Dana Stevens
@thehighsign.bsky.social
Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...
The Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film Center
The Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity
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can we sometimes be asking "what qualifies this guy to speak on this subject?" or has that ship sailed
honestly, a middle-brow (complimentary) director doing a big splashy Classics adaptation that’s sold out for a month at the IMAX and there’s an ongoing debate about it with one of its en vogue translators is probably the healthiest the culture has been in a long time
Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester behind the scenes of “The Bride of Frankenstein” 1935
[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody
For Anthony Bourdain fans &/or fans of writer-director Matt Johnson w/ qualms about Johnson's new biopic of teenage Bourdain: rest assured that it's good. Not groundbreaking cinema, but a solid coming-of-age drama w/ great performances from Antonio Banderas & Dominic Sessa. slate.com/culture/2026...
The Anthony Bourdain Biopic Is Delicious
To do justice to such a beloved figure may seem impossible, but one young actor—and one filmmaker on a hot streak—just rose to the challenge.
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sea people this, sea people that, I see a lot of people who should log off and go run around outside
My favorite depiction of the Trojan Horse, and the earliest known version. I love the windows, like an airplane, and that the windows go up the neck too.
This Seattle showing of The General is nearly sold out, which, in a theater with a 2800+-seat capacity showing a movie that turns 100 this year, really says something about the longevity of great silent comedy & the desire of audiences to see movies in a real theater. Grab one of the last tickets!
Dana Stevens@thehighsign.bsky.social · last wk.Seattleites: I'm in your town tomorrow night to host a screening & discussion of Buster Keaton's The General (w/ live organ accompaniment!) as part of the Silent Movie Mondays series at the wonderful Paramount Theatre. There are tickets left, but not many. Come out! www.stubhub.com/silent-movie...
An excellent lineup, including my favorite Keaton feature (Steamboat Bill, Jr.) & a lot of less-screened shorts. NYers should also note that The Navigator is showing at MoMA this Thursday night with live accompaniment by @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social. It's Buster summer, as every summer should be!
Jonathan Eby@jonathaneby.bsky.social · last wk.@thehighsign.bsky.social I will unfortunately be working, but the American cinematheque is playing a whole bunch of buster keaton movies this summer! The people should know! www.americancinematheque.com/series/summe...
Seattleites: I'm in your town tomorrow night to host a screening & discussion of Buster Keaton's The General (w/ live organ accompaniment!) as part of the Silent Movie Mondays series at the wonderful Paramount Theatre. There are tickets left, but not many. Come out! www.stubhub.com/silent-movie...
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Waiting to board a flight that’s at gate B17 & I can’t stop humming Olivia Newton-John’s “Please Mr. Please.” Send help (mister) (please)
Lovely tribute to the (literally!) towering work of Bill Irwin:
Sam Adams@samadams.bsky.social · 2w agoI wrote about what might be the only overlooked aspect of The Odyssey.
Went on @wnyc.org this morning to talk with Brian Lehrer & Cambridge classics prof Mary Beard about The Odyssey: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
Context and a Movie: The Odyssey | WNYC
Classicist Mary Beard and film critic Dana Stevens talk about Christopher Nolan's newest film.
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Love the Music Box so dearly. Chicago, turn out!
Music Box Theatre@musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 2w agoOur amazing, talented staff went all out for THE ODYSSEY🐴 Trojan horse by Instagram.com/isa.fav.makes Lobby mural by Instagram.com/thecheapsoap Handpainted marquee lettering by Instagram.com/yooyooblue Now Playing, presented in 70mm! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Absolutely one of the best films I've seen so far this year, & all the more astounding given it's a young director's first feature. Don't miss this one now that it's finally come to streaming.
Monica Castillo@mcastimovies.bsky.social · 2w ago. @sophyromvari.bsky.social’s incredible feature debut BLUE HERON premieres tonight at 8pm on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social. We spoke about her film, memories, and time for @avclub.com www.avclub.com/sophy-romvar...
very funny that after all the “Emily Wilson is going to longhouse Western Civilization with her woke Odyssey”, Emily Wilson herself is like “yeah, a bit too much ‘healing trauma’ and not enough ‘relishing in the blood of your enemies’ in the new movie”
naturally @isaacbutler.bsky.social is on the side of the angels, by which I mean Anne Hathaway
She Won an Oscar—and Received Years of Backlash. Now She’s Finally Stopped Trying to Play Herself.
Anne Hathaway once faced so much backlash she had to be defended by Ta-Nehisi Coates. She’s finally entered a new phase.
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Question for the format/aspect ratio nerds out there: given that the NYC screenings in IMAX 70mm are now sold out through August (!!), what would you recommend as the next-best format/theater to see The Odyssey in? People are asking me & I’m not sure I have a strong opinion.
This is the Odyssey we're talking about! Stop wandering!
Amber Sparks@ambersparks.bsky.social · 2w agoAll these armchair classicists on social yelling about how you shouldn’t stray from the text of an ancient epic poem that’s been so strayed from it’s become the basis for 80 percent of western storytelling
Somehow despite its gargantuan scale, 75-foot-high IMAX image, $250 million budget & stacked cast of A-list stars, Christopher Nolan's Odyssey feels like his most personal project...& maybe, w/ the proviso that I've never been a huge Nolan-head, my favorite movie he's made? slate.com/culture/2026...
I’m a Longtime Christopher Nolan Skeptic, but His Adaptation of the Odyssey Slayed Even Me
Sing in me, Muse, of sexy goddesses, crafty twists, and killer practical effects.
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Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish
Somehow despite its gargantuan scale, 75-foot-high IMAX image, $250 million budget & stacked cast of A-list stars, Christopher Nolan's Odyssey feels like his most personal project...& maybe, w/ the proviso that I've never been a huge Nolan-head, my favorite movie he's made? slate.com/culture/2026...
I’m a Longtime Christopher Nolan Skeptic, but His Adaptation of the Odyssey Slayed Even Me
Sing in me, Muse, of sexy goddesses, crafty twists, and killer practical effects.
slate.com
Matt Damon Defends Dunkin’ Product Placement In Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ https://theonion.com/matt-damon-defends-dunkin-product-placement-in-nolans-odyssey/
Emily Wilson thread, y'all! Real heads (i.e., me writing my Odyssey review today) will be cracking open her translation again in advance of the release of Chris Nolan's film on Friday.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
