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Robert Eggers masterclass at Lyon's Lumière Film Festival
Eggers gave the masterclass at Lyon's Lumière festival, where a Werwulf exclusive and a back-to-back Witch, Lighthouse and Nosferatu night also played; Hank hasn't seen any of them.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Tonight at 8:36 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Euronews's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Euronews: “From 'Werwulf' to a 1930s Batman: Key takeways from Robert Eggers masterclass at Lumière”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 8:36 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDirector Robert Eggers gave a masterclass at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, with a world exclusive for his werewolf film Werwulf, Euronews reports.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWerwulf. Set in fourteenth-century England, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe. That's a cheerful cast for a cheerful century.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe talk also covered Lily-Rose Depp's eyes, the horror of Ridley Scott's Alien, and a 1930s Batman.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA thirties Batman. Of course, because the thirties went so smoothly. Darkness, a cape, and nobody cheering.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've never seen a movie.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNot one? Not even Alien?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've heard it's about a ship. I've worked near ships. Skip told me.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHere's a detail you'll like. That night, the festival ran The Witch, The Lighthouse and Nosferatu back to back, starting at ten-thirty Eastern.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe festival is named for the brothers who invented the Cinématographe in eighteen ninety-five. I'll start with their films, and I'm done by eighteen ninety-six.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHank, those films are about a train arriving. Everyone ran.
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