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David Lowery is an adventurous director, alternating studio material like Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man & the Gun and Peter Pan & Wendy with pleasingly idiosyncratic projects like the poetic mood piece about time and loss, A Ghost Story, or the imaginative chivalric fantasy, The Green Knight.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
These budding friendships, his yin-yang mentorship of Egg, and a connection with Prince Baelor Targaryen (Bertie Carvel), a kindhearted noble who actually does remember Ser Arlan, will shape his fate as the series unfolds, in chivalric challenges on and off the tiltyard.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
He's got something of the chivalric knight about him, as if every day was St Crispin’s Day and Arsenal are fighting not just for points but for the honour of it all.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
These budding friendships, his yin-yang mentorship of Egg, and a connection with Prince Baelor Targaryen (Bertie Carvel), a kindhearted noble who actually does remember Ser Arlan, will shape his fate as the series unfolds, in chivalric challenges on and off the tiltyard.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
He's got something of the chivalric knight about him, as if every day was St Crispin’s Day and Arsenal are fighting not just for points but for the honour of it all.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Chivalric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chivalric. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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chivalric
adjective
chi·val·ric
shə-ˈval-rik 
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