What's in the Box

Having studied and greatly enjoyed the text during 1^st year English, I was excited to see how the indie-centric combination of David Lowry and A24 would go about tackling this mystical poem. The Green Knight is an enthralling, visually stunning morality tale that gets right to the heart of the source material; subtly probing whether honour and chivalry are attainable in this seemingly lawless environment. Dev Patel is typically excellent in conveying a figure in Gawain constantly wrestling with his own identity, balancing impetuousness with uncertain, wide-eyed vulnerability. No more is this the case than his exchanges with Alicia Vikander’s Lady, who highlights that even a knight can fall to the temptations of a medieval femme fatale. From the aesthetically gorgeous cinematography, the pervasive score and the bold montage ending, every aspect of this film is on point. I hope it gets some Oscars.