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Glen Hansard Made Music Feel Alive
The musician, who died this week at 56, understood that music is not something you spin up on a hard drive. Real music, like real love, is something you…
Spencer Klavan
Stop Overthinking ‘The Odyssey’
Plus: That viral raccoon in Seattle. The ‘blessed drudgery’ of motherhood. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Tom Brady’s Midlife Crisis
Plus: The real problem with ‘The Odyssey,’ and the parasite discount at Whole Foods.
Suzy Weiss
44M
There Is Good and Evil. Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Isn’t Afraid to Say So.
Nolan trusts Homer—and his audience—to recognize that villains deserve defeat and heroes deserve to triumph.
Spencer Klavan
The Worst Invite a Couple Can Get
Olivia Wilde’s new movie seems like another millennial ode to polyamory. But it’s actually something much messier.
Kat Rosenfield
Why ‘The Odyssey’ Still Enchants Us. Plus . . .
Suzy Weiss on Taylor Swift’s ‘psychotic’ wedding. A poet’s ode to ‘Little House on the Prairie.’ Two Drinks with the anti-AI activist Steve Bannon calls…
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Daniel Mendelsohn: The Immortal Appeal of ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster is only the latest adaptation of a story that has captivated audiences for three millennia. Here’s why the epic poem has…
Daniel Mendelsohn
All the Details on Taylor Swift’s Gaudy Wedding
Plus: Paris Hilton’s quest for rich-kid justice, death doulas, and why Americans don’t care about the World Cup.
Suzy Weiss
40M
Hating ‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Make You a Misogynist
The movie hasn’t flopped because people don’t like female superheroes. It flopped because it’s awful.
Kat Rosenfield
Douglas Murray: What Really Makes ‘Citizen Vigilante’ So Dangerous
The banned film about migrant crime rightly indicts Europe’s elites. But it could stoke intemperate rage along with righteous anger.
Douglas Murray
Mayim Bialik Never Fit Into Hollywood. She Made it Anyway.
The ‘Big Bang Theory’ star speaks on Zionism, being confronted in a parking lot, and falling out with the Democratic Party. Politically, she said, ‘I…
Suzy Weiss
‘Toy Story 5’ Is a Love Letter to Fathers
From an industry that usually portrays dads as fools or tyrants comes something rare: a portrait of fathers as tender, flawed, frightened, and…
Liel Leibovitz
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