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Playback: Yorgos Lanthimos, Disorder and Discomfort, from KINETTA to BUGONIA

Yorgos Lanthimos delights in discomfort. Lanthimos built a career on ritualized absurdity and moral distortion, spinning stories where love, control, and social order are pushed to the brink of the surreal. From Dogtooth's domestic isolation to Poor Things's sexually-charged, Frankensteinian...

BUGONIA Review: Timely, Wickedly Entertaining Abduction Thriller

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in Yorogos Lantimos' remake of 'Save the Green Planet!'

Friday One Sheet: BUGONIA

Have we featured key art from pretty much every Yorgos Lanthimos film since this column's inception? Probably. The work of designer Vasilis Marmatakis is always striking, and his inclination towards verticality always captures my attention.  For Bugonia, a loose remake...

Busan 2025 Review: BUGONIA, Vivid and Deranged Remake of Korean Cult Classic Seeks the Truth

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Save the Green Planet' remake.

BUGONIA Trailer: Lanthimos, Stone And Plemons Together Again to Remake a Korean Cult Classic

Yorgos Lanthimos has teamed up with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a remake of the Korean cult film, Save the Green Planet.

KRAZY HOUSE Official Trailer: Nick Frost And Alicia Silverstone Star in New Flick From NEW KIDS Duo

Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil's violent satire Krazy House is coming to VOD on October 4th and the official trailer is here to mark the occasion.   When Russian workers in Bernie’s house turn out to be wanted...

Sundance 2024 Review: KRAZY HOUSE, Crude, Uninspired Satire Fails to Bring the Pain

The simple, straightforward idea of actor-comedian Nick Frost (At the World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) in full-on berserker mode all but sells itself. On the strength of that idea alone, failure should be the least likely of...

Toronto 2023 Review: REPTILE Slowly and Deliberately Sheds Its Neo-Noir Skin

Finally, a pop crime procedural that leans into the frustration of dealing with real-estate agents and kitchen renovations. All jests aside (but seriously, the frustration is real) Grant Singer's debut film, a Netflix original, bucks the recent trend of the...

PERPETRATOR Review: How to Be a Ferocious, Witchy Empath

Kiah McKirnan and Alicia Silverstone Star in Jennifer Reeder's new horror feature.

Review: THE LODGE, Chilly Scenes of Horror

'Goodnight Mommy' filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala return with a chilling sophomore feature; Riley Keough stars.

MOTELX 2019: MIDSOMMAR, THE LODGE And Local Talent Lead First Wave Titles

MOTELX, the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, will return for it's lucky 13th year of horror thrills in Portugal.    Tonight the festival is announcing its first wave of titles and Ari Aster's daylight folk horror Midsommar is leading the...

Review: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, Strange, Cold and Horrifying

Human beings can be kind, generous, and loving. But they can also be self-indulgent, vicious, and cruel. We all want to believe that, under certain circumstances, we would sacrifice and fight for the lives of our loved ones. But would...