477 - The Odyssey

Eavesdropping at the Movies · Jul 25, 2026 · 56m

Realising his dream of shooting an entire film on 70mm IMAX stock, Christopher Nolan adapts Homer's ancient Greek poem The Odyssey, a vast mythological epic and one of the foundational works of Western literature. We haven't seen it in full IMAX but IMAX Digital, the pretender to the IMAX name that nonetheless offers the best screen in Birmingham, which for three hours immerses us in the story of a war hero's attempt to return home and handle his past. Other than the film's tempo and structure, which tell the story swiftly and non-chronologically, but without ever losing us, we don't agree on…