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‘The Northman’ Is Operatic But Viciously Anti-Romantic
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‘The Northman’ Is Operatic But Viciously Anti-Romantic

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 / 13 April 2022

Robert Eggers’ witchy, weird, and pitilessly violent Viking revenge saga, The Northman, features operatic scope and magical imagery that will burn into your retinas.

‘The Lighthouse’ Finds Lynchian Beauty in the Terror of Pitiless Nature
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‘The Lighthouse’ Finds Lynchian Beauty in the Terror of Pitiless Nature

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 / 21 October 2019

In Robert Eggers' brutal but lyrical 19th century horror show, The Lighthouse, there is a lot of David Lynch in the looming soundtrack and the steam-powered, proto-industrial feel in the scenes of tending the lighthouse machinery.

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Robert Eggers’ ‘The Lighthouse’ Blazes with Brilliance

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 / 17 October 2019
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In ‘The Witch’ the Old Fantasies Are Terrifingly True

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 / 17 February 2016
Sundance Film Festival 2015: ‘Z for Zachariah’ and ‘The Witch’
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Sundance Film Festival 2015: ‘Z for Zachariah’ and ‘The Witch’

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 / 26 January 2015
Both The Witch and Z for Zachariah point to the terrifying uselessness of religion in the face of the wilderness.