{"id":203580,"date":"2026-03-06T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=203580"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:49:23","slug":"review-pompei-below-the-clouds-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=203580","title":{"rendered":"Review: <i>Pompei: Below the Clouds<\/i> (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pompeibcre-jpg-e1772804515477.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-203581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pompeibcre-jpg-e1772804515477.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pompeibcre-jpg-e1772804515477-200x83.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pompeibcre-jpg-e1772804515477-400x167.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pompeibcre-jpg-e1772804515477-100x42.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThis week, I reviewed a mesmerizing documentary about Naples, sitting in the shadow of a famous volcano, with more volcanoes around. But it&#8217;s not like a History Channel documentary: it&#8217;s about current-day Naples, with the past &#8220;overlaid&#8221; it, or maybe coming up from underneath the ground, where archaeologists are still discovering ruins and antiquities. It&#8217;s not so much about Pompeii haunting current-day residents, but a meditation on history and time. I really loved it. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/pompei-below-the-clouds-mubi-documentary-film-review-2026\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my review of <i>Pompei: Below the Clouds<\/i><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XB0kyzY81PU?si=NAwttRkdpB8X3H1Z\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I reviewed a mesmerizing documentary about Naples, sitting in the shadow of a famous volcano, with more volcanoes around. But it&#8217;s not like a History Channel documentary: it&#8217;s about current-day Naples, with the past &#8220;overlaid&#8221; it, or maybe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=203580\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2493,2215,2668],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203585,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203580\/revisions\/203585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}