Tom Jolliffe looks at the finest in ambiguous cinema, and asks ‘how do you pull it off?’… Often in the law books of screenwriting there’s a section which might tell the studious aspiring writer that a film must have clarity. Plot threads must lead to resolution. Each act and your central character arcs should be […]
Movie Review – The Northman (2022)
The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Gustav Lindh, and Björk. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking prince embarks on an epic quest to avenge his father’s death. Robert Eggers broke into the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his period horror flick The Witch. […]
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 […]
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