greek mythology

Anders Nilsen’s ‘Tongues’ and the Nature of God
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Anders Nilsen’s ‘Tongues’ and the Nature of God

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 / 18 November 2024

Ostensibly a meditation on Greek mythology, I found more parallels with Islamic eschatology in Anders Nilsen’s sprawling graphic novel think piece, Tongues.

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Greek Women Are Mighty Lively in Haynes’ Pandora’s Jar

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 / 9 February 2021
Drag Me to Hell’s Fat Girl Problem
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Drag Me to Hell’s Fat Girl Problem

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 / 27 July 2020

Inside every Thin Girl is a Fat Girl waiting to be damned. Sam Raimi's 2009 Drag Me to Hell damns Alison Lohmans "stealth fat girl" to this day.

Stone Dead: Murder and Myth in ‘Medousa’
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Stone Dead: Murder and Myth in ‘Medousa’

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 / 16 January 2017
A wry tale which takes in Greek mythology, punk rock and influences of American suspense-drama, this is an effective and curious thriller about myth and obsession.
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‘The Lost Books of the Odyssey’ A Fleet-Footed and Agile Act of Creation

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 / 1 May 2011
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In ‘Clash of the Titans’ and Its Sequel, Only the Gods Know What Hollywood Was — and Is — Thinking

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 / 25 July 2010
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God of War: Chains of Olympus

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 / 1 April 2008
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God of War II

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 / 20 April 2007