by Nicholas Powers | Jul 25, 2026 | far right, film, film review, history, Media, Racial Justice, Review, Trans Rights, White Nationalism
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opens with a shot of the bard Demodocus — played by rapper Travis Scott — hitting a staff on a table for a beat. The movie then cuts to Sinon, an Achaean soldier in front of the Trojan Horse, who is played by transgender actor Elliot Page. Later, the hero, Odysseus (a somber Matt Damon) confesses that he is a war criminal. The blood on his hands stopped him from…
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by Jesse Hagopian | Mar 13, 2026 | Academy Awards, culture, film, history, Media, music, Op-Ed, Oscars, Racial Justice, Slavery
Warning: This article contains spoilers. Near the end of Sinners, there is a moment that Hollywood rarely permits. The character Smoke guns down a gang of Ku Klux Klan members who have come to murder his people — and then, with hands still trembling, he cradles his newborn child in his arms. Watching it, something strange and powerful stirred within me — as if the film were bending time…
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