The lineup for the 77th Cannes Film Festival has officially been unveiled. As of right now, 19 films will be competing for the prestigious top prize, the Palme d’Or. The festival will be running from May 14 through the closing ceremony on May 25 in the small town on the French Riviera. This year’s jury will be led by Greta Gerwig, fresh off of her success writing and directing “Barbie,” which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The remaining members of the jury have yet to be announced.
Having an idea of a filmmaker’s history at the festival can sometimes help give us an insight as to who could be in the best position to take home the Palme. For example, two of this year’s entries come from filmmakers who have previously claimed the Palme. Another five are from directors who have won prizes in official...
Having an idea of a filmmaker’s history at the festival can sometimes help give us an insight as to who could be in the best position to take home the Palme. For example, two of this year’s entries come from filmmakers who have previously claimed the Palme. Another five are from directors who have won prizes in official...
- 4/18/2024
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Tyler, The Creator headlined the second day of Coachella on Saturday night — a momentous occasion for one of rap’s biggest stars, coming 13 years after his Coachella debut as a member of Odd Future in 2011.
Tyler pulled out all the stops for his show, bringing out a star-studded guest list that included Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis and soul singer Charlie Wilson, the famed lead vocalist of The Gap Band.
“These are Epstein hours!” exclaimed the 33-year-old rapper at the start of his set, which he began at 11:40 p.
Tyler pulled out all the stops for his show, bringing out a star-studded guest list that included Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis and soul singer Charlie Wilson, the famed lead vocalist of The Gap Band.
“These are Epstein hours!” exclaimed the 33-year-old rapper at the start of his set, which he began at 11:40 p.
- 4/14/2024
- by Ethan Millman and Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Tyler, the Creator is no doubt one of the greatest showmen working today in hip-hop. During his headlining set on Saturday night (April 13) at Coachella, the rapper once again proved just that, transforming the main stage into a desert canyon and using lighting and projections to create an ambiance so vivid and entrancing that it could only have sprung from an imaginative mind as his own.
To that, Tyler made the most of his first headlining show at the festival, where he has performed numerous times before. “The first time I played Coachella was 2011,” he told the crowd midway through the set. “I didn’t know what the fuck Coachella was, but me and my friends at the time, we went by Odd Future. And it was great. We were in a house. We rented a crib, went to target n—a, bought some snacks, and performed. The performance was terrible.
To that, Tyler made the most of his first headlining show at the festival, where he has performed numerous times before. “The first time I played Coachella was 2011,” he told the crowd midway through the set. “I didn’t know what the fuck Coachella was, but me and my friends at the time, we went by Odd Future. And it was great. We were in a house. We rented a crib, went to target n—a, bought some snacks, and performed. The performance was terrible.
- 4/14/2024
- by Steven J. Horowitz
- Variety Film + TV
Acclaimed auteurs Francis Ford Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Paolo Sorrentino and Andrea Arnold are among the filmmakers set to compete for the coveted Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
A total of 19 features were revealed today (April 11) that will play in Competition at the festival, set to run May 14-25.
Rarely a festival to veer far from familiar names, the Competition line-up is dominated by directors who have been selected multiple times for Cannes.
They include US filmmaker Coppola with sci-fi epic Megalopolis, which stars Adam Driver and is set in a future version of New York City following a disaster.
A total of 19 features were revealed today (April 11) that will play in Competition at the festival, set to run May 14-25.
Rarely a festival to veer far from familiar names, the Competition line-up is dominated by directors who have been selected multiple times for Cannes.
They include US filmmaker Coppola with sci-fi epic Megalopolis, which stars Adam Driver and is set in a future version of New York City following a disaster.
- 4/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
It’ll soon be time to pack your tuxes and/or high heels and wonder “why the heck does it get so hot at 6:30 pm, just when I’m lining up for the 7:15 pm screening?” The eyes of the entertainment world will once again turn toward the French Riviera for the 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival.
The main slate announcement was made early Thursday morning, confirming many suspicions, and offering much excitement for hardcore cinephiles. For those with more mainstream tastes—and an eye toward what will still be in play come next year’s Oscars—here are some highlights.
Certainly, the biggest event screening will be the public’s first look at Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” a self-financed behemoth that he’s been dreaming about for decades. The director/vintner is a two-time winner of Cannes’s Palme D’Or—for “The Conversation” in 1974 and “Apocalypse Now...
The main slate announcement was made early Thursday morning, confirming many suspicions, and offering much excitement for hardcore cinephiles. For those with more mainstream tastes—and an eye toward what will still be in play come next year’s Oscars—here are some highlights.
Certainly, the biggest event screening will be the public’s first look at Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” a self-financed behemoth that he’s been dreaming about for decades. The director/vintner is a two-time winner of Cannes’s Palme D’Or—for “The Conversation” in 1974 and “Apocalypse Now...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Emma Stone is back with director Yorgos Lanthimos for “Kinds of Kindness,” the movie they shot in secret in New Orleans in fall 2022. Stone won the Best Actress Oscar this year for Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” which was in post-production and readying for fall festivals by the time “Kinds of Kindness” had wrapped. Watch the latest trailer for the “Kinds of Kindness,” which was just confirmed to premiere in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, below.
Along with Stone, the triptych film from Lanthimos stars Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, and Hunter Schafer. Searchlight Pictures’ previously announced June 21 release date for “Kinds of Kindness” was the writing on the walls that the film would show up in Cannes competition — Lanthimos’ first at-bat on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie also star in the film that converges three storylines and...
Along with Stone, the triptych film from Lanthimos stars Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, and Hunter Schafer. Searchlight Pictures’ previously announced June 21 release date for “Kinds of Kindness” was the writing on the walls that the film would show up in Cannes competition — Lanthimos’ first at-bat on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie also star in the film that converges three storylines and...
- 4/11/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Ya está disponible el primer tráiler de ‘Kinds of Kindness’, la nueva película del director de ‘Poor Things’, Yorgos Lanthimos. © Searchlight Pictures
“Kinds of Kindness” es una fábula en forma de tríptico que narra tres historias: la de un hombre atrapado que intenta tomar las riendas de su propia vida; la de un policía aterrado porque su mujer, desaparecida en el mar, ha vuelto y parece otra persona y, por último, la historia de una mujer decidida a encontrar a alguien con un don especial, destinado a convertirse en un prodigioso líder espiritual.
Emma Stone (“La La Land”), ganadora de dos Premios de la Academia, uno de ellos por su actuación en la anterior película de Lanthimos, “Poor Things”, protagoniza la cinta junto a Jesse Plemons (“El Poder del Perro”), Willem Dafoe (“Spider-Man”), Margaret Qualley (“La Asistenta”), Hong Chau (“La Ballena”), Joe Alwyn (“La Favorita”), Mamoudou Athie (“El Candidato”) y...
“Kinds of Kindness” es una fábula en forma de tríptico que narra tres historias: la de un hombre atrapado que intenta tomar las riendas de su propia vida; la de un policía aterrado porque su mujer, desaparecida en el mar, ha vuelto y parece otra persona y, por último, la historia de una mujer decidida a encontrar a alguien con un don especial, destinado a convertirse en un prodigioso líder espiritual.
