#nicole birch | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

astreiants-archive · 2 years

Text

a sapphic lit primer 🌸

also known as, an opportunity to insist you read my favourites

if you’ve ever found yourself wanting to read more sapphic books, but not quite sure where to start, let this be the post for you! if you’re looking for even more sapphic books, i hope you find something in here too.

there are a few books on here i’ve not read, that i wanted to include to raise awareness of them, more than anything. those are marked by *. as such, you will probably also see a fair few more well known books and authors missed off (but i promise i know about them!).

this is not meant to be at all exhaustive! it’s a collection of sapphic books that i’ve read and would rec, meaning there are still tons more out there. & you can find some of those more at @sapphicreadsdb, readsrainbow (which i co-run with @tenderpotter), sapphiclitbot on twitter & my list of every sapphic book i’ve read.

as ever, this was meant to be a relatively short post. haha.

(i promise i did put links on this post, but for some reason those aren’t working on the blog page. dashboard version seems fine, i think.)

🌼 middle grade

🌻 contemporary

hurricane child by kacen callender

in the role of brie hutchens... by nicole melleby

hazel hill is gonna win this one by maggie horne

candidly cline by kathryn ormsbee

how to become a planet by nicole melleby

proud of me by sarah hagger-holt

the science of being angry by nicole melleby

middletown by sarah moon

p.s. i miss you by jen petro-roy*

almost flying by jake maia arlow*

in the key of us by mariama j lockington*

kenzie kickstarts a team by kit rosewater & sophie escabasse*

⚔️ fantasy

the strangeworlds travel agency by ld lapinski

the tea dragon society by kay o’neill*

📜 historical

tell no tales by sam maggs & kendra wells*

⁉️ mystery/thriller

goldie vance by hope larson

pepper’s rules for secret sleuthing by briana mcdonald

drew leclair gets a clue by katryn bury*

🦇 paranormal/horror

artie and the wolf moon by olivia stephens

🧪 science fiction

our sister, again by sophie cameron

🌼 young adult

🌻 contemporary

we are okay by nina lacour

this is what it feels like by rebecca barrow

the gay girl’s guide to ruining prom by siera maley

the liar’s guide to the night sky by brianna r. shrum

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

the flywheel by erin gough

amelia westlake by erin gough

how to make a wish by ashley herring blake

taking flight by siera maley

like water by rebecca podos

don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno

all the invisible things by orlagh collins

orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry

the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson

love and other natural disasters by misa sugiura

rise to the sun by leah johnson

epically earnest by molly horan

if you still recognise me by cynthia so

truth be told by sue divin

thieves by lucie bryon

ask the passengers by a. s. king

starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow

annie on my mind by nancy garden

laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki

the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus

the last true poets of the sea by julia drake

i kissed alice by anna birch

fiebre tropical by juliana delgado lopera

melt my heart by bethany rutter

laurel everywhere by erin moynihan

every body looking by candace iloh

something certain, maybe by sara barnard

⚔️ fantasy

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth

the scapegracers by h. a. clarke

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust

down comes the night by allison saft

engelsfors by mats strandberg & sara b. elfgren

summer of salt by katrina leno

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos

spellbook of the lost and found by moïra fowley-doyle

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust

out of the blue by sophie cameron

witch, cat & cobb by j. k. pendragon

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

the afterward by e. k. johnston

the never tilting world by rin chupeco

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski

the dark tide by alicia jasinska

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley

wench by maxine kaplan

way of the argosi by sebastian de castell

ash by malinda lo

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the last magician by lisa maxwell

shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia

queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran

ghost wood song by erica waters

these feathered flames by alexandra overy

the bone spindle by leslie vedder

into the crooked place by alexandra christo

edie in between by laura sibson

crier’s war by nina varela

the winter duke by claire bartlett

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley*

girls at the edge of the world by laura brooke robson*

dauntless by elisa a. bonnin*

📜 historical

dangerous remedy by kat dunn

forgive me if i’ve told you this before by karelia stetz-waters

the pearl thief by elizabeth wein

heavy vinyl by carly usdin & nina vakueva

valiant ladies by melissa grey*

a curse of roses by diana pinguicha*

⁉️ mystery/thriller

far from you by tess sharpe

the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe

people like us by dana mele

summer’s edge by dana mele

the truth about keeping secrets by savannah brown

i hope you’re listening by tom ryan

eight pieces of silva by patrice lawrence

bad things happen here by rebecca barrow

the things we don’t see by savannah brown

the hollow inside by brooke lauren davis

throwaway girls by andrea contos

you’re next by kylie schachte

a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee

the sullivan sisters by kathryn ormsbee

cold by mariko tamaki

the killing code by ellie marney*

rules for vanishing by kate alice marshall*

🦇 paranormal/horror

the dead and the dark by courtney gould

to break a covenant by alison ames

shallow graves by kali wallace

wilder girls by rory power

afterlove by tanya byrne

house of hollow by krystal sutherland

specter inspectors by bowen mccurdy

burn down, rise up by vincent tirado

hollow by shannon watters & branden boyer-white

missing, presumed dead by emma berquist

perfectly preventable deaths by deirdre sullivan*

the dark beneath the ice by amelinda bérubé*

ghost walk by kay solo*

🧪 science fiction

joyride by jackson lanzing & collin kelly

crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis

cosmoknights by hannah templer

jane, unlimited by kristin cashore*

🌼 adult

🌻 contemporary

summer of the cicadas by chelsea catherine

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

in the event of love by courtney kae

night tide by anna burke

beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney

spell heaven and other stories by toni mirosevich

far from home by lorelie brown

once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole

spindrift by anna burke

cow girl by kirsty eyre

the split by laura kay

tell me everything by laura kay

everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin

transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi

the fat lady sings by jacqueline roy

conversations with friends by sally rooney

flamingo by rachel elliott

the wrong end of the telescope by rabih alameddine

a map of home by randa jarrar

mostly dead things by kristen arnett

patsy by nicole dennis-benn

little fish by casey plett

undone by bryce oakley

satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters

tack & jibe by lilah suzanne

all at sea by cheyenne blue

i kissed a girl by jennet alexander

january embers by hildred billings

the simple answer by lily seabrooke

under the rainbow by celia laskey

the world cannot give by tara isabella burton

la bastarda by trifonia melibea obono

the one hundred years of lenni and margot by marianne cronin

all are welcome by liz parker

the romance recipe by ruby barrett

disoriental by négar djavadi*

the thirty names of night by zeyn joukhadar*

bastard out of carolina by dorothy allison*

among other things, i’ve taken up smoking by aoibheann sweeney*

marriage of a thousand lies by s. j. sindu*

honey girl by morgan rogers*

too much lip by melissa lucashenko*

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake*

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw*

the barrens by kurt & ellie johnson*

28 questions by indyana schneider*

there are more things by yara rodrigues fowler*

⚔️ fantasy

the unbroken by c. l. clark

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the true queen by zen cho

isola by brenden fletcher

the impossible contract by k. a. doore

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

blackheart knights by laure eve

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

city of lies by sam hawke

moontangled by stephanie burgis

burning roses by s. l. huang

a master of djinn by p. djèlí clark

ashes of the sun by django wexler

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

bestiary by k-ming chang

the black coast by mike brooks

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

the councillor by e. j. beaton

silverglass by j. f. rivkin

water horse by melissa scott

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

among thieves by m. j. kuhn

the factory witches of lowell by c. s. malerich

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

the final strife by saara el-arifi

brother red by adrian selby

the winged histories by sofia samatar

the vanished queen by lisbeth campbell*

the northern girl by elizabeth a. lynn*

the bladed faith by david dalglish*

the worthy by anna k. moss*

📜 historical

the wicked cometh by laura carlin

the pull of the stars by emma donoghue

she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan

infamous by lex croucher

devotion by hannah kent

under the udala trees by chinelo okparanta

after the wedding by courtney milan

heathen by natasha alterici

mrs martin’s incomparable adventure by courtney milan

the night watch by sarah waters

tell it to the bees by fiona shaw

kept animals by kate milliken

a lady’s desire by lily maxton

the ophelia girls by jane healey

that green eyed girl by julie owen moylan

the perks of loving a wallflower by erica ridley

the companion by e. e. ottoman

her countess to cherish by jane walsh

paris, 7a.m. by liza wieland*

mademoiselle revolution by zoe sivak*

dark earth by rebecca stott*

⁉️ mystery/thriller

dirt town by hayley scrivenor

the lighthouse by fran dorricott

after the eclipse by fran dorricott

the final child by fran dorricott

proper english by k. j. charles

the last place you look by kristen lepionka

the better liar by tanen jones

fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood

real easy by marie rutkoski

the best bad things by katrina carrasco

the case of the good-for-nothing girlfriend by mabel maney

the kill club by wendy heard

bury the lede by gaby dunn

beloved poison by e. s. thomson

the lady upstairs by halley sutton

ash mountain by helen fitzgerald

last call at the nightingale by katharine schellman

return to blackwater house by vikki patis

payback by charlotte mills*

a reason to kill by eve zaremba*

the heard by andrea bartz*

snare by lilja sigurðardóttir*

amateur city by katherine v. forrest*

the savage kind by john copenhaver*

the dime by kathleen kent*

the verifiers by jane pek*

🦇 paranormal/horror

abbott by saladin ahmed

the animals at lockwood manor by jane healey

black water sister by zen cho

hearts in the hard ground by g. v. anderson

they drown our daughters by katrina monroe

meddling kids by edgar cantero

yellow jessamine by caitlin starling

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

briefly, a delicious life by nell stevens

dead woman’s pond by elle e. ire

tripping arcadia by kit mayquist*

🧪 science fiction

a memory called empire by arkady martine

this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone & amal el-mohtar

the unspoken name by a. k. larkwood

the space between worlds by micaiah johnson

dead space by kali wallace

the quantum thief by hannu rajaniemi

ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee

ancillary justice by ann leckie

motor crush by brenden fletcher & cameron stewart

unconquerable sun by kate elliott

compass rose by anna burke

a big ship at the end of the universe by alex white

the light brigade by kameron hurley

empress of forever by max gladstone

the doors of eden by adrian tchaikovsky

seven of infinities by aliette de bodard

hard reboot by django wexler

last exit by max gladstone

sisters of the vast black by lina rather

gods, monsters, and the lucky peach by kelly robson

so happy for you by celia laskey

battle of the linguist mages by scotto moore

bluebird by ciel pierlot

an ancient peace by tanya huff

god’s war by kameron hurley*

barbary station by r. e. stearns*

this will kill that by danielle l. roux*

valkyrie by meg ludwa*

night sky mine by melissa scott*

the stars undying by emery robin*

🌼 poetry

if not, winter by sappho, trans. by anne carson

floating, brilliant, gone by franny choi

evohe by cristina peri rossi

bestiary by donika kelly

soft science by franny choi

rummage by ife-chudeni a. oputa

the world keeps ending and the world goes on by franny choi

bone by yrsa daley-ward

dream work by mary oliver

living as a lesbian by cheryl clarke*

womanslaughter by pat parker*

oral tradition by jewelle l. gómez*

the black unicorn by audre lorde*

hermetic definition by h.d.*

#sapphic lit #wlw books #sapphic books #wlw lit #sapphiclitnet #book recs #recs: lgbt #.txt

322 notes · View notes

daggerzine · 4 months

Text

MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023! (lists in no particular order....well, sort of)

MY 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023

Anna Hillburg- Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios)

RVG- Brain Worms (fire)

The Tubs- Dead Meat (Trouble in Mind)

Seablite- Lemon Lights (Mt St Mtn)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples- The Town That Cursed Your Name (Slumberland)

Lewsberg- Out and About (12XU)

Melenas- Ahora (Trouble in Mind)

Blues Lawyer- All in Good Time (Dark Entries)

Colored Lights- S/T (Bobo Integral)

Doe St- Stepping Stones (Legless)

Guardian Singles- Feed Me To The Doves (Trouble in Mind)

Corvair - Bound To Be (WIAIWYA)

The Garment District- Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts of the World (HHBTM)

Royal Ottawa- Carcosa (self released)

Tough Age- Waiting here (Bobo Integral)

Soft Science- Lines (Shelflife)

The Midnight Sailors- S/T (self released)

Robert Forster- The Candle and the Flame (Tapete)

Civic – Taken By Force (ATO)

Sumos- Surfacing (Meritorio)

WAIT….HERE’S 20 MORE!

Connie Lovatt- Coconut Mirror (Enchante’)

En Attendant Ana- Principia (Trouble in Mind)

Withered Hand- How to Love (Reveal)

The High Water Marks- Your Next Wolf (Minty Fresh)

The Feelies- Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar-None)

Connections- Cool Change (Trouble in Mind)

The Ex Bats- Song Machine (Goner)

The Photocopies- Top of the Pops (Ultra Modern)

Amanda Brown- Eight Guitars (Lillipilli)

Arthur Alexander- …Steppin’ Out! (Big Stir Records)

Eyelids- A Colossal Waste of Lights ((Jealous Butcher)

Panic Pocket- Mad Half Hour (Skep Wax)

Yo La Tengo- This Stupid World (Matador)

Swansea Sound- Twentieth Century (Skep Wax)

Kevin Robertson- Magic Spells Abound (Futureman)

Super 8- Hoopla (The Beautiful Music)

The Radio Fields- Dos and Dont’s (Subjangle)

Joe McAlinden- Where The Clouds Go Swimming (self -released)

The Black Watch- Future Strangers (ATOM)

Rob I Miller- Companion Piece (Vacant Stare)

….AND HERE’S 10 MORE

The Lost Days- In the Store (Speakeasy Studios)

Life Strike- Peak Dystopia (Bobo Integral)

Belle & Sebastian- Late Developers (Matador)

Lauds- Imitation Life (Fort Lowell)

The Hepburns- Only the Hours (Lavender Sweep)

Lomma- Torrey Pines (self released)

C.O.F.F.I.N.- Australia Stops (Goner)

Special Friend- Wait Until the Flames Come Rushing In (Skep Wax)

Burning Ferns- World of the Wars (Country Mile)

Wojtek the Bear- Second Place on Purpose (Last Night From Glasgow)

I ALSO REALLY LIKED ALBUMS BY: Diners, Moving Targets, Bill Orcutt, Skull Practitioners, the Suncharms, Divine Horsemen, The Flashcubes, Hurry, Teenage Fanclub, Lydia Loveless, The Make Three, Shana Cleveland, The Ekphrastics, Ryan Allen, Fruit Bats, Nicole Yun, Dippers, Lost Film, Tony Jay, Cindy, Class, The Clientele, Lemon Twigs, Sweeping Promises, The National Honor Society, The Whiffs, Infinite River, Silver Biplanes, Jason Isbell, The Cuticles, Mudhoney, Alex Lahey, Crocodiles, Peter Hall, Cherry Fez, The Angles, Scott Gagner, Mainland Break, Christian Kjellvander, Sick Thoughts, Grand Drifter, The Motifs, The Sunshine Convention, The 1981, Roy Moller, Youth Valley, Soft Covers, Deadlights, The Smashing Times, The Spires, Helen Love, Motorbike, Silverstiles, Water Damage, Uni Boys, The Royal Arctic Institute, Gina Birch, Gee Tee, etc.

MY 10 FAVORITE REISSUES OF 2023

The Chills- Brave Words (Fire)

The Replacements- Tim (Sire)

The Ocean Blue- Davy Jones Locker (Korda)

Wild Carnation- Tricycle (Delmore)

Neutral Milk Hotel- The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge)

Das Damen- 1986- Keeps Me Wild (Dromedary)

Heavenly -Le Jardin de Heavenly (Skep Wax)

The Verlaines- Bird Dog (Schoolkids Records)

The Toms- S/T (Feel It)

Celibate Rifles Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Bang!)

MY 15 FAVORITE EPS OF 2023

Lightheaded- Good Good Grief (Slumberland)

Minor Threat- Out of Step outtakes (Dischord)

The Cucumbers- Old Shoes (self released)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples- Unloveable Losers (digital)

The Vapour Trails- On a Beautiful Day (Futureman)

Blues Lawyer- Sight Gags on the Radio (Dark Entries)

Deary- S/T (Sonic Cathedral)

The Wends- Better Will (WWNBB)

Te Vista- S/T (Cripes)

Red Sleeping Beauty- From Sarah With Love (Matinee)

Letting Up Despite Great Faults- Crumble (S/T)

The Prize- Wrong Side Of Town (Anti Fade)

Touch Girl Apple Blossom- S/T (self released)

Galore- Blush (Paisley Shirt)

Lost Tapes- Crossing Towns (Shelflife)

MY 5 FAVORITE COLLECTIONS OF 2023

The Particles- 1980’s Bubblegum (Chapter Music)

Primal Scream- Reverberations (Travelling in Time) (Acid Jazz/XTRM/Young Tiki)

The Shapiros- Gone by Fall: the Collected Works of (World of Echo)

Dot Dash- 16 Again (Country Mile)

Comet Gain- The Misfit Jukebox (Tapete)

Eric "Eggman" Eggleson's favorite records of 2023!

