RaveArt Review... a sublime work in the truest sense – mighty, irrepressible and terrifying ... those calling it flat, or tedious, or excessive are, to my mind, entirely missing the point. Saying Lapvona is either flat or excessive is like saying the same of Robert Eggers’ The Northman (2022). Lapvona should not be read as a modern narrative, but akin to a fable, allegory or epic. More than anything, perhaps, it is a kind of medieval sci-fi, and, given sci-fi’s long history, perhaps what I really mean is a kind of myth ... the entire cultural flirtation with medieval aesthetics can be read as an attempt to grapple with the perverse conditions of today ... Moshfegh still has her eye firmly trained on the details of the current moment; on contemporary blindnesses, barbarity and fears.
