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The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers says the scale of his Viking epic The Northman is “massive”

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Just a week away from starting principal photography, Robert Eggers’ new Viking epic The Northman halted most of its production, with The Witch and The Lighthouse director explaining to Film Independent Coffee Talk that his cast and crew were assembling in Belfast and just about ready to go when the shutdown began. “There’s a very […]

When Cabin Fever Strikes: The Lighthouse and The Shining Double Bill

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Tom Jolliffe delves into the delights of cabin fever and double bills The Lighthouse and The Shining… I do love a double bill. Sometimes it’s pre-planned, like pre-meditated eating of the chocolate in the cupboard. Sometimes it just happens to cross my mind when watching one film, that I can connect it to something else […]

The Lighthouse director’s new film The Northman will be “dark and unusually violent”

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After finding success with The Witch and The Lighthouse, director Robert Eggers is currently working on The Northman, which is described as a Viking revenge tale. The Northman will see Eggers re-teaming with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse) who has recently teased that the upcoming film will be “dark and unusually violent” during an interview with Screen Daily. “Rob says […]

Flatulence in Film: Why cinema’s most maligned trope deserves more love

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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)

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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

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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 […]

Modern Horror Directors You Should Be Watching

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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)

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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

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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 […]