2023 · Yorgos Lanthimos · 141 min · Comedy
Poor Things is a visually extravagant, wickedly funny film about a woman discovering the world for the first time. Emma Stone's fearless performance anchors Yorgos Lanthimos's most accessible and emotionally generous work, though its graphic content and tonal extremes will alienate viewers expecting a conventional period piece.
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos · 97 min · Drama
An unflinching and deeply disturbing allegory about control and isolation, Dogtooth introduced the world to Lanthimos' singular vision with a film that is impossible to forget and difficult to recommend.
2024 · Yorgos Lanthimos · 164 min · Drama
Kinds of Kindness is Yorgos Lanthimos at his most uncompromising, a three-part anthology film about control, identity, and devotion that demands patience and offers no easy rewards. Emma Stone gives three distinct performances that range from unsettling to devastating, the ensemble cast commits fully to the director's dark vision, and individual scenes hit with a force that lingers long after the credits. But at nearly three hours, the structure tests endurance, the middle chapter sags, and the film's refusal to explain itself will frustrate audiences who aren't already on board with Lanthimos's wavelength. It's deliberately difficult cinema that some will call brilliant and others will call exhausting.