Lanthimos

We have you covered if you were wondering about any news regarding the upcoming Yorgos Lanthimos film, Kinds of Kindness. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Lanthimos has released some of the biggest films of the last few years, and his latest, Poor Things, just won big at the 2024 Academy Awards, including a coveted Best Actress win for Miss Emma Stone. Of course, when it comes to major directors like Lanthimos, you can't keep him away for long, because he already has another film in the works—and that, my…

‘The film is adapted from Alasdair Gray’s novel. I met with him in Glasgow in 2012 to get his blessing and an impromptu tour of Glasgow. The film remains true to the essence of the novel, but Tony and I wanted the freedom to change and rearrange the book as much as we needed. Our first and most important decision, which differs from the source material, was to tell the story from Bella’s perspective. From there, the world of the film opened up immensely’…

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and American actor Emma Stone are quite the collaborative powerhouse. Since working together on dark period comedy The Favourite (2018), which earned 10 Oscar nominations and seven Bafta wins, they have made the short film Bleat and the Oscar-tipped feature Poor Things , and shot another feature, currently entitled Kind of Kindness. Their working relationship is clearly nothing if not productive.In Poor Things, which has been described as a “twisted science-fiction romantic comedy” (and…

Poor Things has a stacked cast that includes Emma Stone in one of her best roles as Bella Baxter, so the project one of the most-anticipated films set to hit the 2023 movie schedule. (It's out in the U.S. on December 8, FYI.)  But the oddball fantasy—centered on young Victorian woman who, after being brought back to life by a scientist—runs off with a slick lawyer (a hilariously rakish Mark Ruffalo) on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation—is also raising eyebrows for its numerous graphic nude scenes. It's a…

Image: 20th Century StudiosYorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reunite in Poor Things, an upcoming science-fiction film based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray. With more than a little inspiration taken from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the film looks to be a spooky and surreal dive into the mind of a once-dead girl. The Lobster by Lanthimos was an incredibly weird film, and Poor Things looks to be a great successor to that strangeness.Who Should Be the Next James Bond? io9 PicksDescribed as “a Victorian…

Lanthimos photo Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images, Stone photo Emma McIntyre/Getty Images The unrivaled creative talent behind acclaimed flicks such as The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and The Favourite is returning soon with his next flick, titled AND. Per Deadline, Yorgos Lanthimos is reuniting with Searchlight Pictures, which has just greenlit the new movie. The director is also bringing Emma Stone onboard after their successful partnership for The Favourite, which earned the Actress an Academy…