Following his one-two punch in elevated psychological horror with The Witch(2016) and The Lighthouse(2019), up-and-coming indie auteur Robert Eggers is back with a new Norse epic unlike any we’ve seen on the big screen in recent years, The Northman. In the newest episode of The Cinematic Schematic, host Caleb Masters is joined by a roundtable including The Cinematropolis‘s own Daniel Bokemper, Geek Girl Features‘ Chelsea Ratterman, and first-time joiner, Craig Sanger, the critic-at-large for WWLS-FM, KYIS-FM, and KATT-FM, to pick up the sword and put on the sandals for an in-depth review of the film followed by a spoiler-filled discussion. Whether it’s the History Channel’s breakout hit Vikings starting in 2013, or the more recent exploration of Norse mythology in the video game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Vikings have continued to be at the height of their popularity in pop culture, possibly second only to the era of Conan the Barbarian when it kickstarted a similar craze in 1982. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a wave of “historic” war epics with this sort of production budget on the big screen(The Northman is reportedly costing Focus Features somewhere between $70 and $90 million), and with mid-budget dramas like this becoming […]

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