Emma Stone (“La La Land”), ganadora de dos Premios de la Academia, uno de ellos por su actuación en la anterior película de Lanthimos, “Poor Things”, protagoniza la cinta junto a Jesse Plemons (“El Poder del Perro”), Willem Dafoe (“Spider-Man”), Margaret Qualley (“La Asistenta”), Hong Chau (“La Ballena”), Joe Alwyn (“La Favorita”), Mamoudou Athie (“El Candidato”) y...
- 4/2/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
There’s a whole lot of slapping, dancing, freaking out, and reckless driving in the new teaser for Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming movie Kinds of Kindness, which is set to hit select theaters on June 21.
The new clip for the film doesn’t offer, well, anything in the way of plot, but it is a tantalizing look at the film’s absolutely stacked cast. Emma Stone is doing some seriously reckless driving, as is Jesse Pelmons, who’s also getting slapped in the face by Margaret Qualley. Set to the Eurythmics...
The new clip for the film doesn’t offer, well, anything in the way of plot, but it is a tantalizing look at the film’s absolutely stacked cast. Emma Stone is doing some seriously reckless driving, as is Jesse Pelmons, who’s also getting slapped in the face by Margaret Qualley. Set to the Eurythmics...
- 3/27/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Emma Stone in Kinds Of KindnessScreenshot: Searchlight Pictures/YouTube
Sweet dreams are made of this: Yorgos Lanthimos has brought his merry band of weirdos, including Best Actress winner Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, and Joe Alwyn, back together for a new picture. Kinds Of Kindness, which premieres in theaters...
Sweet dreams are made of this: Yorgos Lanthimos has brought his merry band of weirdos, including Best Actress winner Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, and Joe Alwyn, back together for a new picture. Kinds Of Kindness, which premieres in theaters...
- 3/27/2024
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
Here’s the striking first trailer and image for Yorgos Lanthimos’ new movie Kinds Of Kindness, which has a June 21 release date.
The Searchlight Pictures charge stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer.
The anthology movie is described as a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.”
The project, which is widely anticipated to debut at the Cannes Film Festival, reunites many of the team behind Oscar and box office hit Poor Things and is expected to skew towards Lanthimos’ earlier work.
The original screenplay was written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou,...
The Searchlight Pictures charge stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer.
The anthology movie is described as a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.”
The project, which is widely anticipated to debut at the Cannes Film Festival, reunites many of the team behind Oscar and box office hit Poor Things and is expected to skew towards Lanthimos’ earlier work.
The original screenplay was written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s fun to think that when Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos were on the Oscar campaign trail during the early months of the year, they already had a new project under their belts. “Kinds of Kindness” marks the third straight feature collaboration between actress and director (and Searchlight Pictures) after “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” both of which won their leading performers, Olivia Colman and Stone, Best Actress Oscars.
The first teaser for this new joint was released this morning and it’s one of those 46-second clips that tells you absolutely nothing but flashes a ton of cool imagery in your face. Set to a remixed version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” by the Eurythmics, we see Stone zooming around in a purple muscle car (and dancing in an empty parking lot), a close-up of a dog in black and white, Jesse Plemons getting whapped across...
The first teaser for this new joint was released this morning and it’s one of those 46-second clips that tells you absolutely nothing but flashes a ton of cool imagery in your face. Set to a remixed version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” by the Eurythmics, we see Stone zooming around in a purple muscle car (and dancing in an empty parking lot), a close-up of a dog in black and white, Jesse Plemons getting whapped across...
- 3/27/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Searchlight Pictures has revealed the official teaser trailer for Kinds of Kindness, the upcoming movie from Poor Things and The Favourite filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.
Opening in theaters on June 21, 2024, the film was written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou.
Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife, who was missing at sea, has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
The film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
The producers include Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, Kasia Malipan, and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Originally titled “And,” the movie started production in October of 2022 in New Orleans and...
Opening in theaters on June 21, 2024, the film was written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou.
Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife, who was missing at sea, has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
The film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
The producers include Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, Kasia Malipan, and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Originally titled “And,” the movie started production in October of 2022 in New Orleans and...
- 3/27/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
If you were bowled over by Poor Things – or are a long-term Yorgos Lanthimos fan, who’s been on board for Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer and The Favourite – today’s your lucky day. Because the Greek director is moving incredibly quickly, and his follow-up to that Oscar-winning oddity is already in the can. Lanthimos’ next film is Kinds Of Kindness, an anthology feature with an all-star cast – once again uniting him with Emma Stone, Willem Dafoem, Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn. And on top of that, he’s now working with Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer. Check out the punchy teaser trailer here:
Even for such a short look at the film, there’s plenty to unpack – not only that excellent needle-drop of ‘Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This’, and that punchy editing (including a perfectly-timed slap from Qualley). But notably,...
Even for such a short look at the film, there’s plenty to unpack – not only that excellent needle-drop of ‘Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This’, and that punchy editing (including a perfectly-timed slap from Qualley). But notably,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Hot off their “Poor Things” collaboration, Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos and best actress winner Emma Stone already have their next film ready to go. Searchlight has released the trailer for Lanthimos’ new film “Kinds of Kindness,” set for release on June 21.
The rest of the cast includes Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, both of whom were in “Poor Things,” in addition to Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer. Alwyn previously worked with Stone and Lanthimos on the 2018 period film “The Favourite.”
Lanthimos co-wrote the script for “Kinds of Kindness” alongside Efthimis Filippou, with whom he previously collaborated with on his films “The Lobster,” “Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “Dogtooth.”
According to its official synopsis, “Kinds of Kindness” is a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea...
The rest of the cast includes Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, both of whom were in “Poor Things,” in addition to Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer. Alwyn previously worked with Stone and Lanthimos on the 2018 period film “The Favourite.”
Lanthimos co-wrote the script for “Kinds of Kindness” alongside Efthimis Filippou, with whom he previously collaborated with on his films “The Lobster,” “Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “Dogtooth.”
According to its official synopsis, “Kinds of Kindness” is a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea...
- 3/27/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Fans of Arthouse Emma Stone Sicko Cinema™, have I got good news for you. Coming off her second Oscar win, the "La La Land" star is currently in the midst of shooting what's sure to be a strange and twisted spin on the Western genre in the shape of Ari Aster's "Eddington." But before we lay our eyes on the "Midsommar" and "Beau Is Afraid" director's latest oddity, Stone herself will reunite with her "Poor Things" and "The Favourite" helmer Yorgos Lanthimos for a new project.
Titled "Kinds of Kindness," Stone and Lanthimos finished shooting their new film near the tail-end of 2022, which is the reason it's already good to go so soon after "Poor Things" once again stirred up the "Are Sex Scenes Necessary?" discourse. The movie sees Lanthimos directing from an original script he co-penned with his "Dogtooth," "The Lobster," and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
Titled "Kinds of Kindness," Stone and Lanthimos finished shooting their new film near the tail-end of 2022, which is the reason it's already good to go so soon after "Poor Things" once again stirred up the "Are Sex Scenes Necessary?" discourse. The movie sees Lanthimos directing from an original script he co-penned with his "Dogtooth," "The Lobster," and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
- 3/27/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Yorgos Lanthimos is examining the kinds of cruelty in his latest film “Kinds of Kindness.”
