Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson go a little mad in first trailer for ‘The Lighthouse’
From Robert Eggers, director of The Witch, comes a murky sea tale starring three-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, comes The Lighthouse. Shot in 35mm black and white and in the classic Academy ratio, it features only two characters wrestling with loneliness on a deserted island in the 1890s; a stunning descent into madness tale and a visual feast for the eyes.
The Lighthouse made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year where AwardsWatch critic Mina Takla called the film “incredibly crafted and impeccably atmospheric.” The will next hit the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
A24 will release The Lighthouse on October 18th. Here is the thrilling first trailer and poster.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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