Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMatt Damon as Odysseus in a scene from "The Odyssey." Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon/AP A monumental retelling of Homer's epic proves once again that Christopher Nolan is a brilliant filmmaker – and an average screenwriterAdrian Hennigan06:42 PM • July 20 2026 IDTEveryone's a critic these days. A millisecond after the screen faded to black at the end of my screening of "The Odyssey" last week, the person next to me exclaimed: "Plucking hell!" I may have misheard him.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Movie reviewPop CultureCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran2026 World CupResettle GazaIsrael ElectionsWest Bank settlers HemisphericHaQuizHaaretz PodcastLost Holocaust Music, Nearly Erased by Stalin, Goes on Tour in AsiaHow to Interpret the Israeli-Palestinian Reality in ReelsHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'Bumps at Funerals, Lines in Shelters: Israel's Wars Drive Israelis to DrugsClothes Like Homes: Sasson Kedem's Oversized Vision Finds a New GenerationRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?Democrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup