Robert Eggers

  • Movie News

The Northman DP Jarin Blaschke on Staging the ‘Land of the Rus’ Battle Sequence

Early in The Northman, a team of elite warriors, which co-writer Sjón describes as “like a SEAL team,” raid a…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Tribeca Lineup; Northman Roots; What’s Your Favorite Rom-Com?; Minecraft Casting

Tribeca Film Festival's lineup is announced; Northman co-writer Sjón lists the traits of a proper Viking Saga; Jason Momoa is…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

With The Northman, Robert Eggers and Sjón Create ‘An Original Saga’

When The Northman director Robert Eggers asked the poet-novelist Sjón to co-write his Viking epic, the single-named Icelander was apprehensive.…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Northman Reviews; Sundance Art and Commerce; Stranger Things Trailer; David Lynch to Cannes?

Stranger Things Season 4 gets its first trailer; A writer-director reflects on what happens in the year following a Sundance…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Willem Dafoe on Acting: ‘The Challenges Are the Blessings’

I’m not going to try to sell you on an interview with Willem Dafoe talking about his acting in The…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

In Fabric Director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse Director Robert Eggers Share How David Lynch Changed Their Lives

When MovieMaker put In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers together on a call, our goal…

4 years ago
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In Fabric Director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse Director Robert Eggers on the Pros and Cons of Research

(Spoiler warning: This discussion between In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers contains a spoiler about…

4 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Directing
  • Winter 2016

Persistence of Vision: Inside the Making of The Witch, a Horror Classic for the Ages

Growing up amidst the dilapidated colonial farmhouses and graveyards that lined his neck of New Hampshire, Robert Eggers was plagued…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

Park City: 13 Breakthroughs from Sundance 2015

Sometimes calling someone a “Sundance darling” can feel patronizing, as if their onscreen achievements, whatever those may be, only rank…

9 years ago