A Colossal Waste Of Light - Eyelids

Aeterna - Vinyl Williams

Away From The Castle – Video Age

Babydoll – Rat Columns

Bananasugarfire – Golden Apples

Careless By The Coast - Marvin Powell

Cartwheel - Hotline TNT

Colored Lights

Compact Trauma – Ulrika Spacek

Continue As A Guest – The New Pornographers

Disenchanter - Alaska Reid

EP IV – Yumi Zouma

Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts Of The World – The Garment District

Henry St. - The Tallest Man On Earth

Hindsight is 50/50 – Ghost Woman

I Held The Shape While I Could – Bodywash

Javelin – Sufjan Stevens

Left Hand - Becca Mancari

Life and Life Only - The Heavy Heavy

Love as Projection – Frankie Rose

May Cause Dizzy Ness - The Musical Chairs

My Entire Life – SUSTO

Pearlies – Emma Anderson

Perennial - Woods

Pictures – Dean Owens

Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

Prize - Rozi Plain

Radio Red – Laura Groves

So Soon Now – Trillion

Strange Loops and Outer Psyche – Andy Bell

Suntub – ML Buch

The Greater Wings - Julie Byrne

The Natural Lines

The Queen Is Not Dead – Spiritual Front

the record – boygenius

The Sunshine Convention

The Twits - bar Italia

This Candle Is For You - Spearmint

Waiting Here – Tough Age

We Live In Strange Times – Ian M Bailey

When Horses Would Run - Being Dead

8 notes · View notes

deathsbestgirl · 1 year

Text

post 7 comfort movies + tag 7 people. thanks @randomfoggytiger !! this is gonna be hard for me, i’m not much of a movie person lol

as a surprise to no one, x files fight the future.

now & then. i remember watching this with my cousin nicole! literally what a cast (also i’m in my 30s and nicole will still introduce me as her baby cousin lol)

hocus pocus. who doesn’t love the sanderson sisters?! (also tiny thora birch)

chitty chitty bang bang LMAO i would put this on every time i was home sick and my dad would come turn it off when i fell asleep and i’d wake up & be like why’d you turn it off i was watching that !! (i was sick a lot)

sound of music (mom would sing edelweiss to me)

ella enchanted (my dad loved it — i haven’t really been able to watch it in a long time)

the little mermaid (only old disney movie i still watch all the time)

tagging @bakedbakermom @jewish-mulder @suitablyaggrieved @paperheartsarts @teenie-xf @exquisite-extreme @wellthatsembarassing @hummingbirdswords !!!

10 notes · View notes

pinkstarlightcomputer · 1 year

Text

Nicole Evans The Beholder 2022 Oil on cradled birch panel 50 x 60 cm (19.6" x 23.6")

#australian artist #Nicole Evans #panda posts

12 notes · View notes

nicsalazar · 2 years

Text

Anywhere but nowhere || Nicole & Solomon

TIMING: Current LOCATION: The outskirts PARTIES: @shroomsbysolomon & @nicsalazar SUMMARY: Solomon finds Nicole. CONTENT WARNING: Memory loss

The last vestiges of light from the day had already disappeared, as the jaguar made its way through the well-worn paths of its chosen territory. Unnoticeably, silent paws navigated thick undergrowth on the way back to its den, muzzle stained with dried blood from its last meal.

Time had gone by since the night the jaguar chased the wolf away, a desperate measure taken by the dormant human soul currently trapped within.

In the aftermath of the fight, the feline had chosen to stay deep in the heart of the woods, where no human dared venture. The future of its destination remained uncertain, at least until all of its small wounds had healed. There was no better shelter than nature itself. Flowing and merging with the land, the creature relaxed and let the healing power of nature take control. Then maybe, it’d settle for warmer temperatures.

Hidden from the world, oblivious to the life its counterpart had left behind, days, possibly weeks had passed.

The passage of time was of no importance to the jaguar, finally free to enjoy the environment it belonged to. To feel the wind brush against its fur, ruffling orange and black hues. To sense the subtle energy thrumming beneath the ground. To listen for the sound of birds soaring overhead or the shuffling feet of small prey trying to hide.

It was the way the jaguar was always meant to exist.

That night, however, the air crackled with a new energy, and the beast's primal drive kicked in. A threat loomed. The jaguar stopped, sensing another presence in the area. Keen ears perked slightly at any suspicious rustle of the leaves behind it. Amber gaze glimmered in the dark, awaiting. Observing every detail, scanning for danger.

If the human had been able to recognize the familiar scent, she would’ve felt an overwhelming sense of safety wash over her. But to the jaguar, there were only threats. The animal let out a rumbling growl, attempting to scare off whatever lurked in the dark. There was a blur of burnt orange and shadowy black as the jaguar turned towards the invading sounds, claws out and teeth bared to defend itself.

—

A birch tree lumbered through the forest, golden gaze sweeping left and right. Solomon was not especially good at being quiet, particularly not without his glamour, but that didn’t really matter. He knew that his dear friend was in need, and that no matter what she might look like right now, she wouldn’t be able to hurt him. Not permanently, anyway. So he made no effort to move silently, hoping that the loudness of his steps would eventually draw her out, as he was unsure of where in the great wide woods she might be.

His wish was answered, of course, as a creature let slip a warning growl somewhere to his left. The leshy paused, turning toward the sound and trying desperately to see her. “Nico?” his large, gentle voice rumbled from deep in his chest, filling the clearing. A flash of something as it caught the moonlight—her eyes, perhaps. Kneeling into the ferns, Solomon held out a hand. “Nico, it is me. I am here to help.”

—

Despite the warning, the imposing figure insisted on approaching. The jaguar let out one final roar, ready to pounce on its enemy. But intention vanished as quick as it came, when its gaze fell on the unfamiliar vision. Head inclined to the side, the animal didn’t blink, unable to comprehend the sight. Senses stumped. His scent didn’t resemble any of the jaguar’s common prey, nor its rival predators in the area. The tree’s voice boomed in the clearing, however, and the jaguar put its attack on hold.

Something moved within the animal as the sound reached its turned back ears. The feline and the beast were like night and day, but somehow inexplicably kindred. Although words couldn’t register, the gentle tone of his voice conveyed a sense of affection, of loyalty that shouldn't have been reciprocated by the animal. And yet—

The jaguar approached slow and cautious, whatever sense of preservation it had taking a backseat to its curiosity. The fundamental need to explore. It stopped by the creature’s knees, lifting a tentative paw. Which it used to strike harshly against the surface. Tree. Like the ones it so expertly climbed. The jaguar tried a second time, with a longer stroke, soft pads against the bark. The other beast didn’t retaliate and so, the jaguar tested him further, pacing from the knees to the hand held out for it. Settling on his massive palm, forelegs stretched to reach for the top of his puzzling shape. Trying to look into would-be eyes.

