Is Bugonia’s ending real or a dream? This Yorgos Lanthimos film dodges its own themes with an alien reveal that undermines everything that came before.
A scatterbrained man and his half-wit cousin kidnap the powerful CEO of a multinational, convinced she is an alien plotting against humanity.
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife’s demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning, and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness blends his early cold, calculated style with recent vitality, exploring work, love, and faith. The film’s narrative and thematic elements are familiar, but Lanthimos’s provocative approach and direct intervention challenge viewers.
“Kinds of Kindness” by Yorgos Lanthimos explores power dynamics and identity through a surreal triptych. With intense performances and a bold narrative, it challenges conventional storytelling.
“Kinds of Kindness” by Lanthimos critiques modern society with absurdity and irreverence, starring Stone, Dafoe, Plemons, and Qualley. Provocative but morally shallow.
The “poor things” in the title of the Greek director’s film are the women subjected to an eternal, ever-changing, and renewable system of oppression and identity stripping, robbing them of agency and will.
The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
Steam technology blended with fantastical elements, pseudo-Victorian costumes interwoven with contemporary fashion. The film everyone’s talking about is also a new plunge into the world imagined by H.G. Wells & Co.
‘Poor Things’ by Yorgos Lanthimos, a tale of insatiable appetite for life, blending gothic and visionary styles in a stunning cinematic feast
Dr. Baxter, disfigured by experiments, creates Bella from a suicidal woman and her unborn child’s brain in Lanthimos’s dark, society-questioning film
Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ at Venice Film Festival: Emma Stone’s transformative role blurs lines of reality and art, challenging societal norms
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