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Eileen Jones

  • Contributing Editor/Film Critic, Jacobin
Berkeley
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I write about film for Jacobin magazine and have a podcast called Filmsuck. Survived many years of teaching at UC Berkeley's Department of Film and Media.
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey : A Dissenter’s View

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By Eileen Jones
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Should I lead off with how much I hate Christopher Nolan movies in general, or how much I hate Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in particular? I’m so aware of my hatred for Christopher Nolan movies in general that I tried sincerely to suspend that hatred in order to watch The Odyssey. Partly because the advance word was so full of praise, even from certain scholars of ancient Greek vouching for the film’s greatness, that I thought maybe Nolan had finally found the right material for him.
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Young Washington : a Simpleminded Take on Our First President

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By Eileen Jones
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You may have heard of Angel Studios, the producer and distributor of Young Washington, a pretty dunderheaded biopic about George Washington as a self-centered but hunky young idiot who redeems himself in battle, which is currently playing in theaters. The film ends with a “special message” from actor Kelsey Grammer, who also appears in Young Washington as a smug British peer who’s making a fortune as an American planter.
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Great Cinematic Odysseys to Prepare You for The Odyssey

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By Eileen Jones
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There’s a new Criterion Channel series called “Odysseys” that is clearly meant as a tie-in with Christopher Nolan’s upcoming much-anticipated epic The Odyssey opening soon. But before I get into the Criterion film picks, I must note that I have now had this conversation a few times in the past month when discussing, in vague ways, summer movie releases: Me: The next one I have to review is The Odyssey. Them: What’s that one about? Me: It’s, you know, THE Odyssey.
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