, by her own telling, fed directly into one […] The post Samantha Morton's real-life magic act finds its stage in Nolan's 'The Odyssey' appeared first on American Almanac .
Before she played a sorceress on screen, Samantha Morton was pulling off illusions for real. The 49-year-old British actress, who portrays the enchantress Circe in Christopher Nolan's new epic The Odyssey, spent years as a teenager working as a magician's assistant, a chapter of her life that, by her own telling, fed directly into one of the summer's most talked-about performances. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Morton described how a fellow member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, a drama group for working-class youths, was also part of the Magic Circle, Britain's storied organization for professional magicians. He asked Morton to be his assistant, and she kept at it until she was 16. The role was…Open
The latest woke fad is but a brief moment in the span of Hellenic history. The post Taki’s Hellas of Heroes appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Taki’s Hellas of Heroes The latest woke fad is but a brief moment in the span of Hellenic history. TakiMag I write this from the ancient land of Homeric heroes, Hellas, better known to the rest of you as Greece. Hellas has given us democracy, philosophy, tragedy, comedy, oligarchy, oratory, and ostracism. We also invented the Olympic Games, in which amateur athletes competed for a laurel wreath, and some died for it during the pankration competition. (It was like MMA but much rougher, and many expired rather than surrender.) Half of Greek males today are called Alexander—after the great king—and many others are…Open
OPINION: Actress Lupita Nyong'o, who is starring in Christopher Nolan's new movie The Odyssey, upset some conservatives for saying she would question Homer about the lack of focus on women in his stories. #LupitaNyongo #TheOdyssey #Homer About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers.…