—-

As the animal approached, Solomon stilled himself. No sense in scaring it off now, not if it was actually her. It was difficult to say, as the leshy had never seen the creature that lived inside of his friend before, but he had also never seen such a wildcat in these parts before either, so it stood to reason…

Deciding that it would be more prudent to assume the animal was in fact Nicole, Solomon remained calm as she struck out at him with her claws, raking them over his papery bark and ripping away a few chunks of wood. The pain was present, but the leshy stifled it. It would heal. She didn’t know any better. His expression remained unchanged as she tested him again, then moved toward his hand to climb onto it, standing tall to look into his eyes.

They reflected the concern that filled him to the brim, and cautiously, he spoke again. “Is that you, my friend? Are you alright?” He paused, searching her powerful feline features. “... how do I help you?” He knew she wouldn’t understand what he was saying, or at least he figured she wouldn’t… but he would still ask the same questions of Atli, who never truly understood language. It was a habit, more than anything.

—

Sounds continued to leave the tree’s mouth. He didn’t budge to the beast’s attack. He seemed to be waiting for something else. Someone else. The jaguar didn’t understand. But once the tree proved to be non-threatening, all four legs were back on the ground, desisting on further attacks. The jaguar began pacing around him, still curious about his presence. Still unable to leave because of the human within, who kept fighting to break through.

Solomon. Solomon was here. He was trying to reach her.

It didn’t come without a fight. It hurt the animal just as the shift did her. The jaguar didn’t want to give its body up. It snarled and roared at nothing, until the beast body began writhing in the dirt. Morphing into something else. Thick fur disappeared, taut muscles weakened, contracted and jerked. Fangs and claws retracted, bones and flesh gradually shifted. The body shortened and limbs lengthening as it returned to its human form. When the transformation stopped, there was no longer a jaguar on the forest floor, but the person who carried its spirit.

Nicole rolled onto her back, panicked eyes darting in the darkness. The drumming of her heart was the one thing she could feel, as the tree canopy above her welcomed her back to the world. Her eyes could see nothing else. After the initial stupor passed, and when the wheels began turning again, an unsettling feeling of deja vu swept through her. The cool night air against her skin. Rocks and roots digging into her back. The utter confusion. Her chest heaved, heart still pounded uncomfortably in her ears. Why was she in the woods? Her memories couldn’t answer. Last thing she remembered was being at Regan’s cabin for her exorcism. But the wolf appeared and–

When the realization struck, panic rose in Nicole’s throat, tears welled up in her eyes. It happened again. This time by choice. How much time did she lose? Hours? Months? Years? No. No. Did she hurt anyone? The scent of blood was all around her, could taste it on her tongue too, but that could be anything, right? Her throat was a tight knot, preceding more tears. Desperate eyes finally settled on the familiar glowing gaze. Solomon. She’d recognize him anywhere, even with his new bark. Her body trembled as a wave of relief hit her. He found her. “What year?” Nicole rasped out, finding her own voice foreign. “Sol? What year is it?” she pleaded through labored breaths.

—

“It is still the twenty-second year of the twenty-first century,” Solomon replied, his voice bursting with relief. “You have not been missing for long, do not worry.” Watching her transformation had been, well, a bit gruesome… if only because he hated nothing more than seeing his dear friend in pain. The tears that shone in her eyes drew him closer and he knelt over her, helping her sit up before gathering her into his arms. “I apologize if my bark is uncomfortable for you,” he noted as he stood, carrying her bridal style to best protect her bare skin from the elements. “Come, let us get you home.”

He began the trek to her cabin with long, measured steps, thankful that it was a warm summer night and she would not be too cold without clothing. He hoped she wasn’t embarrassed, but figured that making no comment on the matter would bring more comfort than anything he could try to say to reassure her. The larger question, of course, still hung in the air between them. Finally, the leshy relented, looking down at Nicole with concern in his eyes.

“What happened? What do you remember?”

—

Twenty-second. It was all she heard. Like a lifeline, Nicole held on to that piece of information. The sigh of relief got stuck in her throat, turning into a sob as tears rolled freely down her cheeks now. She didn’t understand a single word Solomon said afterwards.

Her life wasn’t stolen. Not this time. It was all that mattered. A wave of relief washed over her violently, and she didn't have it in her to be ashamed of her emotional state in front of Solomon. She was safe. Probably safer than she had been in a decade. All thanks to her friend.

As he moved closer, the motion didn’t register. Nicole focused on making sense of the unfamiliar surroundings. How far away did the jaguar travel? How long was Solomon out there trying to find her? “Where am—” a gasp escaped her lips when she realized the fae had picked her up. She sucked in a breath, squirming at the action. The bark felt unpleasant against her skin, but she couldn’t get away even if she wanted to. He was taking her home, a voice chimed in. With her rational side awoken, she was forced to adjust to the surface.

Emotion weighed heavy in her throat, unable to express her gratitude to Solomon. Nicole owed him her life. Her attempts were met with shaky breaths. Tears continued to flow silently as the trek began, feeling the rest of the world slowly come back to her. Scents. Sounds. Her head pounded, the beginning of a headache setting in. She was more acutely aware of her body now, which only increased her discomfort. Her skin was tight in unusual places, muscles aching in ways they shouldn’t normally ache. Healed wounds, maybe. From the time she spent as the beast, or the encounter with the wolf.

What happened? “Uh… I don’t– I…” she was at Regan’s cabin. To exorcise that fucking coyote Leah had been dealing with for months. They were just— they were— the wolf showed up, forced by Regan’s powers. Yes. Squeezing her eyes shut, she hoped it would help complete the memory. Nicole wasn’t privy to the jaguar’s memories, but if she tried hard enough, she could recall everything that lead up to the shift. The throbbing in her head intensified. “Regan’s place. Ariana was— she was a wolf, Sol. I stopped…had to–” finding the right word was an impossible task. As if she was navigating through the thickest fog, no horizon in sight. She hoped Solomon was putting everything together.

