Since I saw the movie, I have found it difficult not to see Trojan horses everywhere. We live now in a state of perpetual distrustfulness

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey was always going to inspire – and enrage – fans. That’s what you get when you take Homer’s words and make them into a blockbuster in Trump times.

The heroism Nolan’s film depicts is far darker and far less triumphant than audiences might expect