CBR's own The Northman review praised the film as "brutal and Shakespearean. Eggers continues to impress as a director, and ...

The Northman‘s plot synopsis: “From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder.” On Movie ...

King Aurvandill (Hawke) returns from an overseas conquest only to be murdered by his brother, Fjölnir (Claes Bang). Prince Amleth (Skarsgård) escapes and swears vengeance — “I will avenge you, father.

The key throughline in all these revenge tales is that the central quest is framed, in some way, around our understanding of what revenge should be and look like as a modern audience. And, typically ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “I grew up in Sweden,” Skarsgård said earlier this year. “I grew up literally surrounded by rune ...

Being a Viking seems quite unpleasant. That's one of the major takeaways from Robert Eggers' Norse epic The Northman, inspired by figures from Scandinavian legend who also served as the source ...

Robert Eggers, famed director of “The Witch,” brings his primal sensibilities to the age of the Vikings in the historical revenge drama now available on the 4K disc format in The Northman: Collector’s ...

Robert Eggers’ movies often blur the line between historical documents and works of fictional storytelling. For the writer-director of The Witch and The Lighthouse, partaking in deep archaeological ...