What better way to conclude the odyssey that has been the official run of Groovy Movies than with Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey? But where does his most challenging - and already most successful - film to date sit in our Nolan ranking? Plus, as we bring the podcast to a close, we look back at how the film industry has fared over the five years we’ve been recording.
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6 Jul 2026
The Christopher Nolan Hallmarks pt 2
Part two of our Christopher Nolan recap takes us from Inception - the movie that made his name as an “IP” director - all the way to the present day and our hellish scramble to get IMAX tickets for The Odyssey. If you haven’t got yours yet, what are you waiting for? On our next and final episode, we’ll be concluding our 5-year run of Groovy Movies with a special episode discussing this most major cinematic event.
References
The Film Data Scientist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkkjrY8Alms) (not the film stats guy, as we called him)
The Amazing Digital Circus (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHovnlOusNLgvAbnxluXCVB3KLj8e4QB-)
Patrick H Williams on How IMAX made Nolan a better director (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v92uAesOimQ)
Atonement Dunkirk scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55CaD_j5FQs), directed by Joe Wright
Watch Mussolini: Son of the Century, directed by Joe Wright on Sky (https://www.sky.com/watch/mussolini-son-of-the-century) or Apple TV (https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/mussolini-son-of-the-century/umc.cmc.1o5lxpwaf19bvdo58nf9plt9b)
If you love what we do, please like, subscribe and leave a review!
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8 Jun 2026
The Christopher Nolan Hallmarks pt 1
In anticipation of The Odyssey's release, we’re traversing the course of Christopher Nolan’s career and plotting his signature hallmarks along the way. Plus: the box office-shattering success of Backrooms and Obsession, and the AI movie showing at Tribeca Film Festival.
References
Christian Zilko’s IndieWire article (https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/backrooms-obsession-teach-film-industry-different-lessons-1235197516/)
Nolan’s 60 Minutes interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2hkexeu3_8)
The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan by Tom Shone (https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571347995-the-nolan-variations/?srsltid=AfmBOoqgPUp0RhrUSobKDy4eBZg4IBXjgyEVd3MGlhQKQX7UXJqkj10D)
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