You wouldn’t know it, watching his joyously bonkers new movie Bugonia, but Yorgos Lanthimos is tired. His latest “comes at a point where I’ve made a lot of films, and
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… isn’t nearly as good as Lanthimos’s The Favourite or The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Both had such masterful visual style combined with purity of intent. This is looser
In portraying a conspiracy-obsessed alien believer in Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist dark comedy Bugonia, Jesse Plemons immediately turned to a good mate . . . an ardent “extraterrestrialist” within his tight
Competition films, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia premiere on the Lido.
Jesse Plemons and newcomer Aidan Delbis play conspiracy theorists (is that a job?) who kidnap Emma Stone's CEO, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying Earth. Yorgos Lanthimos'
Kieran Culkin was in no mood to fly to Poland for a two month shoot after wrapping up the fourth and final season of award-winning TV series Succession. Succession’s shoot
Yorgos Lanthimos is back, the director unleashing his second film in nine months with Kinds of Kindness. Bowing this year in Cannes, Kinds of Kindness caps a remarkable run for
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... lots of promise, but it is a bit of a mess.
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… other than some wry moments and pretty images, and it leaves the experience feeling ultimately unsatisfying, hollow and indulgent.
Poor Things’ grand exploration of human identity is thrilling where it could be pompous because the protagonist at its heart is thoroughly sketched and expertly performed.