Walt Odets, Who Delved Into the Minds of Gay Men, Dies at 79

A psychologist, he wrote during the AIDS crisis about survivor’s guilt and depression in his H.I.V.-negative patients.

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The Surprising Parallels Between ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Oppenheimer’

Our movie critic Alissa Wilkinson describes how Christopher Nolan’s version of “The Odyssey” builds on key themes in his previous film “Oppenheimer.”

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Cyclospora Investigation Turns to Farms in Mexico

The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped.

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Want More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next

Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.

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Wait, Moviegoing Isn’t Dead? Our Critic Explains.

The Times’s chief film critic, Manohla Dargis, discusses what is driving the youthquake in moviegoing, and what she thinks it portends for the film industry.

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Cyclospora Linked to Taylor Farms Lettuce Sent to Taco Bell

Federal officials worked with Michigan investigators to trace the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, which may also have gone to other vendors.

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‘The Kidnapping of Arabella’ Review: Stolen Childhoods

A disturbed young woman tries to heal her past by abducting a rebellious child in this strange and intermittently touching road movie.

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