Christopher Nolan is diving headfirst into Greek myth with The Odyssey, but he paid homage to another legendary story with Inception.

Everyone loves a fun reinterpretation of historical myth. While some stories forego historical accuracy and stay true to the essence of Greek/Roman mythology (most mid-2000s genre flicks embody this ...

Since 1993, 33,293 people have drowned in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic trying to reach a safe place to start a new life. Meritxell Martín i Pardo In The Monster in the Maze, Aethra (Gemma ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official website of author Jennifer Saint. “Ariadne” by Jennifer Saint is, ...

Netflix's 'KAOS' tells an ancient Greek myth set in the modern-age with Jeff Goldblum as a spiteful Zeus Jeff Goldblum as Zeus in 'Kaos'. Move aside Percy Jackson, KAOS is here to satisfy the ...

Previous collaborators Coelho and Milner (The Girl Who Became a Tree) offer a vulnerable, nuanced look at masculinity via a teenager’s search for his father paralleled with the Greek myth of Theseus.

In Hades, the legendary Greek hero who killed the Minotaur, Theseus, is a pain in the ass. He’s a bossfight, a blowhard who treats each encounter like an overproduced wrestling match. Zagreus, the ...

Mythology and mythological retellings are having their moment in the sun. With big franchises like the MCU digging deep into the world of myths in their movies and series, and other shows like Percy ...

THE KING MUST DIE (338 pp.)—Mary Renault—Pantheon ($4.50). The best excuse for retelling a myth is to be unfaithful to it. When Joyce reworked the Odyssey, turning Ulysses into the Jew Leopold Bloom ...

Move aside Percy Jackson, KAOS is here to satisfy the modern-day Greek mythology adaptation itch. The first season of the Netflix show was released in August 2024 and features Jeff Goldblum as a ...