She wondered if it had been worth it. If Regan was exorcised. If her friends were uninjured. If Ariana made it back safely.

“I need–” Nicole almost jolted out of Solomon’s arms with the sudden urge to find Leah. She had to be worried, shit. Her body didn’t cooperate, however. Already comfortable in the fae’s arms. “Have to…” she tried again, but gave up in her efforts. Exhaustion was winning the battle. The sound of Solomon’s heavy footsteps accompanied them in the otherwise silent journey back home. Until again, she tried to thank him. She wanted another chance to explain everything to him. But at that point, she didn’t even have the energy to open her mouth.

—

Regan. Ariana. Both names that Solomon knew, but he still did not understand why this had happened to his dear friend. And she could not seem to explain it herself, try as she did. Perhaps that would come later, when she had recovered. “You do not need to do anything right now but rest, Nico,” the leshy rumbled as he walked. He would carry her home and take care of her for as long as she needed. Just as he had taken care of Virgil. Her exhaustion eventually got the better of her and as she slipped into slumber, the leshy smiled. Good. At least she was still comfortable enough around him to feel safe.

The walk home was long and quiet, and gave Solomon a lot of time to think. He could feel the sprightly youth that had accompanied him for some time after being regrown dissipate until there was nothing left. I am too old for this place, he thought as Nicole’s cabin came into view. He couldn’t even be sure how many years he had left, but the way this past one had affected him weighed heavy on his soul. As he climbed the porch steps and retrieved the hidden key, he slipped into his glamour to allow him to fit through the doorway. Nicole was taken immediately to her bedroom, where Solomon helped dress her and get her settled in bed. “Sleep,” he said softly, “I will make something for you to eat when you wake, to help you regain your strength.” He said it even if she couldn’t hear him, rising from the mattress to go poke around in her kitchen.

It wasn’t until he was carefully turning a jar of spices over in his hand that he realized tears had formed in his eyes and spilled over, dripping down onto his forearm. The nymph gripped the little jar and sank into a squat, head buried between his knees. He couldn’t stand seeing them hurt, he simply could not. It hurt too much. The fear in Nicole’s eyes as she’d come around haunted him, making his chest tighten every time he saw her expression in his mind’s eye.

Be strong. Just for a bit longer, he told himself, wiping away his tears and getting back to his feet. Just a bit longer.

#wickedswriting #p: anywhere but nowhere #p: solomon #memory loss tw #p

7 notes · View notes

ryanmeft · 2 years

Text

Movie Review: The Northman

Between video games, TV shows and the Thor movies, the Viking niche in pop culture is well and truly filled. Robert Eggers is the kind of filmmaker who likes to look for gaps in the zeitgeist we didn’t know were there and fill them for us. Unlike his previous films, the big question posed by The Northman doesn’t involve any story twist. It’s whether one of the most distinctive directors to emerge this decade can offer us anything new in an overstuffed genre.

The answer? Not much. The most shocking thing about Eggers’ latest is how straightforward it is. Young Amleth (Oscar Novak) is a Viking prince of an island kingdom, expected by his war-hungry father Aurvandill (Ethan Hawke) to succeed him. If you know anything about the year 895 or thereabouts in Europe, you know what they called kingdoms were more like mob territories where the king was whoever could take and hold a place. They changed hands often, and indeed, Aurvandill is swiftly dispatched by his ambitious brother Fjolnir(Claes Bang), who carries off his wife Gudrun (Nicole Kidman). Amleth escapes to the Rus, grows up to become Alexander Skarsgard, and joins a band of reavers while nurturing thoughts of revenge. Learning his uncle’s current whereabouts, he poses as a slave, where he meets Slavic sorceress Olga of the Birch Forest (Anya Taylor-Joy), and the two fall for each other instantly while plotting both vengeance and escape.

If you’ve seen any of the numerous bloody, quasi-historical revenge epics that became fairly commonplace in the aftermath of Gladiator, you’ve pretty much seen how this story unfolds, and Eggers isn’t offering any new ideas for the soup. He’s pulled down an A-list cast, and they get a really good scene or two; I especially liked Hawke howling and bounding about in imitation of a wolf while Willem Dafoe, playing both shaman and court jester, eggs him and the young Amleth on to draw out their warrior spirit. Skarsgard gets menacing down pretty well, considering the decidedly less fierce roles he usually gets. The problem is that it’s hard to draw pathos out of vikings, who had what you might call a fairly limited range of interests in life, and Skarsgard, Kidman, Hawke and Bangs aren’t called on to do much more than act tough,split skulls and growl at each other menacingly. Even Kidman’s big moment is so telegraphed that it lacks impact when it finally reaches us. This isn’t to say that the actors or the writing fail. It is just that Eggers asks relatively little in range out of his cast, and they put their all into emotionally restricted roles. They handle the job well, but if Taylor-Joy and Kidman are on a screen and you don’t feel especially invested in their characters, it’s hard not to feel an opportunity was missed.

What we have in place of an intriguing story is plenty of what Eggers does best: putting us in a historical time period and asking us to live there for a while. His haunting debut film The Witch was as close as a movie can get to putting us directly in the past. By restricting the geographic scope of the film almost entirely to a farm at the edge of a forest and giving the audience no real outlet to the rest of the world, he forced us to consider how actually living as a late 17th-century farmer in New England might feel, and that heightened the fear. He clearly is attempting something similar with The Northman, which is set in late 9th century Russia and Norway. There are few grand castles here and nothing that would be at home in a fairy tale. The days are dark and gloomy, the rivers narrow and dirty, the settlements tiny and made of wood with mud for streets. “Kings” rule in what today would not even be considered fit quarters for a very poor family, and the daily lives of people are a mixture of backbreaking toil just to have food to eat and constant fear that the tribe next door will come along to take even that away.

