The Odyssey is still selling out IMAX screenings six weeks after its release. People are hungry for escape and they want that escape on the biggest screen possible. But Christopher Nolan has more on his mind than just entertainment. The movie is its own Trojan horse. We’re lured in by the eye-popping visuals, only to find wisdom at every step of the journey.
What can a 3,000-year-old poem have to teach us in 2026? In Nolan’s hands, quite a lot. Odysseus’s journey has often been used as a prototype for spiritual insight. Nolan continues that tradition. As a feat of pure filmmaking, The Odyssey is extraordinary. An epic feast for the senses. But it’s the relatable themes underneath the surface that provide us our true nourishment.
Join Jon and Tim as they discuss 2026’s box office explosion, Christopher Nolan’s best movies, Tim’s World Series prediction, Stephen King’s The Long Walk, annoying movie theater audiences, 3,000-year-old Dadcore, Kevin Smith’s Tusk, Jon’s TV picks, recasting The Odyssey, the evolution of Odysseus, Richard Rohr on the two halves of life, Zeus’s Law vs. Jesus’s Law, the cost of violence, doing evil to accomplish good, the need for spiritual mentorship, and our universal search for home.
