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Cabin Fever


I worry about how long this enhanced community quarantine may last and whether hunger and boredom will kill me if COVID-19 doesn't. Room by Lenny Abrahamson, The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers, and Cast Away by Robert Zemeckis are excellent films about isolation, but if you're losing hope and you're a fan of delightfully strange indie flicks, watch Vivarium by Lorcan Finnegan.

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