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Robert Eggers' latest is a big ball of contradictions. It is at once his most ambitious, an epic sprawl of historical carnality, that is also his simplest and most direct screenplay to date. That choice makes it his most accessible film, but one that delights in stomach churning violence and surrealism that are likely to ward off big swaths of the broader audience. Based on the inspiration of Shakespeare's Hamlet, The Northman feels of a piece with…