Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness is smart and funny, uncomfortable, moving, and confusing. It is also beautiful.
Three stories about a man who tries to take control of his life, a policeman whose wife seems like a different person, and a woman searching for someone.
Poor Things is a brilliantly weird odyssey of beauty and bile that goes down like a wonderfully bitter-and-sweet cocktail.
It confounds and reverberates; The Lobster sings a singularly eccentric tune.
The Favourite and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood could not be more distant – but are there more similarities to them than meets the eye?
In our final report from the 2019 New York Film Festival, we look at some of the amazing short films showcased this year.
Our first dispatch from LFF 2019 features reviews of And Then We Danced, System Crasher, Waiting for the Barbarians and more.
The Favourite may be Lanthimos’ most crowd pleasing work yet, but it doesn’t shy from showing the doomed reality of chasing power.
Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest is his first truly empathetic character study, aided by three powerhouse performances from Colman, Weisz and Stone.
With an infectious sense of humor and some wonderfully dynamic performances, The Favourite is a shining example of a filmmaker at the prime of his art.
In The Favourite, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is an exploration of revenge and retribution, with one of the most brutal endings you will ever lay eyes on.
We report from BFI London Film Festivals with reviews of The Party, Loving Vincent, Brawl on Cell Block 99 and many more.
In The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, a surgeon is forced to make a sacrifice when a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Tomas Trussow is at Toronto International Film Festival for Film Inquiry and reports on Lady Bird, Happy End and I Am Not A Witch, and more!