Director Robert Eggers scales up his vision with his latest film “The Northman.” This violent Viking epic fuses Eggers’ thematic interest in the thin line between the real and the phantasmagoric with a grandiose, theoretically more accessible narrative about vengeance. Here's film critic Vikram Murthi's review.
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Alexander Skarsgård stars as Amleth and Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga in director Robert Eggers’ Viking epic THE NORTHMAN, a Focus Features release. Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2021 Focus Features, LLCshines when it embraces this delectable combination of the filthy, gory Viking environment with the mystical Norse spiritualism that lies in dreams and fantastical deliriums.
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