Why the controversy over Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' is little more than a tragic, irritating distraction.

Lupita Nyong'o calls Homer's The Odyssey sexist, but the ancient epic's women tell a far different story.

It's old-school, swords-and-sandals cinema, yet still modern and richly satisfying.

“Men used to go to war.” Christopher Nolan’s retelling of Homer’s Odyssey agrees, but also dares to ask, "And for what?"

In a starry, stirring adaptation of Homer’s epic, the director’s signature realism grounds, without dispelling, the drama’s emotional and mythological power.

For all the hysteria over “woke” casting and ahistorical choices, Christopher Nolan’s epic is on track to make $200 million globally during its opening weekend.

From sex and the gods to that ending, Christopher Nolan’s big-screen adaptation of “The Odyssey” deviates from Homer’s epic poem in a number of ways.

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of 'The Odyssey' has created a lot of controversy online, but academics are having a different conversation.

Why the controversy over Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' is little more than a tragic, irritating distraction.

The film draws on Virgil, Aeschylus and lost Greek epics as director turns the warrior’s journey home into a story of guilt, collapse and redemption

The Trojan War ‘wasn't really launched over Helen being gorgeous,’ the conservative pundit claims of the script, in reference to the Oscar-winning actress

The new film directed by Christopher Nolan has already sparked a run in theaters internationally — and stirred controversy in Homer’s land.

Controversy has centred largely on casting, but it also reflects broader debates on who gets to retell this epic story.

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” hit the big screen this week. Whether you are a fan of Nolan’s work or not, the reactions and debates we’ve seen across the board…

Christopher Nolan's epic arrives amidst controversy from some online quarters

Right-wing critics previously took issue with the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy

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