Yorgos Lanthimos

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The actress thanked her fellow nominees, including anticipated winner Lily Gladstone An overwhelmed Emma Stone won Best Actress for Poor Things at the Oscars for her portrayal of Bella Baxter, a surprise upset over expected winner Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon. Stone took the stage in tears, pointing out her broken dress as she grabbed her award. “I’m pretty sure it happened during ‘I’m Just Ken,'” she quipped. Stone thanked her fellow nominees, including Gladstone. “Sandra,…

When a character in a movie works, when it truly works, their little habits and traits pass on to the viewers. The way they talk, or stand, or even communicate- burn in our memory like an afterthought. Such is the case with Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, played by Emma Stone with tremendous ferocity and feeling. She is an experiment: a woman with the brain of her own unborn child, that was cut off from her body after she tried to kill herself. In some ways she is her own mother and daughter, but also,…

When production designers Shona Heath and James Price were tasked with designing the dark comedy Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Oscar-nominated movie about a woman whose resurrected with her infant’s brain, they had several key decisions to make. For starters, how would they represent the London mansion, which included the laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Baxter, played by Willem Dafoe? The answer turned out to be simple: They’d put human anatomy along the walls and ceiling.  They stapled packing foam to the atrium…

Photo: Sabina Graves/GizmodoTo celebrate the upcoming digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release of Poor Things, io9 attended a party inspired by the Emma Stone-starring film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The cinematic soiree was delightfully twisted, just like the parties Stone’s Fraken-creation Bella Baxter enjoys—complete with immersive actors portraying her role. The mini-gala, held in Los Angeles, CA, showcased the Oscar-nominated film’s costumes, both on the wandering Bellas as well as displayed on mannequins, allowing…

‘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’…

In Billy Crystal’s musical medley that opened the 1992 Oscars, he sang a tribute to Barbra Streisand’s romantic drama The Prince of Tides to the tune of “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” the song made famous, of course, by Barbra Streisand. He crooned: “Seven nominations on the shelf, did this film direct itself?” The audience burst into loud applause and the camera panned to Streisand who gave a nod of approval that seemed tinged with a note of disappointment.  Streisand’s film, which she directed and starred in, was…

Emma Stone won not only a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in Poor Things on Sunday night – the award for best backstage moment also went to the quick-witted actor. When a reporter in the press room asked what Stone thought about longtime friend Taylor Swift cheering so loudly for her in the audience, Stone strolled up to the mic and deadpanned, “What an a–hole, am I right?” After the laughter died down, Stone continued on a more serious note.…

Yorgos Lanthimos film was nominated alongside Air, American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, and May December Poor Things scored a surprise victor for Best Picture — Musical or Comedy at the 2024 Golden Globes, beating out heavy favorite Barbie. Director Yorgos Lanthimos accepted the award on behalf of the cast, who he thanked after making sure to shout out how excited he was to talk to Bruce Springsteen, who was also in attendance at Sunday night’s ceremony. Poor Things centers around Emma…

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