The first thing to notice in The Lighthouse is its thematic resonance with Robert Eggers’ first work, The Witch. Both movies are essentially about isolation, power relations and, ultimately, the process of insanity. Still, even if the films do share many similarities, The Lighthouse chooses very different methods to approach the subject of madness. If The Witch used conventions of family drama and coming of age narratives to develop the relationships between its characters and threw in the supernatural only…

I just watched this and holy s*, I just loved it. The first part was absolutely flawless. There may have been some overacting but it didn't hurt the experience at all since the cast was mostly perfect and and for the majority of time the amount of emotion everyone showed was very balanced.

I don't think the rest of the movie was as intense as the beginning (perhaps the ending came as close as it was possible) but it didn't…