As Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film “The Odyssey” hit theaters this week, Fareed speaks with Daniel Mendelsohn to discuss how it holds up to Homer’s epic.

Many thousands of people lined up to see the movie this past weekend, selling out IMAX screenings — so many people, in fact, that the film made $264 million globally on its opening weekend, an astound...

“The Odyssey” is the first film shot entirely with Imax cameras and Nolan’s advocacy of the format has led to sell-outs as theaters have scrambled to keep up with demand.