Tom Jolliffe looks at the similarities between The Northman and Conan the Barbarian. Spoilers follow… Robert Eggers has released his long awaited third movie. After success and masses of acclaim for his small scale masterworks The Witch and The Lighthouse, Eggers has gone large scale in his third outing. The Northman is a big budget […]
Movie Review – The Northman (2022)
The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Olwen Fouéré, Eldar Skar, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassmann, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Kate Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, […]
The Box Office Problem: The Desertion of the Cinephiles
Tom Jolliffe looks at the disappointing box office returns for The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and the possible implications for cinema… The box office has been improving of late. We’re getting back to a stage of careful optimism and growth closer to the kind of numbers which films were pulling in […]
The Northman red band trailer promises blood, brutality, and naked volcano fights
If you know anything about Robert Eggers’ new film, The Northman, you know it plans to offer up brutal Viking drama. The new epic from the director behind The Witch and The Lighthouse has already won over critics and audiences, but the latest trailer will likely bring in those bloodthirsty horror hounds. In the official […]
Why 2022 might just peak on April 22nd
Tom Jolliffe looks at two highly anticipated and unique films due to hit cinemas on April 22nd, The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent… April has perennially been something of a slow month in film release terms. In more recent times, given the sheer volume of blockbuster tent-poles, (particularly those under the Marvel […]
Harry Styles exits Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake due to scheduling conflicts
With the hotly-anticipated historical epic The Northman set to open later this month, it appears that filmmaker Robert Eggers may finally be set to turn his attention to Nosferatu, his long-planned remake of the classic silent horror film from F.W. Murnau. We already know that the project will reunite Eggers with The Witch and The […]
The Northman unleashes an epic new trailer
While Robert Eggers’ The Northman opens here in the UK this Friday, our friends across the Pond have to wait another week for the Viking epic, but we do have a new trailer from Focus Features to help ease the wait; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Why 2022 might just peak on April 22nd […]
Robert Eggers’ The Northman gets six character posters
As excitement continues to build for The Northman, Focus Features has unveiled six new character posters for The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers’ Viking fantasy thriller featuring Alexander Skarsgard as Amleth, Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga, Ethan Hawke as King Aurvandil, Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrun, Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool, and Bjork […]
Alexander Skarsgard leads a Viking raid in The Northman clip
With its release a little over two weeks away, the first clip has arrived online for Robert Eggers’ R-rated historical action thriller The Northman which sees Alexander Skarsgard’s Viking prince Amieth lead a brutal raid; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Behold the new poster for The Northman SEE ALSO: Robert Eggers’ The Northman receives R […]
Robert Eggers’ The Witch receiving new limited edition 4K and Blu-ray release
Second Sight Films has announced that Robert Eggers’ 2015 acclaimed directorial debut The Witch is set to receive a new limited edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray run on April 18th; check out the cover artwork and special feature details below… UPDATE: Second Sight has announced that is has delayed the release to June 20th […]
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