The Odyssey – Chris Barsanti

So what was left to do in preparation for The Odyssey? Go through Christopher Nolan’s entire filmography and assess how they all stack up. While the ranking is definitionally from “worst” to “best,” there really isn’t a bad film in the batch, so all in all a pleasant assignment.

“Every Christopher Nolan Film Ranked” was published at PopMatters today:

Christopher Nolan’s films pack in audiences, win awards, and leave people excitedly puzzling out their twists and meaning for years. For mainstream audiences and cinephiles, his work provides a vanishingly rare opportunity to have one’s cake and eat it, too.

With the release of Nolan’s 13th, and by most metrics biggest, film, The Odyssey, it’s a good time to review his full body of work. Here are all of Nolan’s 13 features, ranked worst to best…

A decade after The Trip introduced the concept of a couple comics japing around as they touristed and ate delicate foods, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have returned for the fourth and last entry in this surprisingly durable series.

The Trip to Greece opens this Friday. My review is at The Playlist:

There are many viewers who, upon hearing that “The Trip to Greece” is very much like the three previous entries in Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s comic culinary road trip flicks, will be not disappointed but absolutely delighted. Given the current state of uncertainty and the likelihood that social-distancing will dramatically impact the ability of studios to produce new movies, new incarnations of the familiar and beloved are treasured. Many would be delighted to hear that the pair had scampered off to tour France, Israel, Japan, and maybe even Iceland before the shelter-in-place orders came down…

Here’s the trailer:

Chris Barsanti

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