The feature, which was originally titled “And”, marks Lanthimos’ eighth film and reunites the auteur with two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone following her recent “Poor Things” Best Actress win. Stone previously garnered her first Oscar after starring in Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”
While the plot details for the Searchlight Pictures release remain elusive, we do know that “Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide. Stone stars alongside her “Poor Things” co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, plus Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie.
“It’s great to be working again with Emma,” Lanthimos told The Guardian about the project. “It makes it so much easier to have someone there who trusts you so much, and who you trust so much.” The duo are next set...
The feature, which was originally titled “And”, marks Lanthimos’ eighth film and reunites the auteur with two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone following her recent “Poor Things” Best Actress win. Stone previously garnered her first Oscar after starring in Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”
While the plot details for the Searchlight Pictures release remain elusive, we do know that “Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide. Stone stars alongside her “Poor Things” co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, plus Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie.
“It’s great to be working again with Emma,” Lanthimos told The Guardian about the project. “It makes it so much easier to have someone there who trusts you so much, and who you trust so much.” The duo are next set...
- 3/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Tony McNamara likes a challenge but when Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos first presented him with Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel by Poor Things to adapt into a script, even the seasoned Australian writer admits he found the material daunting.
“When Yorgos first gave me the book, I read it and thought, ‘Oh, this is great – I’ve never adapted a book before’ and then I read it and thought, ‘Well, this should not be the book,” McNamara told an audience at Dublin’s Storyhouse festival. “I mean, it’s a book about a baby’s brain in a woman’s head – let’s not do this. But Yorgos and I had a great time working together on The Favourite and The Great and we clearly get along so eventually I said, ‘Alright, I’ll do it’ and I was up for the challenge.
“But after writing seventy pages of the first draft,...
“When Yorgos first gave me the book, I read it and thought, ‘Oh, this is great – I’ve never adapted a book before’ and then I read it and thought, ‘Well, this should not be the book,” McNamara told an audience at Dublin’s Storyhouse festival. “I mean, it’s a book about a baby’s brain in a woman’s head – let’s not do this. But Yorgos and I had a great time working together on The Favourite and The Great and we clearly get along so eventually I said, ‘Alright, I’ll do it’ and I was up for the challenge.
“But after writing seventy pages of the first draft,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Vicki Pepperdine, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael | Written by Tony McNamara | Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Ever since he made a splash with 2009’s Dogtooth, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has been considered an exciting voice in cinema, resulting in accolades and award nominations for his disturbing and absurdist works. That does not change for Poor Things, an adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel which sees Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara on fire once more after their previous collaboration with 2018’s The Favourite.
After committing suicide, Bella (Emma Stone) is resurrected by the scarred and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) – who Bella refers to as God. Initially naïve, Bella’s eagerness to learn more about the outside world clashes with Godwin’s desire to keep her safe. Bella rebels by running away with slick lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), as their continent-spanning journey leads...
Ever since he made a splash with 2009’s Dogtooth, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has been considered an exciting voice in cinema, resulting in accolades and award nominations for his disturbing and absurdist works. That does not change for Poor Things, an adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel which sees Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara on fire once more after their previous collaboration with 2018’s The Favourite.
After committing suicide, Bella (Emma Stone) is resurrected by the scarred and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) – who Bella refers to as God. Initially naïve, Bella’s eagerness to learn more about the outside world clashes with Godwin’s desire to keep her safe. Bella rebels by running away with slick lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), as their continent-spanning journey leads...
- 3/21/2024
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
It is no secret that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ career has been evolving quite nicely since his hit film The Lobster. The Greek director has gained numerous major awards and nominations, and with his recent hit film, Poor Things, winning several Academy Awards, we are pleased to confirm that his upcoming movie, Kinds of Kindness, will be released later this year – on June 21, 2024.
Unlike his two previous films, The Favourite and Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness will be based on an original script written by Lanthimos himself and Efthimis Filippou. It is going to be an anthology film, which the director himself described as “a contemporary film, set in the US – three different stories, with four or five actors who play one part in each story”. The actors in question include Lanthimos’ favorite collaborator, Emma Stone, as well as Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie,...
Unlike his two previous films, The Favourite and Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness will be based on an original script written by Lanthimos himself and Efthimis Filippou. It is going to be an anthology film, which the director himself described as “a contemporary film, set in the US – three different stories, with four or five actors who play one part in each story”. The actors in question include Lanthimos’ favorite collaborator, Emma Stone, as well as Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos have seem to hit a stride. The duo that brought audiences 2023’s Oscar-winning Poor Things are joining forces again in new Searchlight Pictures film Kinds of Kindness. The upcoming film is set to premiere June 21.
Though no details of the plot have been revealed, the cast has been shared. Stone will star alongside Jesse Plemons, and reunite with Poor Things co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley. The Best Actress Oscar winner will also starring alongside Joe Alwyn (who she worked with in The Favourite,...
Though no details of the plot have been revealed, the cast has been shared. Stone will star alongside Jesse Plemons, and reunite with Poor Things co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley. The Best Actress Oscar winner will also starring alongside Joe Alwyn (who she worked with in The Favourite,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Maya Georgi
- Rollingstone.com
The Greek provocateur seemed to be smiling throughout Oscar night. In the past he’d delivered films with titles like Dogtooth and The Lobster, and his newest, Poor Things, was now stockpiling the statuary even as Hollywood’s filmmaking elite looked on, perplexed.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ code-busting Poor Things was winning not only successive awards (four in all) Sunday but also the exuberant applause from an audience that seemed to welcome change. Even chaotic change.
Oppenheimer won the big prize on Oscar night, of course, but Oscar voters once again demonstrated their support for the product of the filmmaking underclass. The Scorsese-Spielberg-Ridley Scott fraternity looked on while dark horses like Lanthimos, or, a year earlier, the Daniels (Kwan and Scheinert) from Everything Everywhere All at Once, stole the action. Coda from Sian Heder was the surprise of 2022.
Does all this reflect a restive mood? “The power of Poor Things stems...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ code-busting Poor Things was winning not only successive awards (four in all) Sunday but also the exuberant applause from an audience that seemed to welcome change. Even chaotic change.
Oppenheimer won the big prize on Oscar night, of course, but Oscar voters once again demonstrated their support for the product of the filmmaking underclass. The Scorsese-Spielberg-Ridley Scott fraternity looked on while dark horses like Lanthimos, or, a year earlier, the Daniels (Kwan and Scheinert) from Everything Everywhere All at Once, stole the action. Coda from Sian Heder was the surprise of 2022.
Does all this reflect a restive mood? “The power of Poor Things stems...
- 3/14/2024
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight is wasting no time getting the next Yorgos Lanthimos film out there.
Less than a week after “Poor Things” won four Academy Awards include Best Actress for Emma Stone, distributor Searchlight Pictures has announced the release date for his next film, “Kinds of Kindness“: It will open in theaters June 21, 2024. A limited release will kick off the launch for Lanthimos’ eighth feature film, with a wider nationwide opening to follow.
