'Nosferatu' Is a Flawed Triumph

When it comes to creating an aura of occult menace and eerie atmospherics, Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu is a triumph. His is such a rare talent that it seems almost unnecessarily picky to note the film’s unevenness, with sensational sequences followed by weaker ones of uncertain effect. Nevertheless, I note with regret that Nosferatu can’t match either Eggers’s The Witch (2015) or The Lighthouse (2019) for bold unity of vision.