Awards
On being an actor, Willem Dafoe says, “I still love doing what I do, because it’s always different. For me, it always gets deeper. It teaches me things. It’s a beautiful job to have.”
Dec. 19, 2023
Movies
In a story of an art heist gone wrong, Willem Dafoe spends all of “Inside” alone, creating an unusual showcase for his powerful screen presence.
March 17, 2023
Vasilis Katsoupis’ art heist gone wrong ‘Inside’ takes a disturbing and provocative look at aloneness and the art of survival.
March 16, 2023
Entertainment & Arts
Jan. 30, 2022
We’ve got another fresh crop of weekend recommendations that encompasses romantic movies about moon landings and artwork that appears to be from another planet.
July 11, 2024
Yorgos Lanthimos collects a cast that includes Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley and Jesse Plemons for a three-parter that feels like covered ground.
June 21, 2024
Longtime collaborators Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe come together for a semi-autobiographical tale of the filmmaker’s quiet new life in Rome, still driven by an inner anguish.
June 5, 2020
“The Lighthouse” (Lionsgate DVD, $19.98; Blu-ray, $24.99; also available on VOD) For Robert Eggers’ follow-up to his cult horror film “The Witch,” Robert Pattinson plays an itinerant seaman who takes a job working at a remote New England lighthouse.
Jan. 4, 2020
For a fight scene in “The Lighthouse,” Willem Dafoe pushed Robert Pattinson to hit harder because he was padded.
Dec. 9, 2019
Sex dreams about mermaids, ill-tempered seagulls who seem possessed, flatulence employed as “deliberate displays of power.” Robert Eggers’ black-and-white thriller “The Lighthouse” has much to discuss.
Oct. 24, 2019