
2024
Murnau. Wiene. Dreyer. Christensen. Friedkin. Hardy. Bergman. Polanski. Żuławski. Coppola minus the ceremonial pomp and vivid display of color. The retelling of a classic in the most economical yet effective measure possible. Eggers makes the morbid history of plague unleashed into a looming cinematic tale of speculative horror bearing the age-old struggle between forces, good and evil. Here is the catch, it’s Eggers’ very first love story about fidelity and sacrifice, at the same time, he continues his feminist streak…