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    <em>The Green Knight</em> Is One of 2021’s Best Movies

    David Lowery’s film starring Dev Patel is a dreamy piece of high fantasy that turns an age-old tale into something to be puzzled over anew.
    by David Sims Jul 28, 2021 3 minutes
    Source: Eric Zachanowich / A24

    King Arthur’s Round Table is an impressively austere sight in : a circle of white stone bathed in dim light where mythic figures sit like statues, ready to be venerated. Tucked in the background of this scene is Gawain (played by Dev Patel), a young warrior eager to prove his mettle by going on the same journey as his idols. But David Lowery’s adaptation of the epic poem puts him on a stranger path, a voyage of self-discovery

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