Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The Lighthouse (2019)

 Genre: Thriller
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson 
Running time: 109 minutes


 

Inspired by the work of such people as Carl Jung and Edgar Allen Poe, the story of this film is set in the New England of the late 19th century. A man calling himself Ephrem Winslow takes a month long contract on an isolated island as a wickie in a lighthouse, under the supervision of an irritable older man named Thomas Wake.

If ever a film has the ability to make one feel claustrophobic, it is The Lighthouse. The black and white, the parse dialogues, the isolated setting, the ever-present horn sound in the distance and the spoken and unspoken tension between the two main characters; all the elements are there to feel the tightness and keep you wondering what will happen next.

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson both offered excellent performances. The story itself was riveting, though some twists and turns had me scratching my head a bit. I will definitely be revisiting this one somewhere down the line.

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