What the corpus says about The Lighthouse (2019)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished The Lighthouse (2019) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about The Lighthouse (2019) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 1:31:10 · Ben Hosley (0.45)] The Lighthouse ↔ Dark Waters · theme · Golden Mops (Ben's movies-that-made-him-cry/wet): traditional pick is The Lighthouse, 'drenched in farts'; Dark Waters a dark horse. · "Dark water should also be a dark horse pick."
[The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:25:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] The Lighthouse ↔ Ford v Ferrari · craft · A24's lone nomination went to the Lighthouse cinematography while Ford v Ferrari missed. · "for Ford versus Ferrari to not be recognized in that category and for A24 is one nomination to be in one of the strangest movies of the year"
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:53:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] The Lighthouse ↔ The Witch · people · Eggers made The Witch, which Amanda loved until its not-great ending, and The Lighthouse, which she finds fussy. · "I love the witch until and speaking of endings until the end."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:52:11 · Wesley Morris (0.40)] The Lighthouse ↔ Godzilla: King of the Monsters · trailer vs movie · Sean says watch the Godzilla trailer three times rather than the movie, and Lighthouse over any of it. · "This is a very good trailer for a very bad movie."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:52:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] The Lighthouse ↔ Heat · joke · Sean will start a minute-by-minute podcast on The Lighthouse like the one that examines every minute of Heat. · "I will be starting one of those for the lighthouse."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:53:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Midsommar ↔ The Lighthouse · same complaint · Amanda's problems with the Lighthouse are different from her problems with Midsommar but both register as filmmaking that anticipates the discourse. · "my problems with the lighthouse are different from my problems with Midsomar."
[The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:24:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Jarin Blaschke ↔ The Lighthouse · craft · A24's lone nomination went to the Lighthouse cinematography, which a host puts down to voters liking showy black and white. · "Because cinema, you know, people like showy black and white. It's real, like more is more."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:07:09 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.50)] Robert Eggers ↔ The Lighthouse · career · Eggers moved from The Witch to The Lighthouse, fantasmagoric rather than strictly horror. · "Robert Eggers, who made the witch, just put out the lighthouse, which is kind of fantasmagoric"
[The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:23:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Willem Dafoe ↔ The Lighthouse · people · Dafoe's Godwin is described as a craggy, monstrous creature, a lighthouse meets Shadow of the Vampire. · "like a lighthouse meets shadow of the vampire."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 0:29:42 · unknown (0.40)] Willem Dafoe ↔ The Lighthouse · verdict · Flipped into Best Supporting Actor in a year of two-handers and given the win as the 'Dafoe of the decade pick'. · "I feel like this is this is the Defoe of the decade pick for me."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:53:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Lighthouse · fun · Sean is so devoted he'll launch a minute-by-minute Lighthouse podcast alone in a lighthouse; Amanda calls him an A24-merch-bro Reddit nerd and says Eggers shows his work too much. · "what you are is a Reddit nerd, bro, and you hate this. I believe what I said was A24 merch, bro."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 1:13:03 · David Sims (0.45)] Peterloo ↔ Dark Waters · programming · Peterloo will be in the 'Dark Waters zone': a get-around-to-it movie people will come around on. · "It will be that Dark Waters zone where people..."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:19:45 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Thief ↔ Heat · programming · Rewatchable does Mann films: five done, others remaining. · "How many Michael Mann movies have we done now?"
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:48 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40)] Hereditary ↔ Midsommar · theme · Hereditary comes from Aster's ideas about childhood and parenthood, Midsommar from romantic relationships. · "hereditary is probably rooted in some of his ideas about childhood and parenthood and Midsommar is rooted in his ideas about romantic relationships"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 1:22:50 · David Sims (0.40)] Edward Lachman ↔ Dark Waters · craft · Lachman's Dark Waters cinematography is very underrated. · "Ed Lockman's Dark Waters."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:13:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Heat ↔ The Rewatchables · programming · Chris listened to the Reheat Rewatchables episode, celebrating 100 episodes, the morning of recording. · "I also listened to the reheat this morning"
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:11:14 · Chris Ryan (0.70)] Jonny Greenwood ↔ Midsommar · craft · Chris describes the Midsommar experience as Ari Aster playing Greenwood's strings until his eardrums explode. · "Ari Astor stuffed me in a fucking bear carcass and played Johnny Greenwood strings in my, until my eardrums explode."
[The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 2:07:39 · Garrett Bradley (0.90)] Heat ↔ Time · programming · Bradley's last great thing was rewatching Heat, which prompted talk of the 90s. · "I rewatched Heat"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:31:39 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Midsommar ↔ Midsommar · craft · The cold open is Chris's favorite sequence for filmmaking expertise, even as punishing as it gets. · "just in terms of filmmaking, uh, expertise, uh, would be the cold open opening sequence of Midsommar."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ · 0:08:22 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] The Last of the Mohicans ↔ Heat · lineage · Heat is described as the urban version of Last of the Mohicans, a step in Mann's progression toward The Insider. · "Then you've got heat, which in some ways is the urban version of Last of the Mohicans."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 0:02:54 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read) · lineage · Thief is the notebook sketch for Mann's later work, with Heat sharing DNA. · "the building blocks for what you wind up seeing in heat and collateral and Miami Vice in so many of his films to come."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:15:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Heat (the maker said so: the Siegel piece, Caan telling Pacino) · lineage · Caan said scenes cut from Thief went to Heat. · "All the scenes that weren't used in our picture came over to you guys."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:06:53 · Chris Ryan (0.80)] Heat ⇒ Ambulance (the host's read) · lineage · Chris says the first half of Ambulance is Michael Bay trying to make Heat, before the second half becomes a great chase movie. · "The 1st half of this movie is basically like Michael Bay being like, I want to make heat."
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] Ben Hosley · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Producer who occasionally talks; admits no religious background, has a Catholic mother's family, and cannot see the Bible as part of culture. · stances: Left out of Bible culture; Wants a clear demarcation between a bed and a deathbed
[speaker] Wesley Morris · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · Loves Marisa Tomei, the grits scene, and the clothes; is a sucker for Fran Drescher. Dislikes car-driving-away endings and thinks the film has done harm by encouraging self-representation. · stances: Tomei deserved the Oscar; Race in courtroom movies matters, and this one is warmly integrated; The Nanny is basically Mona Lisa Vito
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with The Lighthouse (2019); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend The Lighthouse (2019) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

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