In this mud-caked milieu, there is an important distinction from other recent Danish fantasies: the Vikings are not heroes. Their main goal of any raid is to take as many slaves as possible; their secondary goal is decidedly less nice. They glory in the very thought of battle, thinking nothing of spilling the blood of anyone at any time, even their own, and they openly start wars just so they can fulfill their religious belief that one must die in battle to have paradise. The lives of others are less than nothing to them, and even for our hero, the only human life that really matters is his own and those of immediate importance or use to him. It’s a far cry from the “noble bandit” stereotype we’re accustomed to, though Eggers doesn’t push it quite as hard as history would demand, as he still wants to keep his heroes relatively root-for-able.

So, too, is his visual style intact. Grays, browns, reds and the dull silver of war metal are favored. We see grand shots of erupting volcanoes, and the bleak landscapes of the time have a baffling beauty of their own---the director can still derive splendour from ruin, a rare gift. Most impressive are the sequences where Amleth imagines his reward in Valhalla; these are more clearly fever dreams than the unreal bits of The Witch and the Lighthouse, unless of course we’re to believe that a real valkyrie rode the fields of medieval Europe.

Yet the one-note story is in danger of making us pay too much attention to how often Eggers has used some of these techniques. It’s understandable to leave the theatre feeling like he’s allowing his name to become too much like a brand. After two excellent films and one good one, it may be time for him to try some new tricks.

Verdict: Recommended

Note: I don’t use stars, but here are my possible verdicts.

Must-See

Highly Recommended

Recommended

Average

Not Recommended

Avoid like the Plague

You can follow me on Twitter here, if you want more posts about film and video games and sometimes about manscaping:

All images are property of the people what own the movie.

#nicole kidman #willem dafoe #ethan hawke #anya taylor joy #the northman #movies #alexander skarsgard #claes bang #vikings #robert eggers

8 notes · View notes

adamwatchesmovies · 2 years

Text

The Northman (2022)

The Northman sounds like a straightforward revenge story but the simple premise is deceitful. This is an emotionally complex epic of revenge. Marvelously shot, expertly directed and with a first-rate production that completely immerses you into its brutal world, this film is hard to shake.

In AD 895, King Aurvandill (Ethan Hawke) is murdered by his bastard brother Fjölnir (Claes Bang). As young Amleth watches his mother, Queen Gudrún (Nicole Kidman), taken away by his uncle, he swears revenge. Years later, Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård) disguises himself as a slave and infiltrates Fjölnir the Brotherless’ village. With the help of fellow slave Olga of the Birch Forest (Anya Taylor-Joy), he prepares to make the new king pay for what he did.

You can see what I mean when I say this story sounds familiar. Bad uncle steals the throne. Good son goes away, grows up and comes back years later to get it back. In such stories, the hero and the villain are clearly defined. Not so much in The Northman. When we meet Amleth as a man, he and his fellow Vikings attack a village, massacre the few soldiers defending it (we even see Amleth fully embrace his “bear-wolf” identity by biting off chunks of a man’s neck), take some of the men and women as slaves, steal everything there is of value and lock all of the elderly and children in a building before setting it ablaze. They do it all with the same amount of remorse as your average Russian soldier stationed in Ukraine. This is our hero.

What we would call barbarism is normal for this world. All King Aurvandill talked about to his son was his desire to die at the edge of a sword. Only then would he be whisked away by a valkyrie and enter Valhöll (Valhalla)… where he would spend eternity alongside the people who murdered him, since he told Amleth to avenge his death. Not only is it the will of men to slay each other, but it’s also the will of the gods: a prophecy by a Seeress (Björk) leads Amleth to a magical sword and more than once the supernatural intervenes in his favor.

As his retribution draws near, Amleth begins considering the future. His whole life has been about the past, about avenging his father and rescuing his mother. After magically speaking with his old friend (Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool), he realizes his victory is a foregone conclusion… but then what? Will he settle down with Olga only to be slain some day by Fjölnir own son, his half-brother? Is he even capable of settling down when he’s spent his entire life cultivating hatred? And then, just when you think that maybe he would be better off just leaving Fjölnir alone… you’re reminded that the current king is just as savage as his nephew. These people deserve each other. Best to just sit back and let their drama play out as intended, which puts you in the same position as Odin and the other gods.

The Northman is relentless and uncompromising. It's a distinct, stylish vision but not because of unnecessary flourished or weird choices. It’s the way writers Sjón & Robert Eggers mix complex themes with mythology that make The Northman feel like something completely new. It ain’t for the faint of heart but that’s exactly what makes it so brilliant. (August 9, 2022)

#The Northman #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Sjón #Robert Eggers #Alexander Skarsgård #Nicole Kidman #Claes Bang #Anya Taylor-Joy #Gustav Lindh #Ethan Hawke #Björk #Willem Dafoe #2022 movies #2022 films

3 notes · View notes

frontproofmedia · 2 years

Text

Dolo Flicks: The Northman - World-Building and Mythology At Its Finest

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

By Hector Franco

Follow @MrHector_Franco !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id))(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Follow @Frontproofmedia!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id))(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Published: May 10, 2022

Obsession, at times, is a detriment for most people. But, for an artist who makes films, it can be their greatest asset.

Former theatre designer and director Robert Eggers has had a short career, directing and writing two films. 2016s, The Witch was set in the 1600s, and 2019s, The Lighthouse was set in the 1890s. Both movies accentuate great attention to detail in the set design and dialect of English spoken. The tales told in the film aren't true stories, but they keep everything surrounding the story as close to historically accurate as possible.

2022s The Northman is no different in continuing Eggers' prowess of including high production values and direction in telling a story that is entirely in his vision. The film was written by Eggers and Icelandic poet Sjon. The Northman is based on the Viking legend of Amleth and filled with Norse mythology and Viking culture permeating throughout.

The film is a tale of fate and revenge following the character Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard) on his quest for revenge to avenge his slain father, King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke), and mother, Queen Gudrun (Nicole Kidman), after his father is betrayed and killed by his brother Fjolnir The Brotherless (Claes Bang).

The story starts in the year 895 and follows Amleth through his journey that ultimately leads him back to his goal of exacting revenge. After narrowly escaping death after his father is killed, we jump forward in time to Amleth as an adult and a member of a group of Viking Berserkers. One of the film's highlights is its ability to showcase extreme violence without being a bloodbath.

