Samantha Morton as Circe in a scene from “The Odyssey” (2026). In director Christopher Nolan’s “dark, succinct telling,” “Circe is an obstacle [Odysseus] must overcome, just like the other women in the film have very specific ways to round out the hero’s tale of triumph,” the Times’ Maya Phillips writes. (Universal Pictures) By MAYA PHILLIPS When the men under the charge of the brave Odysseus arrive at Circe’s home in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” the film shifts from seafaring epic to…
