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This December the 4th sees the DVD release of Greek director, Yorgos Lanthimos' Alps, the highly anticipated follow up to his Academy Award nominated film, Dogtooth.The film ran the festival circuit for a long time before finally being given a...

In 2009, Yorgos Lanthimos burst onto the international film scene with his cinematic guide to good parenting, Dogtooth. It won the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes, was nominated for an Oscar, and there was much rejoicing (yay!). The highly...

[After a run on the festival circuit, ALPS opens for a theatrical run in New York and Florida on Friday, July 13, so we're republishing our review from the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Check the "Related Links" section for...

[I take the following opening paragraph back. It has just been announced that Kino Lorber will be distributing the film in the USA.]There's something strange with the state of US film distribution when a director - in this case Greece's...

"There are many types of lighting receptacles, that come in both professional and consumer grades.""Cold is a word that winter swimmers do not know."  This is the icy-precise line-reading one comes to expect from writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos.  Those who got an...

The new film from the director of the Oscar-nominated Dogtooth is about to roll out in Venice and Toronto and while existing fans of Yorgos Lanthimos may have an idea of what they're getting in to a new clip has...

Should we be surprised that a very odd director has released a very odd teaser for his latest film? I think not.Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos will be hitting both Venice and Toronto with his follow up effort Alps and the...

When Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos broke through on to the international film scene with 2009's Dogtooth I doubt even the most fervent early admirers could have predicted the impact the film would have. A controversial and edgy favorite on the...