The June 21 release almost certainly means that “Kinds of Kindness” will be ready for Cannes 2024 — and will potentially be his first feature to premiere on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” His past Oscar winners “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” both went the way of Venice. The 2024 Cannes Film Festival runs May 14 through May 25.
“Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide, though plot details remain scarce so far.
Less than a week after “Poor Things” won four Academy Awards include Best Actress for Emma Stone, distributor Searchlight Pictures has announced the release date for his next film, “Kinds of Kindness“: It will open in theaters June 21, 2024. A limited release will kick off the launch for Lanthimos’ eighth feature film, with a wider nationwide opening to follow.
The June 21 release almost certainly means that “Kinds of Kindness” will be ready for Cannes 2024 — and will potentially be his first feature to premiere on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” His past Oscar winners “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” both went the way of Venice. The 2024 Cannes Film Festival runs May 14 through May 25.
“Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide, though plot details remain scarce so far.
- 3/14/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“Kinds of Kindness,” the next collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone, will debut in theaters this summer.
Searchlight, the indie studio that’s distributing the film, added it to the release calendar on June 21.
Though the plot remains under wraps, “Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film that reunites Stone with her “Poor Things” co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, as well as “The Favourite” actor Joe Alwyn. Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Hunter Schafer and Mamoudou Athie will round out the cast.
Lanthimos penned the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou, with whom he co-wrote the dark thrillers and absurdist comedies, “The Lobster,” “Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “Dogtooth.” The movie, originally titled “And,” was shot in New Orleans in late 2022.
“Kinds of Kindness” — developed and co-financed by Film4 — is the fifth collaboration between Stone and Lanthimos, who just reunited on “Poor Things,” a Frankenstein-esque fantasy comedy...
Searchlight, the indie studio that’s distributing the film, added it to the release calendar on June 21.
Though the plot remains under wraps, “Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film that reunites Stone with her “Poor Things” co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, as well as “The Favourite” actor Joe Alwyn. Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Hunter Schafer and Mamoudou Athie will round out the cast.
Lanthimos penned the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou, with whom he co-wrote the dark thrillers and absurdist comedies, “The Lobster,” “Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “Dogtooth.” The movie, originally titled “And,” was shot in New Orleans in late 2022.
“Kinds of Kindness” — developed and co-financed by Film4 — is the fifth collaboration between Stone and Lanthimos, who just reunited on “Poor Things,” a Frankenstein-esque fantasy comedy...
- 3/14/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Created by Empire for M&m’S Chocolate.
They do say that dogs are man’s best friend – but what if they were more than that? What if canines were the key to finding a human friend?
Introducing the M&m’S Short Film Festival, an exciting new way to find the filmmakers of tomorrow. Bringing together diverse voices from across the UK and shining a light on the next generation of talent, the M&m’S Short Film Festival is a competition which gives up and coming directors the chance to receive £25,000 in funding to bring their short film idea to life. The best part? You get to be involved too, and vote for who takes the top prize.
The challenge for these budding movie-makers was to come up with a compelling cinematic concept that fits the theme of ‘belonging’. After receiving many incredible applications, a panel of judges selected three finalists,...
They do say that dogs are man’s best friend – but what if they were more than that? What if canines were the key to finding a human friend?
Introducing the M&m’S Short Film Festival, an exciting new way to find the filmmakers of tomorrow. Bringing together diverse voices from across the UK and shining a light on the next generation of talent, the M&m’S Short Film Festival is a competition which gives up and coming directors the chance to receive £25,000 in funding to bring their short film idea to life. The best part? You get to be involved too, and vote for who takes the top prize.
The challenge for these budding movie-makers was to come up with a compelling cinematic concept that fits the theme of ‘belonging’. After receiving many incredible applications, a panel of judges selected three finalists,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Empire
- Empire - Movies
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is nominated for eleven Oscars, including best picture, lead actress and director. The Oscar nominated genre comedy arrives on Hulu today, ahead of the Academy Awards this weekend.
This year’s Oscars ceremony airs on Sunday, March 10.
At the box office, the awards recognition and positive word of mouth drove Poor Things to an incredible $100 million worldwide, a huge success story for arthouse cinema at large.
Emma Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe in Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), a Frankenstein-like tale based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, and Mark Ruffalo also star.
Lanthimos’ latest tells “the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn.
This year’s Oscars ceremony airs on Sunday, March 10.
At the box office, the awards recognition and positive word of mouth drove Poor Things to an incredible $100 million worldwide, a huge success story for arthouse cinema at large.
Emma Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe in Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), a Frankenstein-like tale based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, and Mark Ruffalo also star.
Lanthimos’ latest tells “the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn.
- 3/7/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
No two people feel the exact same way about any film. Thus, Team Experience is pairing up to debate the merits of this year’s Oscar movies. Here's Abe Friedtanzer and Nick Taylor on Poor Things…
Nick: Hello Abe! Congratulations on Poor Things winning the Team Experience Award for Best Picture. I’m glad a film that moves, sounds, and dresses in such an offbeat manner has become such a critical and popular hit. It’s always nice to see weird art winning. That being said, I don’t count myself as a fan of Poor Things, and have a lot of complaints I could throw at its many, many, unapologetic excesses. Still, I like starting these Split Decision panels on notes of praise, and I’d really love to hear what you think of Poor Things.
Abe: Hey Nick! Always happy to chat about movies. I had the pleasure...
Nick: Hello Abe! Congratulations on Poor Things winning the Team Experience Award for Best Picture. I’m glad a film that moves, sounds, and dresses in such an offbeat manner has become such a critical and popular hit. It’s always nice to see weird art winning. That being said, I don’t count myself as a fan of Poor Things, and have a lot of complaints I could throw at its many, many, unapologetic excesses. Still, I like starting these Split Decision panels on notes of praise, and I’d really love to hear what you think of Poor Things.
Abe: Hey Nick! Always happy to chat about movies. I had the pleasure...
- 3/6/2024
- by Nick Taylor
- FilmExperience
Nominated for eleven Oscars including Best Motion Picture of the Year, director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is now available for Digital rental and purchase at home. You can expect the Blu-ray release on March 12, and we’ve learned the film is also headed to Hulu.
Poor Things will begin streaming on Hulu Thursday, March 7, just a few days before we find out how many Academy Awards the Emma Stone-starring film takes home.
This year’s Oscars ceremony airs on Sunday, March 10.
At the box office, the awards recognition and positive word of mouth drove Poor Things to an incredible $100 million worldwide, a huge success story for arthouse cinema at large.
Emma Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe in Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), a Frankenstein-like tale based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, and Mark Ruffalo also star.
Poor Things will begin streaming on Hulu Thursday, March 7, just a few days before we find out how many Academy Awards the Emma Stone-starring film takes home.
This year’s Oscars ceremony airs on Sunday, March 10.
At the box office, the awards recognition and positive word of mouth drove Poor Things to an incredible $100 million worldwide, a huge success story for arthouse cinema at large.
