India, July 30 -- Multi masking. The Odyssey is long; mostly dudes doing dude things, while women weave, and fade into insignificance. So, what are women viewers doing through three hours of it? Skincare apparently. Nolan's yarn is perfect for leaving on a barrier-cream mask, the dark multiplex is Vit-C-serum-friendly. You can't carry food into a multiplex. But a little retinol in an amphora? No problem.

Riding through. Remember those trolley arguments in philosophy class? That hypothetical trolley that's hurtling towards 20 people and will kill them, but if you pull a lever to swerve it to a side track, it only kills 10? It's been all over our screens: The Good Place, the S1 finale of The Last of Us, the hilarious climax of Widow's Bay,...