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Michael Sarnoski’s The Death of Robin Hood is the latest attempt to reinvent England’s most enduring outlaw.
We’ve had the iconic swashbuckler, the historical epic, the gritty origin story. Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and Otto Bathurst’s version with Taron Egerton at least preserved the sense that beneath the grime remained a fundamentally heroic figure.…
Robert Eggers’ remake of F.W Murnau’s prototypical horror classic is a gothic fever dream of carnal obsession and spiritual repulsion.
Winter, 1838: Estate agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult; acquitting himself as the thwarted hero) departs Wisborg, Germany. His destination is the castle of Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård; essaying another classic movie monster), his firm’s mysterious new client, in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania.…
Finally released from development hell, Rupert Sanders’ The Crow feels tailor-made for Netflix.
Its gritty, “realistic” visuals and its try-hard Hot Topic aesthetic have all the genuine edge of a safety razor. Gone is the brooding Gothic camp of the original, replaced with… very little.…
Both have promising “indie” directors (Antonio Campos’ last feature was 2016’s Rebecca; Harry Bradbeer broke out directing Fleabag), at least a couple of stars (Devil’s ensemble includes the current Spider-Man and future Batman; Enola Holmes lead is Stranger Things’ Eleven with Superman himself in support as older brother Sherlock), and maybe some literary pedigree (both are based on best-selling novels.)…