Emma Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe in Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), a Frankenstein-like tale based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, and Mark Ruffalo also star.
- 2/28/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
One might say Poor Things is an epic culmination for Ed Guiney: It’s a film ten years in the making that lurked in the shadows of the producer’s three other collaborations with director Yorgos Lanthimos (the duo also has a fifth project on the horizon: Kinds of Kindness).
Based on a novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray, Poor Things is Lanthimos’ biggest movie yet. Vivid screenwriting from Tony McNamara is brought to life by vibrant sets, costumes and music with acclaimed performances from Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and Willem Dafoe. The film took home the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and garnered 11 Oscar nominations last month, the second most of any film behind Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
For Guiney, Poor Things has been a decade-long thrill ride on Lanthimos’ fantastical roller coaster. “His worlds are so extraordinary, his imagination is so compelling,...
Based on a novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray, Poor Things is Lanthimos’ biggest movie yet. Vivid screenwriting from Tony McNamara is brought to life by vibrant sets, costumes and music with acclaimed performances from Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and Willem Dafoe. The film took home the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and garnered 11 Oscar nominations last month, the second most of any film behind Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
For Guiney, Poor Things has been a decade-long thrill ride on Lanthimos’ fantastical roller coaster. “His worlds are so extraordinary, his imagination is so compelling,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have a sense of comic timing that rivals Nichols and May.
Case in point: When I ask Lanthimos how he became aware of Stone, the 50-year-old Greek director hesitates for a moment before addressing his 35-year-old muse.
“I was aware of her work,” he says. “I thought of her for ‘The Lobster,’ but didn’t use her.”
“Do you want to say why?” Stone asks.
“Do you want me to say?” Yorgos responds.
“Tell him why it didn’t work out,” Stone says. “I’m not embarrassed.”
“The reason I didn’t actually go to her,” Yorgos says, “is because there’s a lisping character in ‘The Lobster,’ and I didn’t want her to be that character. But Emma has a lisp of her own, so I was like, ‘That’s going to be confusing. If someone who’s not the lisping woman in the script has a lisp,...
Case in point: When I ask Lanthimos how he became aware of Stone, the 50-year-old Greek director hesitates for a moment before addressing his 35-year-old muse.
“I was aware of her work,” he says. “I thought of her for ‘The Lobster,’ but didn’t use her.”
“Do you want to say why?” Stone asks.
“Do you want me to say?” Yorgos responds.
“Tell him why it didn’t work out,” Stone says. “I’m not embarrassed.”
“The reason I didn’t actually go to her,” Yorgos says, “is because there’s a lisping character in ‘The Lobster,’ and I didn’t want her to be that character. But Emma has a lisp of her own, so I was like, ‘That’s going to be confusing. If someone who’s not the lisping woman in the script has a lisp,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Variety Film + TV
Nominated for eleven Oscars including Best Motion Picture of the Year, director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is coming home in a couple weeks, we’ve learned this morning.
Poor Things will be available for digital purchase & rental beginning February 27.
You can expect the Blu-ray release on March 12.
Variety previews, “The digital and physical versions feature hours of bonus content, including a featurette with Stone, Lanthimos and the rest of the cast and crew as they take viewers behind the scenes of making the fantastical film. The short film explores the costumes, makeup and prosthetics, in addition to intimate tours of the film’s many intricately designed sets. Also included in the upcoming releases are a slate of deleted scenes.”
Emma Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe in Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), a Frankenstein-like tale based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. Ramy Youssef,...
Poor Things will be available for digital purchase & rental beginning February 27.
You can expect the Blu-ray release on March 12.
Variety previews, “The digital and physical versions feature hours of bonus content, including a featurette with Stone, Lanthimos and the rest of the cast and crew as they take viewers behind the scenes of making the fantastical film. The short film explores the costumes, makeup and prosthetics, in addition to intimate tours of the film’s many intricately designed sets. Also included in the upcoming releases are a slate of deleted scenes.”
Emma Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe in Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), a Frankenstein-like tale based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. Ramy Youssef,...
- 2/12/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
His friendship with Emma Stone, unleashing new sides of Mark Ruffalo and Colin Farrell, his next film and the limitations of language. Those were just some of the topics that Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos discussed during an onstage interview organized by the British Film Institute (BFI) in London on Wednesday evening.
“I don’t really think of themes themselves,” Lanthimos shared when asked by an audience member what topics and themes he was planning to take on in future movies. “It is more about coming up with the stories and the structures and sensing that there’s something there that I’m interested in.” He also said that it was only “after that that you realize what it is about for yourself [since] for other people it could be about another thing. So it’s hard to say what the themes are.”
The filmmaker said he and his collaborators are...
“I don’t really think of themes themselves,” Lanthimos shared when asked by an audience member what topics and themes he was planning to take on in future movies. “It is more about coming up with the stories and the structures and sensing that there’s something there that I’m interested in.” He also said that it was only “after that that you realize what it is about for yourself [since] for other people it could be about another thing. So it’s hard to say what the themes are.”
The filmmaker said he and his collaborators are...
- 1/31/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘The Beekeeper’ starts a buzz for Sky Cinema; ‘The Boys In The Boat’ sets sail for Warner Bros.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things starts its run in 585 cinemas this weekend at the UK-Ireland box office – a wide opening for an 18-rated title.
The eighth feature from Greek director Lanthimos is his first 18-rated title since 2009’s Dogtooth, which opened to £26,149 from 16 sites and took a strong £189,815 in total.
Since that film, Lanthimos’ box office horizons have expanded significantly – first with 2015’s The Lobster , then especially with The Favourite his most recent film before Poor Things.
That film took a similar early...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things starts its run in 585 cinemas this weekend at the UK-Ireland box office – a wide opening for an 18-rated title.
The eighth feature from Greek director Lanthimos is his first 18-rated title since 2009’s Dogtooth, which opened to £26,149 from 16 sites and took a strong £189,815 in total.
Since that film, Lanthimos’ box office horizons have expanded significantly – first with 2015’s The Lobster , then especially with The Favourite his most recent film before Poor Things.
That film took a similar early...
- 1/12/2024
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
You might be able to spot Ramy Youssef for a minute in Gus Van Sant’s 2018 film “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot.” Maybe.
“I think I’m in it? I don’t remember if I saw it,” laughs Youssef, who is credited for the role of Drinker. “There were so many times where I booked roles where the character has a name like Drinker or Guy in Kitchen, and then I would, like, not be invited to do anything. I’m like, ‘Oh, I guess I didn’t get in?”
So for all intents and purposes, his turn as Max McCandles in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” is his first-ever film role after years spent building a career in TV. And as the creator and star of “Ramy” on Hulu, Youssef is used to writing his own dialogue, so playing Max also gave him his first real opportunity...
“I think I’m in it? I don’t remember if I saw it,” laughs Youssef, who is credited for the role of Drinker. “There were so many times where I booked roles where the character has a name like Drinker or Guy in Kitchen, and then I would, like, not be invited to do anything. I’m like, ‘Oh, I guess I didn’t get in?”
