Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Empire Australasia

    THE LIGHTHOUSE

    Feb 09, 2020 3 minutes
    JOHN NUGENT

    OUT NOW CERT MA15+ / 109 MINS

    DIRECTOR Robert Eggers

    CAST Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

    PLOT New England, the 1890s. Two lighthouse keepers arrive on a remote island for a month-long stretch of maintenance and solitude. But mysteries abound: both men harbour secrets, strange visions and hallucinations appear, and when relief doesn’t arrive, their grip on reality starts to loosen.

    EARLY ON IN , director Robert Eggers’ dazzling, demented follow-up to , veteran lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake (Dafoe) recounts how the last keeper (or ‘wickie’, to use the naval

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Empire Australasia

    Empire Australasia2 min read
    No./ 13 THE COMFORT ZONE WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
    CHOOSING THE MOST comforting moment in Rob Reiner’s 1989 romcom is a bit like asking which is the warmest log on the fire. Who cares when everything around you is this cosy? This movie is all long walks in the park and excellent knitwear, and even th
    Empire Australasia2 min read
    Comment
    The Suicide Squad (Empire, December) looks very male and very white. It will be interesting to give it the once-over with the Bechdel-Wallace test and view the film through the lens of diversity. ANN, NUGENT, TAS From what we could see, the Squad
    Empire Australasia6 min read
    No./1 Disney’s Biggest Bombshells, Digested
    Disney were not shy about revealing new footage at their Investor’s Day presentation on December 10; it’s not every day you get four shiny new Marvel trailers in one go. The first Loki trailer gave us lots of tantalising glimpses of what Tom Hiddlest

    Related Books & Audiobooks