During an invasion of a village by the Berserkers, the film does a one take and follows each part of the pillage, including the taking of children to put them in a longhouse that is set on fire. The camera stays on the structure while it is put ablaze with the screams of those inside focused on for the audience to endure. The Northman doesn't feature gallons of blood, but it isn't for the faint of heart.

From the movie's start, the film calls attention to how spirit animals play a part in Viking culture. Animals, in general, have played a role in all of Eggers' movies. In The Witch, you have the satanic goat, Black Phillip, and the seagulls in The Lighthouse.

In the film's first act, there is a scene with Amleth, King Aurvandille, and Heimir the Fool (Willem Dafoe) where they perform a ritual taping into their animal spirits with psychedelics. Some of the animals referenced throughout the movie are wolves, bears, and birds. Although The Northman wouldn't be described as a horror film, there are horror elements with the inclusion of witches that also bring forth fantasy components.

Eggers tends to bring out the best in his actors as the cast, in general, puts forth stellar performances. Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays the sorceress slave Olga of The Birch Forest, stands out as Amleth's lover, delivering a strong portrayal of a character who is always sure of herself and never the damsel in distress.

The film immerses the audience into the world and slowly builds the story. Amleth doesn't go on an epic journey to finally reach Fjolnir, but instead poses as a slave in Iceland to Fjolnir. He begins to take his first steps of revenge day by day, biding his time.

The storytelling in the film is simple. But it allows each character to have their own complexity to the point that the film could have been developed as a television mini-series with episodes focusing on each character.

As with all of Eggers' films, the visuals are top-notch. The film was shot primarily in Northern Ireland and looks as good as one could imagine. The scenery of the environment surrounding the story only amplifies the tale being told. It further accentuates the historical attention to detail on display.

"We were acting, but the elements of nature were right there," stated Alexander Skarsgard in an interview with Backstage. "When we swim in the ocean, its the real ocean; when we're up on that mountain, it's not a wind machine or a rain machine. As an actor you just have to kind of relate and deal with what's going on around you."

The imagery for some of the film's fantasy elements, such as the Valkyrie charging into Valhalla or Amleth's family tree, are stunning at times. In a movie as visceral as The Northman, the visuals can be as integral to the story as the script. It will be hard to envision another film in 2022 matching the cinematography by Jarin Blaschke from beginning to end.

One of the more frightening and jarring scenes in the film is when Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard) confronts his mother; someone he has vowed to save from what he believes was a dire situation where she was forced to be with his uncle after his father's murder. Amleth's mother, Gudrun, played by Nicole Kidman, shatters his world by revealing that his father wasn't a revered king and that the plot to have him killed was something that she helped initiate. The way Kidman slowly delivers this news to Amleth is nerve-racking and communicates to the audience that, just like our protagonist Viking prince, there are no truly good people in this story.

The film's climax with a battle at the bottom of a volcano is epic and feels like the deserved final battle. Amleth being carried away by a Valkyrie as he enters the gate of Valhalla is a picture-perfect ending for a Viking story.

The Northman is Robert Eggers' most accessible film. It brings together his meticulous detail to every scene allowing the audience to enter the world he has built. With just three films on his resume, Eggers shows his mastery as one of the best filmmakers going today that can give audiences a unique, one-of-a-kind experience.

(Featured Photo: Aidan Monaghan / Courtesy Focus Features)

#HF #The Northman #Robert Eggers #Focus Features #Viking

3 notes · View notes

trulyinspiringmovies · 2 years

Photo

The Northman

“The Northman” made me want to go out into the woods and fight bears.

Amleth is a prince whose father has just returned from an overseas conquest. They celebrate and Amleth participates in a spiritual ceremony with his father. The next day, his father is betrayed and killed by Amleth’s uncle, Fjölnir. Amleth flees with his life and swears to avenge his father, save his mother, and kill his uncle.

This movie is really badass through and through. The premise is basic, but I truly felt this movie did the most with it. The start of this movie was very spiritual and let Robert Eggers flex his mystical side. It prepped the audience for magic and mysticism that were sprinkled throughout the movie. That aspect of the movie is never the focal point, it’s just something that coexists within the world that this movie creates. Fjölnir’s betrayal came out of nowhere and had me jump in my seat. In fact, a lot of parts of the movie had me jumping in my seat. Amleth’s escape had me holding my breath. I love the mantra that young Amleth repeated to himself. It was an easy, but powerful way to establish his motivations. Amleth isn’t a super complex character. He’s driven by revenge and he’s ambiguously imbued with divine power to get his vengeance. This movie lays out a prophecy so badass-sounding, that I was anticipating the final battle the whole time. I mean, wouldn’t you if you knew that he was destined to fight in a ring of fire? Some of the things Amleth does is ultra-violent and show how much anger and revenge have consumed him. He seriously feels like an unstoppable beast. Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga of the Birch Forest was such a great partner for Amleth. She gives him something to lose while also being the direct link to the more mystical. It also helps that she’s a phenomenal actress. Nicole Kidman has a scene that flips everything on its head and I felt just as destroyed as Amleth did. Willem Dafoe is always a treat to watch, especially since I didn’t even know he’d be in this movie. Finally, Ethan Hawke plays a role completely different from what I’m used to seeing him in. He’s really good and I love that he’s in “Moon Knight” as well. It was just so nice seeing him playing something so different. All in all, I think the strict adherence to realism really made me believe everything in the movie, even the more spiritual aspects. I truly felt like I was watching a genuine Viking and I genuinely believed that he would go to Valhalla. I genuinely believed in the powers of Draugr the magical sword. I genuinely believed in Olga’s sorcery. I just wish the movie wasn’t so straightforward. It really would’ve kept me fully engaged if there were more complications to the plot.

★★★★

Watched on May 4th, 2022

#The Northman #April #2022 #Action #Adventure #Thriller #Drama #Historical #R #Robert Eggers #May 2022 #4 stars

4 notes · View notes