‘The Lighthouse’
Tired of seemingly endless self-isolation? So are Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in The Lighthouse. This horror film was released by A24 last year, and it’s finally available to stream on Amazon Prime. Two seamen are left alone at a lighthouse, forced to argue and bond over crashing waves and eerie sirens. Pattinson, who is learning from senior lighthouse manager Dafoe, is driven to insanity. He tackles a seagull. He dances with Dafoe. He loses track of time. It’s difficult to find the beginning, middle, and end of The Lighthouse, which makes it so mysterious and odd. Robert Eggers, who also directed The Witch, has a perfect unsettling style. If you want a creepy quarantine film, check out The Lighthouse.