Day: 9 January 2025

The Return a more Human Odyssey

TORONTO – While almost a third of the world’s population celebrated Christmas last week, a seemingly equal amount of cinephiles, historophiles and antiquarians were sent into a frenzy over Christopher Nolan’s new film announcement – The Odyssey.  According to Universal’s statement on X, the British filmmaker’s next project “Is a mythic-action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026”. 

Passports: Singapore the best, Italy’s third and Canada seventh; down US, up China

TORONTO – The most “powerful” passport in the world is Singapore’s, the only one that allows entry into 195 countries (out of a total of 227) without any prior Visa; Italy, which until last year shared this record with Singapore and Japan, France, Germany and Spain, falls to third place “losing” two countries (from 194 last year to 192 this year). But things are worse for Canada which, with 188 “Visa-free” countries, remains seventh, a position where it has fallen for some years after being, in 2014 (one year before the beginning of the Trudeau-era), in second place.