Robert Eggers’ The Northman is a tense, thrilling, and brutal historical epic that showcases the director’s best impulses. The film is part of a larger renaissance of interest in the historical ...

Filmmaker Robert Eggers wants everybody talking about Vikings ahead of Friday’s premiere of “The Northman,” a violent revenge tale distilled from Viking legends. He didn’t, though, want anybody saying ...

The Northman doesn’t so much immerse viewers into the world of Vikings as it does plunge you into this domain. There is no narration nor is there outsider character to serve as an audience point of ...

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Historian William Short watches and rates depictions of Viking combat in movies and TV shows. He discusses Viking shield formations in "Vikings." He outlines brutal village raid tactics in "The ...