Read all about upcoming Greek film projects here “War of the Gods!” The first is they have landed director Tarsem Singh (”The Fall,” “The Cell”) to helm “War of Gods!” They say it’s another Greek film like “300″ was. They say they’re going to use the stuff they learned on “300″ to make the film and they [...]
There’s Latin on Barack Obama’s new campaign logo. Take a look here. The seal includes the same bald eagle as the actual presidential seal clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, but instead of a shield covering the center of the eagle’s body, the Obama version displays the campaign’s trademark “O.” Unlike [...]
It’s not everyday that you see Martial quoted in Newsweek. as Ellen DeGeneres told John McCain on her show recently, “We are all the same people, all of us.” That’s what the California Supreme Court said when it ruled that gay couples should have the right to marry as a matter of basic equality. Before you could [...]
Another update of Classical theater onstage. And soon to be onscreen directed by none other than David Lynch. Filmmaker David Lynch is all set to make a new horror movie based on a Greek tragedy. Lynch, who has directed hits like “Blue Velvet” and “Mullholland Drive”, will team up with Werner Herzog to make [...]
What better way to appreciate and support mothers on Mother’s Day than to reduce all maternal identities and behaviors into two universalizing and demeaning stereotypes–and to back it up with some Homer! Classic Moms The meddler and the martyr. That’s what Achilles and Odysseus had to deal with. On Achilles’ mother Thetis, who lobbies Zeus on behalf of [...]
Aristophanes’ Frogs has been updated by the Classic Stage Company. Read the full review here. (thanks, Nick!) The play is “Old Comedy After Aristophanes’ Frogs,” and in it David Greenspan has, figuratively speaking, built himself a framework out of “The Frogs” and the Old Comedy conventions, then sprayed it with a machine gun. The bullets are [...]
Read all about it here PARIS – Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France’s Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known. The life-sized bust showing the Roman ruler with wrinkles and hollows in his face is tentatively dated to 46 B.C. Divers uncovered the [...]
Read Mary Beard on the fascist origins of the Olympic torch relay and the political nature of the Olympics even in ancient times. Hardly any commentator stops to mention that this silly torch ceremony has nothing to do with the ancient Greeks, and was really invented to be a magnificent shot in Leni Riefenstahl’s movie (choreographed [...]
From the New York Times: As reflected on this Sunday’s letters page, readers took us to task after Colson Whitehead — in his March 2 back-page essay, “I Write in Brooklyn. Get Over It” — called Walter Hill’s 1979 youth-gang cult film “The Warriors” “a glorious B-movie version of “The Odyssey.” Whitehead, of course, is free to [...]
The ancient Greek site of the Olympics, which serves as a starting point for the Olympic torch relay is the scene of modern day political protest. read the article here watch the video here