The Lighthouse Archives

Willem Dafoe: The Essential Films & Performances

June 16, 2021 2:07 pm

The great Willem Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1955. Since his first uncredited appearance in Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate” – in which Dafoe, enjoying his first real Hollywood gig before going o...

The Social Distance: 21 Films About Isolation

Nicholas Laskin

May 7, 2020 1:12 pm

Features, News

The tradition of isolation in cinema, either psychological, physical, or both, is rich and also, a rather modern phenomenon (you don’t see a lot of 1930s movies about people contemplating their existence in a ...

The 7 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Bad Boys For Life,’ ‘Selah and the Spades’ & More

Jason Bailey

April 21, 2020 2:33 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

The Best Moments in Film 2019 + Video Countdown of Best of the Year

Max Roux

January 20, 2020 9:15 am

News

We’re nearly halfway into January 2020, so it feels like the perfect time to sit down, relax, and enjoy yet another recap of 2019! I know you’ve been read plenty of top 10 lists already, so I’ll spare you anoth...

Where To Stream/Watch/Buy All The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Films

Jason Bailey

January 13, 2020 10:48 am

Awards, News

The nominations are in for the 92nd annual Academy Awards, and if you’ve been waiting to see what was actually getting nominated before plunking down your hard-earned cash and growling—“One for ‘Bombshell,’ ple...

The 6 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘The Lighthouse,’ ‘Brick’

Jason Bailey

January 7, 2020 5:49 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

Steven Soderbergh Had An Interesting Thanksgiving Triple Feature (& Other Observations From His Annual “Seen, Read” List)

Charles Barfield

January 7, 2020 1:04 pm

News, Television

Every year, hundreds of Best of 2019 lists get published (many of them on this very website) with hot takes galore and debates to follow. But each year, there’s one list that I can’t wait to read. And it’s not ...

Nicholas Laskin’s Top 10 Films of 2019

Nicholas Laskin

December 27, 2019 1:57 pm

News

It seemed like much of the latter half of this year was spent arguing about what is or is not cinema. To be fair, it’s a debate that’s very much worth having, particularly considering how oversaturated our medi...

Ryan Oliver’s Top 25 Films of 2019 [Video]

Ryan Oliver

December 23, 2019 9:44 am

News

Happy Holidays to you and yours. This season brings forth time-honored traditions of attempting to take it easy at work to spend time with loved ones, and compiling the year-end “Best Of” list and debate online...

The Best Movie Trailers Of 2019

The Playlist Staff

December 10, 2019 2:54 pm

Features, News

Everything-is-epic culture has transformed film trailers over the last few years. What used to be a commercial for a movie has now changed into a mini-event. Now, we get the teaser, the teaser for the teaser, t...

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