So for all intents and purposes, his turn as Max McCandles in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” is his first-ever film role after years spent building a career in TV. And as the creator and star of “Ramy” on Hulu, Youssef is used to writing his own dialogue, so playing Max also gave him his first real opportunity...
- 1/10/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Following part one of our 2024 preview, we’re counting down our 50 most-anticipated films of the year.
50. The Actor (Duke Johnson)
Duke Johnson, one half of the directing duo behind Anomalisa, makes his solo directorial (and live-action) debut with The Actor. For being based on the posthumously published novel from Donald E. Westlake, a synopsis points towards an amnesia thriller with André Holland as a New York City actor beaten and stranded in 1950s Ohio. Gemma Chan and Toby Jones co-star. As a state native I’m intrigued how they shot Budapest for small-town Ohio––the two don’t exactly scream perfect matches, but I won’t doubt the movie magic before I see it. Anomalisa was a wholly original stop-motion feature; we’re intrigued how Johnson continues that creativity in the live-action realm. – Caleb H.
49. Presence (Steven Soderbergh)
Steven Soderbergh has flirted with horror before––2018’s Unsane in particular nearly...
50. The Actor (Duke Johnson)
Duke Johnson, one half of the directing duo behind Anomalisa, makes his solo directorial (and live-action) debut with The Actor. For being based on the posthumously published novel from Donald E. Westlake, a synopsis points towards an amnesia thriller with André Holland as a New York City actor beaten and stranded in 1950s Ohio. Gemma Chan and Toby Jones co-star. As a state native I’m intrigued how they shot Budapest for small-town Ohio––the two don’t exactly scream perfect matches, but I won’t doubt the movie magic before I see it. Anomalisa was a wholly original stop-motion feature; we’re intrigued how Johnson continues that creativity in the live-action realm. – Caleb H.
49. Presence (Steven Soderbergh)
Steven Soderbergh has flirted with horror before––2018’s Unsane in particular nearly...
- 1/8/2024
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
After a starry awards gala kicked off the Palm Springs Film Festival, several of this year’s awards contenders and friends reconnected at Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch & Creative Impact Awards Presented by Directv, Friday at the Parker Palm Springs hotel.
Before the presentation, the honorees posed on the red carpet and stopped for questions with Variety’s senior culture & events editor Marc Malkin. Anna Kendrick, a new member of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch, recalled the first time she yelled action on set for her film “Woman of the Hour.”
“Day one I was really worried about moving slowly on the first shot, of the first day, of the first Monday because it always sets the tone for the week,” the star-turned-director said. “And certainly, the very first one sets the tone for the whole shoot. I really raced through the first couple of setups because I was like,...
Before the presentation, the honorees posed on the red carpet and stopped for questions with Variety’s senior culture & events editor Marc Malkin. Anna Kendrick, a new member of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch, recalled the first time she yelled action on set for her film “Woman of the Hour.”
“Day one I was really worried about moving slowly on the first shot, of the first day, of the first Monday because it always sets the tone for the week,” the star-turned-director said. “And certainly, the very first one sets the tone for the whole shoot. I really raced through the first couple of setups because I was like,...
- 1/6/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Yorgos Lanthimos’ next film is kind of three movies in one, according to the auteur.
Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” (originally titled “And”) was filmed in New Orleans while “Poor Things” was in VFX post-production in October 2022, and in case it wasn’t enough having two films back-to-back, the “Favourite” filmmaker revealed to The Guardian that “Kind of Kindness” is a trio of storylines.
“It’s a contemporary film, set in the U.S. — three different stories, with four or five actors who play one part in each story, so they all play three different parts. It was almost like making three films, really,” Lanthimos said. “It’s all shot and we have started editing.”
“Kinds of Kindness” reunites Lanthimos with “Poor Things” stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley, plus “The Favourite” actor Joe Alwyn. Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, and Hunter Schafer mark their respective first films with Lanthimos as part of the cast.
Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” (originally titled “And”) was filmed in New Orleans while “Poor Things” was in VFX post-production in October 2022, and in case it wasn’t enough having two films back-to-back, the “Favourite” filmmaker revealed to The Guardian that “Kind of Kindness” is a trio of storylines.
“It’s a contemporary film, set in the U.S. — three different stories, with four or five actors who play one part in each story, so they all play three different parts. It was almost like making three films, really,” Lanthimos said. “It’s all shot and we have started editing.”
“Kinds of Kindness” reunites Lanthimos with “Poor Things” stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley, plus “The Favourite” actor Joe Alwyn. Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, and Hunter Schafer mark their respective first films with Lanthimos as part of the cast.
- 1/3/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Poor Things Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichel, Christopher Abbot, and Margaret Qualley
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Poor Things Movie Review Is Out! (Picture Credit: IMDb)
What’s Good: The strange plot and the fantastic visuals make this film a unique experience.
What’s Bad: The film loses a bit of steam as it moves into its third act and doesn’t make the landing as hard as it could have
Loo Break: The section in Paris goes a bit too long, so if you need a break, this is the moment.
Watch or Not?: Yes, Poor Things conjures Lanthimos at the peak of his directing abilities, and it is a must-watch just for that.
Language: English (with subtitles).
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 141 Minutes
User Rating:
In 2009, Yorgos Lanthimos released Dogtooth, an extraordinary family drama that would make him break into the Western mainstream,...
Star Cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichel, Christopher Abbot, and Margaret Qualley
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Poor Things Movie Review Is Out! (Picture Credit: IMDb)
What’s Good: The strange plot and the fantastic visuals make this film a unique experience.
What’s Bad: The film loses a bit of steam as it moves into its third act and doesn’t make the landing as hard as it could have
Loo Break: The section in Paris goes a bit too long, so if you need a break, this is the moment.
Watch or Not?: Yes, Poor Things conjures Lanthimos at the peak of his directing abilities, and it is a must-watch just for that.
Language: English (with subtitles).
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 141 Minutes
User Rating:
In 2009, Yorgos Lanthimos released Dogtooth, an extraordinary family drama that would make him break into the Western mainstream,...
- 12/27/2023
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
In the comments section of last year’s Best Movie Posters of the Year I got a nice shoutout from an unexpected and most welcome source: the Alhambra Cinema in Keswick, in England’s Lake District. Built in 1913, the Alhambra is apparently the sixth oldest continuously-running cinema in the UK. I’ve been writing introductions to these annual Movie Poster of the Year roundups for fifteen years and so I am quite happy to cede the floor this year to the good folks at the Alhambra, because who better to talk about movie poster design than the people who run one of the cinemas that rely on it?Excellent choices and all great posters. For our cinema in the Lake District, the five quads we have outside make a big difference. When a poster is truly impactful, it definitely draws people in (I would only have added “The Duke” and...
- 12/15/2023
- MUBI
Variety will honor “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos with the Creative Impact in Directing Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award, which is for the director’s body of work including “The Favourite”, “The Lobster” and “The Killing of A Sacred Deer,” will be presented as part of Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch presented by Directv on Jan. 5 at the Parker Palm Springs. “Poor Things” star and frequent collaborator with Yorgos, Emma Stone, will be on hand to present him the award at the brunch.
