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June 26, 2026 
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Hi, movie fans!
It’s no exaggeration to say that we’ve been eagerly awaiting Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” since last July. That’s when tickets for IMAX 70-millimeter showings went on sale and quickly sold out. (More screenings were since added, and more have sold out).
Now, with the release just three weeks away, my colleague Melena Ryzik got a chance to sit down with the director for an extensive conversation about the making of the film and other subjects (like his role as head of the Directors Guild).
One of the biggest surprises from the interview is how anxious Nolan seems to be about the reception for “The Odyssey,” IMAX ticket sales notwithstanding. “It’s very nerve-racking,” he told her. “You work on something a long time, you care about it a lot, but movies belong to the audience. So it’s kind of in the eye of the beholder.”
Another unexpected tidbit: Nolan gets the Sunday scaries. “Quite often if I can’t sleep before a shoot — I have a lot of bad Sunday nights — it’s because I haven’t worked out the week’s work properly,” he said. “You stay awake all night processing things that maybe you didn’t have time to process the week before.”
Of course there are other great movies arriving before then, including “The Invite,” directed by Olivia Wilde. That’s about a couple in a stagnating marriage (Wilde and Seth Rogen) who ask a neighboring couple (Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton) to dinner with bitingly funny results. It’s a critic’s pick for our reviewer, Alissa Wilkinson, who writes, “It’s a romp, rhythmically enjoyable and cleverly directed, with subtle flourishes that build out the characters’ quirks and anxieties.”
Whatever you decide to watch, enjoy the movies!
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