THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE HYPNOTIC
AND HALLUCINATORY TALE OF TWO
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS (WILLEM
DAFOE & ROBERT PATTINSON) ON A
REMOTE AND MYSTERIOUS NEW
ENGLAND ISLAND IN THE 1890S.
LIKE HIS PREVIOUS EFFORT"THE
WITCH" DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS
CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE
NOTION THAT WE ARE MORE LIKELY
TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR OWN
DEMONS WHEN MADE VULNERABLE BY
OUR ENVIRONMENT.
CLAUSTROPHOBIC, EERIE AND RIFE
WITH ALLUSIONS TO MYTHOLOGY
AND SUPERSTITION, THIS IS A
HORROR FILM THAT BURSTS FREE
FROM ITS GENRE CONVENTIONS TO
BECOME A TREATISE ON OUR
MODERN STATE OF MIND.
BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES FROM
THE TWO LEADS, THIS IS ONE OF
THE YEAR
(CHUCK KOPLINSKI) RATED R. 109
MINUTES. SAV. Motherless
Brooklyn (Starts Friday) Based
on the novel by Jonathan
Lethem, this thriller is set
against the backdrop of 1950s
New York and follows Lionel
Essrog (Edward Norton), a
lonely private detective
afflicted with Tourette's
Syndrome, as he ventures to
solve the murder of his mentor
and only friend, Frank Minna
(Bruce Willis). Norton directs
and penned the adapted
screenplay and while he has
great reverence for the story
and its setting, in the end
his self-indulgent approach
nearly capsizes the entire
film. 2 ½ Stars (Chuck
Koplinski) Rated R. 144