“Poor Things” debuted at this year’s Venice Film Festival where it won the Golden Lion. The Searchlight Pictures film has continued to wow audiences after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. It won the Bronze Frog for cinematographer Robbie Ryan and the Audience Award at CamerImage, as well as...
“Poor Things” debuted at this year’s Venice Film Festival where it won the Golden Lion. The Searchlight Pictures film has continued to wow audiences after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. It won the Bronze Frog for cinematographer Robbie Ryan and the Audience Award at CamerImage, as well as...
- 12/14/2023
- by Whitney Cinkala
- Variety Film + TV
Any year in which an unlikely summer double bill became a global moviegoing event — with one film soaring toward $1.5 billion in worldwide grosses and the other closing in on $1 billion — can’t be considered bad news for Hollywood. But the Barbenheimer phenomenon aside, bad news plagued the film industry for much of 2023.
The strikes of the writers and actors guilds shut down production for five long months, causing major titles like Dune 2 to push back to 2024, leaving fall festival red carpets sparsely populated and disrupting a release pipeline in ways that are sure to have a ripple effect for the next year or two.
Theatrical grosses remained inconsistent, struggling to regain pre-pandemic momentum for most genres except horror (all hail, new scream queen M3GAN; a big hand for Talk to Me), and even the once-reliable cash cow of the superhero blockbuster sputtered more often than not.
The Marvels...
The strikes of the writers and actors guilds shut down production for five long months, causing major titles like Dune 2 to push back to 2024, leaving fall festival red carpets sparsely populated and disrupting a release pipeline in ways that are sure to have a ripple effect for the next year or two.
Theatrical grosses remained inconsistent, struggling to regain pre-pandemic momentum for most genres except horror (all hail, new scream queen M3GAN; a big hand for Talk to Me), and even the once-reliable cash cow of the superhero blockbuster sputtered more often than not.
The Marvels...
- 12/13/2023
- by David Rooney, Jon Frosch, Lovia Gyarkye and Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Well-versed in the modern period drama with a twist, director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, The Favourite) had a simple edict for the costume design of Poor Things. As British costume designer Holly Waddington notes, “He didn’t want it to be like a period drama, he didn’t want it to be like a sci-fi film, and he didn’t want it to be too ‘fashiony.’ ” The result is Age of Innocence meets surrealism meets couture.
Adapted from Alasdair Gray’s novel, Searchlight’s Poor Things is a fantastical feminist fairy tale on steroids, where the character Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is brought back to life with the brain of an inquisitive, no-holds-barred toddler by the Frankensteinish Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Set against a backdrop of London, Lisbon, Paris and Alexandria, the costumes support the narrative of a young woman’s social and sexual awakening.
Costume designer Holly Waddington with the actress
“Bella Style,...
Adapted from Alasdair Gray’s novel, Searchlight’s Poor Things is a fantastical feminist fairy tale on steroids, where the character Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is brought back to life with the brain of an inquisitive, no-holds-barred toddler by the Frankensteinish Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Set against a backdrop of London, Lisbon, Paris and Alexandria, the costumes support the narrative of a young woman’s social and sexual awakening.
Costume designer Holly Waddington with the actress
“Bella Style,...
- 12/10/2023
- by Cathy Whitlock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This post will contain spoilers for "Poor Things."
Director Yorgos Lanthimos has made multiple films about characters who are controlled -- to mixed fates -- by their sexual appetites, and how their sexual desire will ultimately push up against their prison-like boundaries.
In his 2009 film "Dogtooth," a weirdly tyrannical father (Christos Stergioglou) has kept his children confined in their childhood home until their young adulthood, lying to them about the nature of the world and teaching them nonsensical vocabulary. The young son is granted regular conjugal visits from a hired interloper (Anna Kalaitzidou). She, against the father's rules, begins explaining sex to the kids, and they begin thinking about the outside world. The father attempts to control his children's sex lives, but ultimately runs aground on his daughter's taste of knowledge.
In his 2015 sci-fi fantasy film "The Lobster," uncoupled people are forced into depressing romance camps where they must artificially...
Director Yorgos Lanthimos has made multiple films about characters who are controlled -- to mixed fates -- by their sexual appetites, and how their sexual desire will ultimately push up against their prison-like boundaries.
In his 2009 film "Dogtooth," a weirdly tyrannical father (Christos Stergioglou) has kept his children confined in their childhood home until their young adulthood, lying to them about the nature of the world and teaching them nonsensical vocabulary. The young son is granted regular conjugal visits from a hired interloper (Anna Kalaitzidou). She, against the father's rules, begins explaining sex to the kids, and they begin thinking about the outside world. The father attempts to control his children's sex lives, but ultimately runs aground on his daughter's taste of knowledge.
In his 2015 sci-fi fantasy film "The Lobster," uncoupled people are forced into depressing romance camps where they must artificially...
- 12/7/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Who would have ever thought the guy who directed a movie about Colin Farrell possibly turning into a Lobster would become an Oscar darling? But in spite of all the taboos he’s determined to break, that’s exactly the career trajectory Yorgos Lanthimos has had.
An idiosyncratic filmmaker, Lanthimos’ filmmaking quirks — stilted speech, deadpan acting, painstakingly framed cinematography, and pessimistic stories about the cruelty of men, both on a singular and societal level — haven’t disappeared since he made the leap to Hollywood. But the Greek director has slowly found himself an awards season staple. After a Best Foreign Language Film nomination for his breakout “Dogtooth” and a screenplay nod for his English-language debut “The Lobster,” Lanthimos ended up with ten nominations at the Oscars in 2019 for his darkly comedic period drama “The Favourite.” An acidic and subversive love story about the rule of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and her scheming court favorites,...
An idiosyncratic filmmaker, Lanthimos’ filmmaking quirks — stilted speech, deadpan acting, painstakingly framed cinematography, and pessimistic stories about the cruelty of men, both on a singular and societal level — haven’t disappeared since he made the leap to Hollywood. But the Greek director has slowly found himself an awards season staple. After a Best Foreign Language Film nomination for his breakout “Dogtooth” and a screenplay nod for his English-language debut “The Lobster,” Lanthimos ended up with ten nominations at the Oscars in 2019 for his darkly comedic period drama “The Favourite.” An acidic and subversive love story about the rule of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and her scheming court favorites,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
There’s more (much more) to “Poor Things” than its frank and (frankly) bonkers sex and nudity, but inevitably, questions around it will only continue to come up for director Yorgos Lanthimos.
That includes during a recent IndieWire interview shared with the film’s screenwriter, Tony McNamara, with whom Lanthimos has been collaborating since their 2018 Oscar-winning, similarly bawdy period piece “The Favourite.” But even that film can’t quite prepare you for the tale of Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter, a reanimated corpse on an epic quest of the soul and body to learn what being human really means. Bella’s erotic journey takes her from a Gothic-inspired Victorian London to Lisbon to a Mediterranean cruise line and eventually to a bordello in Paris, where she learns she can indulge in her favorite pastime and get paid while doing it.
Back at the Venice Film Festival where “Poor Things” first premiered,...
