Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos need each other. Through Ms. Stone, Mr. Lanthimos has an entry into Hollywood and the chance for his work to go mainstream worldwide, and through Mr. Lanthimos, Ms. Stone gets the art-house credibility usually denied to actresses whose careers began in teenage sex comedies. But just because they make quite a pair, that doesn’t mean the work …
The Lobster, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, is the most interesting film regarding modern relationships. It takes a look at dating and gives it a dystopian twist. The film is an absurdist dry comedy set in an alternative world where single people go to a place called The Hotel. …
Yorgos Lanthimos has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood. Beginning his career in 2001 with the comedy film, My Best Friend, Lanthimos directed quite a few movies in the Greek film industry before the arrival of 2015’s The Lobster. It was this black comedy-drama film that put him on the global map, with …
Barbenheimer dominated the box office in 2023, but the 81st Golden Globe Awards were all about Oppenheimer winning in almost all the major categories. Christopher Nolan’s biographical drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer took home five trophies, including Best Picture. Nolan won his first-ever Best Director accolade for Oppenheimer, while Cillian Murphy took home the Best Actor (Drama) …
Big blockbusters like Oppenheimer and Barbie encouraged movie-goers to get to the theatres in big numbers and helped make 2023 a magnificent year for movies. At the same time, small-budget independent films such as Past Lives and Polite Society turned out to be some of the best-rated movies of the year. But one movie that has …
Poor Things, the latest film by Yorgos Lanthimos is a wildly funny and stunning to behold, yet completely bonkers and unpredictable dark and twisted take on the Frankenstein monster movie genre, with much more sex than a normal monster film. Emma Stone, as Bella Baxter, is a delight with both …