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READING THE RUNES • IN ANTICIPATION OF ROBERT EGGERS’ THE NORTHMAN, A SHORT HISTORY OF VIKINGS ON SCREEN.

ENCOUNTER AT THE END OF THE WORLD • ICONOCLAST DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS MEETS HOLLYWOOD HALF WAY WITH RIP-ROARING VIKING SAGA, THE NORTHMAN.

SWORD OF DESTINY • ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD EXPLAINS HOW HIS ENTIRE CAREER HAS LED TO THIS POINT: PLAYING A MAD-EYED VIKING PRINCELING IN ROBERT EGGERS’ BONE-CRUNCHING EPIC, THE NORTHMAN.

PAST MASTERS • TWO BRITISH ACTORS ARE BECOMING KNOWN FOR THEIR UNCANNY ABILITIES TO CHANNEL THE PEOPLE OF A BYGONE AGE. WE MEET THE NORTHMAN’S KATE DICKIE AND RALPH INESON.

HERE COMES THE LILT MAN • BRENDAN GUNN IS THE ALL-STAR ACCENT COACH ALLOWING MOVIE A-LISTERS TO LINGUISTICALLY TRAVEL THE GLOBE. WE MEET THE MAN WHO HELPED THE STARS OF THE NORTHMAN MASTER THE ICELANDIC TONGUE.

THE 50 BEST FILMS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM • (THAT ARE NOT BASED ON EXISTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.)

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THE NORTHMAN ISSUE

Joachim Trier • The writer/director of The Worst Person in the World ponders love, death and the possibility of a cosmic order to all things.

The Worst Person in the World

Benediction

Terence Davies • The doleful British auteur makes a case for melancholy outcasts with his latest cinematic triumph, Benediction.

Three Floors

Small Body

Playground

Red Rocket

Sean Baker • The man behind the lively essay in narcisism that is Red Rocket picks apart the moral ambiguity of his “suitcase pimp” lead.

Europa

The Metamorphasis of Birds

Hive

Paris, 13th District

Lucie Zhang • The star of Jacques Audiard’s wistful Parisian sex comedy Paris, 13th District on the prep she did for this demanding role.

Great Freedom

A Banquet

Vortex

Master

The Outfit

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven • The Dutch provocateur chats lesbian nuns, alternate realities and his undying love for Quentin Tarantino.

Compartment Number 6

The Velvet Queen

Casablanca Beats

The Great Movement

Murina

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Matt Reeves • The writer/director of The Batman explains how he dragged this iconic character back to his detective roots.

Crazy Thunder Road

Pale Flower

Boat People

A Time for Dying

The Camera is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

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