19: Robert Eggers & The Lighthouse with Tom Sheriff

Published: March 1, 2020, 1:30 p.m.

If it weren’t for a little movie called Parasite, Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse would have emerged as Cannes’s most exciting premiere. But his sophomore film, which stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two increasingly batshit lighthouse keepers, was nonetheless critically acclaimed and ultimately got an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Adam, Azeem and our first returning special guest Tom Sheriff ventured into The Lighthouse, and also took a good look at The Witch — definitely not the wicked witch of the East — concluding that Eggers is truly one to watch. And this episode one to listen to!