Coinciding with the UK release of Robert Eggers’ second feature film, The Lighthouse, George Nash lets rip on why cinema’s most dismissed trope, the fart gag, deserves more love… On a small, remote island, two gruff-looking figures, as if frozen in time, stand hauntingly at the door of a rickety wooden shack staring out silently […]
Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse, 2019. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. SYNOPSIS: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. It isn’tevery day you have the option to go to the cinema and watch a film in black and white […]
Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies
EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]
Claes Bang joins Robert Eggers’ The Northman
The Square and The Girl in the Spider’s Web star Claes Bang has become the latest addition to the cast of The Northman, the next film from The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers. The film, which has been scripted by Eggers and Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón, is described as “a Viking revenge […]
Modern Horror Directors You Should Be Watching
EJ Moreno on the must-see modern horror directors… The connection between a director and the horror genre is essential. You can feel when a creator loves horror, and you can quickly tell when someone is faking it. Throughout history, directors have made their mark on the genre through significant pieces of work and passion for […]
Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse, 2019. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe.. SYNOPSIS: The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Very rarely does an absolutely perfect movie come along. These films are few and far between and seem to follow no specific […]
Robert Pattinson on his “ferocious” masturbation scene in The Lighthouse
Robert Pattinson has spoken about his “ferocious” masturbation scene in The Lighthouse, explaining how he pulled it off… The Witch director Robert Eggers returns today with the release his sophomore film, the claustrophobic and highly-acclaimed psychological horror The Lighthouse, which sees Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson portraying two lighthouse keepers who find themselves on a […]
Video Review – The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse, 2019. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on The Lighthouse, a new film from Robert Eggers. This is a can’t-miss review about a must-watch movie! EJ explains why this is one of his favorite horror films in the past decade, […]
Robert Eggers to direct Viking revenge film, impressive cast in talks for lead roles
Robert Eggers, the director behind the horror film The Witch and this year’s The Lighthouse, is set to direct a Viking revenge tale titled The Northman. More impressively, Deadline has reported the lineup of stars who are currently in talks for lead roles in Egger’s next film which includes Nicole Kidman (Aquaman), Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies), […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse, 2019. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, and Valeriia Karaman. SYNOPSIS: The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. The Lighthouse is about as boldly entrancing a second feature as one could imagine from any filmmaker, let alone Robert […]