That includes during a recent IndieWire interview shared with the film’s screenwriter, Tony McNamara, with whom Lanthimos has been collaborating since their 2018 Oscar-winning, similarly bawdy period piece “The Favourite.” But even that film can’t quite prepare you for the tale of Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter, a reanimated corpse on an epic quest of the soul and body to learn what being human really means. Bella’s erotic journey takes her from a Gothic-inspired Victorian London to Lisbon to a Mediterranean cruise line and eventually to a bordello in Paris, where she learns she can indulge in her favorite pastime and get paid while doing it.
Back at the Venice Film Festival where “Poor Things” first premiered,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“I ought to be thy Adam,” says the Creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. “But I am rather a fallen angel.” It’s the basis for every mad scientist story: You try to create man and end up with a monster. Fuck around with playing God and see what happens. Poor Things wants to add a few what-ifs into the Prometheus-myth mix. What if the Creature wasn’t a hideous Adam, but a gorgeous Eve that enticed every man who came into contact with her? And, like Shelley’s existentially miserable reanimation,...
- 12/5/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
“Poor Things” marks a radical shift for Yorgos Lanthimos. The director gained global acclaim with the microbudget “Dogtooth” in 2009; by 2018, he scored 10 Oscar nominations and one win for star Olivia Colman with the $15 million “The Favourite” ($95 million worldwide). With Venice Golden Lion winner “Poor Things,” he has a $35 million budget, critical acclaim, and another crack at multiple Oscars.
Based on the 1992 novel by Scottish artist and author Alisdair Gray, screenwriter Tony McNamara (“The Favourite”) focused the narrative on young Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a woman reanimated by scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) who placed her own baby’s brain into her skull.
Lanthimos loved Gray’s book and in 2009 traveled to Scotland to meet the author and plead his case for adaptation. Around 2015, Irish producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures optioned the rights with Film4, Lanthimos’ longtime backer.
“We were all in. Yorgos was so passionate about it,...
Based on the 1992 novel by Scottish artist and author Alisdair Gray, screenwriter Tony McNamara (“The Favourite”) focused the narrative on young Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a woman reanimated by scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) who placed her own baby’s brain into her skull.
Lanthimos loved Gray’s book and in 2009 traveled to Scotland to meet the author and plead his case for adaptation. Around 2015, Irish producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures optioned the rights with Film4, Lanthimos’ longtime backer.
“We were all in. Yorgos was so passionate about it,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
NYC Weekend Watch: World Cinema Project, Peeping Tom, The Long Day Closes, the Before Trilogy & More
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Anthology Film Archives
The films of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project are screening, while a Jean Cocteau program runs in Essential Cinema.
Film Forum
Michael Powell’s career-killing masterwork Peeping Tom plays in a long-overdue restoration, while Glauber Rocha’s Black God, White Devil continues; “Hitchcock’s ’50s” runs through arguably the director’s greatest decade; Kirikou and the Sorceress plays this Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
Reverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary with a months-long programming run, continuing this weekend with the Before trilogy on 35mm and Feast of the Epiphany; prints of They Live and Holiday show this weekend.
Roxy Cinema
The Josh Safdie-presented The Gods of Times Square plays on Sunday, while The Long Day Closes and Dogtooth show on 35mm; “City Dudes” returns on Saturday.
IFC Center
Distant Voices, Still Lives continues its run while Ocean’s Twelve,...
Anthology Film Archives
The films of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project are screening, while a Jean Cocteau program runs in Essential Cinema.
Film Forum
Michael Powell’s career-killing masterwork Peeping Tom plays in a long-overdue restoration, while Glauber Rocha’s Black God, White Devil continues; “Hitchcock’s ’50s” runs through arguably the director’s greatest decade; Kirikou and the Sorceress plays this Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
Reverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary with a months-long programming run, continuing this weekend with the Before trilogy on 35mm and Feast of the Epiphany; prints of They Live and Holiday show this weekend.
Roxy Cinema
The Josh Safdie-presented The Gods of Times Square plays on Sunday, while The Long Day Closes and Dogtooth show on 35mm; “City Dudes” returns on Saturday.
IFC Center
Distant Voices, Still Lives continues its run while Ocean’s Twelve,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
When Yorgos Lanthimos first crossed over into the mainstream with "Dogtooth" (or as mainstream as the art house gets), the thing that jumped out most about his films at first glance was the odd affect every single actor imbued their performance with, where they would speak as flatly as humanly possible. This same delivery carried over to his first two English language features, "The Lobster" and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." It was an effective dramatic device, as it kept the audience on edge because they weren't sure if the next moment was going to be hilarious or horrifying. This deadpan delivery seemed to be Lanthimos' "thing," but that isn't really the case anymore. Starting with "The Favourite," penned by screenwriter Tony McNamara, Lanthimos has fully broken himself out of the stylistic confines of his cinematic beginnings into something far more baroque and wild.
Underneath whatever style Lanthimos employs,...
Underneath whatever style Lanthimos employs,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Stars: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Vicki Pepperdine, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael | Written by Tony McNamara | Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Ever since he made a splash with 2009’s Dogtooth, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has been considered an exciting voice in cinema, resulting in accolades and award nominations for his disturbing and absurdist works. That does not change for Poor Things, an adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel which sees Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara on fire once more after their previous collaboration with 2018’s The Favourite.
After committing suicide, Bella (Emma Stone) is resurrected by the scarred and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) – who Bella refers to as God. Initially naïve, Bella’s eagerness to learn more about the outside world clashes with Godwin’s desire to keep her safe. Bella rebels by running away with slick lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), as their continent-spanning journey leads...
Ever since he made a splash with 2009’s Dogtooth, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has been considered an exciting voice in cinema, resulting in accolades and award nominations for his disturbing and absurdist works. That does not change for Poor Things, an adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel which sees Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara on fire once more after their previous collaboration with 2018’s The Favourite.
After committing suicide, Bella (Emma Stone) is resurrected by the scarred and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) – who Bella refers to as God. Initially naïve, Bella’s eagerness to learn more about the outside world clashes with Godwin’s desire to keep her safe. Bella rebels by running away with slick lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), as their continent-spanning journey leads...
- 11/2/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Film geeks, rejoice. Leading indie label Kino Lorber is entering the world of streaming. The company has launched Kino Film Collection, a new subscription video service available in the U.S. via’s Amazon’s Prime Video Channels. The Collection will feature new Kino releases fresh from theaters, along with hundreds of films from its expansive library of more than 4,000 titles, many now streaming for the first time. It will cost users $5.99 per month.
Films available at launch include award-winning theatrical releases and critically acclaimed festival favorites and classics from around the globe, such as The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci), Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos), Taxi (Jafar Panahi), Poison (Todd Haynes), Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn), The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour), Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski), Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke), and A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhangke).
Joining them are entries...
Films available at launch include award-winning theatrical releases and critically acclaimed festival favorites and classics from around the globe, such as The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci), Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos), Taxi (Jafar Panahi), Poison (Todd Haynes), Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn), The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour), Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski), Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke), and A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhangke).
Joining them are entries...
- 11/2/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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