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Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer bicker as Zeus and Hera in this new dynastic saga, which reimagines Greek mythology for the present day. Nick Hilton talks to the stars and to screenwriter Charlie Covell about bringing it to life

The legend of Troy – a city sparking with fire, a cataclysmic war and a refugee crisis – always has something more to offer writers looking for inspiration. The unspeakable horrors of conflict. The brutalities written on women’s bodies. The journey that, for the victors, means a voyage home, and…

When political solutions lose out to vengeance, in Aeschylus’s words, ‘Where will it end?’

After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the Supreme Court overturned women’s right to abortion in June 2022; women have also been leaving the workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases to care for children and elderly…

Between dreamlike, choreographed scene transitions, the bodies pile up, each death ruthless, complex and — a credit to Aleshea Harris’ writing — unexpected.

Ellie's story still needs a proper ending that wraps up the series's themes about cycles of violence.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin and Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati.

Greek stage and screen actor who appeared in The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin