Foreign Office by Michael Weiss

Foreign Office by Michael Weiss

O Brother, Not Again

No one has seen Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey epic. But everyone has opinions about it.

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Foreign Office by M.Weiss
May 15, 2026
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Matt Damon as Odysseus.

Of all our filmmakers, Christopher Nolan has typically been well-regarded by cultural conservatives for making movies that adults can watch without feeling like they’re being treated as children.

His oeuvre can fairly be described as a way of sneaking in rather unprogressive messages into his marquee blockbusters. He made one film …

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