Nephew to King Arthur and one of his most loyal knights, Sir Gawain of the Round Table is one of the oldest characters in Arthurian legend, appearing in poems, romances and histories beginning ...

Dev Patel takes on the role of Sir Gawain in The Green Knight, an adaptation of an Arthurian legend from director David Lowery. The movie was supposed to premiere at the South By Southwest ...

the first movie since the 1980s classic Excalibur to respect how dirty and horny medieval literature was. The Green Knight is an adaptation of the famous medieval poem known as “Sir Gawain and ...

All of King Arthur's other knights being frightened, Sir Gawain takes up the challenge and hacks off the green knight's head. The green knight then gives Gawain a year to find his home and live a ...

of stories in themselves — as the movie makes clear early on. Already, in the aftermath of his odd victory over the Green Knight, Gawain’s daring act has become lore, a chivalric tale told and ...

Why, for starters, is the Green Knight green? It’s a question that’s long vexed scholars of the 14th century chivalric romance “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” The movie, like the epic ...

The movie that “The Green Knight” repeatedly brought to mind for me was “Apocalypse Now.” As Gawain makes his way north toward the Green Chapel and his uncertain fate, the images become ...

As part of a balanced review, I acknowledge that there are some redeeming bits of the movie, based on the old poem from Arthurian legends, Sir Gawain And The Green Knight. Even so, I do so with ...

A meditative exploration of oaths and honor, the retelling of the 14th century chivalric romance “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is ... [Related: Movie review: ‘Snake Eyes’ is visually ...

But he seems at peace with death in the movie's last moments: Just as the Green Knight is set to behead him, Gawain tells him to wait as he removes a green belt, which was said to have magical ...

And much of “The Green Knight” — adapted from the 14th-century poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” part of the cycle of mythical stories known as the Arthurian legends — does work.