“The Northman” tells a very old story – maybe the same old story. A young prince seeks to avenge the murder of his father, the king, whose killer has usurped the throne and married the prince’s mother. Robert Eggers conjures this bloody saga out of the ancient Scandinavian narratives that supplied Shakespeare’s source material.
Revenge can seem like the only credible motive for heroic action in modern movies
Truth and justice are divisive abstractions, too easily deconstructed or dressed up in gaudy ideological colors. Payback is clean and inarguable, even if it leaves a mess in its wake.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Subtitles
Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc, complete with bizarre Southern accent, solves an Agatha-Christie style
