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Reviews: The Lighthouse (2019)

Governing Committee October 24, 2019 2 minutes read

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Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:

  • Marco Albanese @ Stanze di Cinema [Italian]
  • Kyle Anderson @ Nerdist
  • [New] | Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
  • Chris Barsanti @ PopMatters
    • Excerpt: In Robert Eggers’ brutal but lyrical 19th century horror show, The Lighthouse, there is a lot of David Lynch in the looming soundtrack and the steam-powered, proto-industrial feel in the scenes of tending the lighthouse machinery.
  • Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
    • Excerpt: Confronts the anguish of the human condition with suitable horror and an equally suitable dash of absurdity.
  • Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
    • Excerpt: Robert Eggers’ sophomore effort is a funny, visually striking, and fearlessly weird psychological horror film that cements him as a distinct cinematic voice.
  • Rob DiCristino @ F This Movie
  • James Edwards @ FilmFracture
  • Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
    • Excerpt: The spell of this film is to lull the audience into a state of unease and for a while, that’s enough.
  • Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
  • Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
    • Excerpt: Weird as balls. But in a good way.
  • Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
    • Excerpt: You don’t watch The Lighthouse. You absorb it. Pattinson and Dafoe are like caged animals slinking around the perimeter, testing each other’s resolve before pouncing.
  • Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
    • Excerpt: Once again, Eggers and his crew have gone far lengths to develop a film unlike a lot of what is seen in the sphere of genre features today.
  • Matt Oakes @
    • Excerpt: Roommates are Awful, Especially in Eggers’ Brilliant ‘THE LIGHTHOUSE’
  • [New] | Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
  • Josh Taylor @ www.forgetfulfilmcritic.com
    • Excerpt: It seems blasphemous to use the word masterpiece so early in his career, but with his painstaking attention to detail, his eye for striking cinematic imagery, and his exploration of the human psyche, that’s just what Eggers has produced with both The Witch and now with The Lighthouse.
  • Andrew Wyatt @ The Lens

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