Beacon Review: Atmospheric Thriller Moored by Onscreen Duo [Tribeca 2024]
Of the viewer, Beacon demands total surrender. Sure, watching any movie inherently requires this, but at a time when theater attendance is depressingly low for many valid reasons, certainly, of which a lack of theater etiquette is one and when a multitude of distractions are at our fingertips during at-home viewings, it’s a contract between a film and its audience that, once unquestionable, is now facing extinction. This is a shame because Roxy Shih’s shipwreck tale, making its premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, is an atmospheric thriller that is worth total immersion.