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Kinds of Kindness: Yorgos Lanthimos Offers Three Kinds, All Weirdly Undercooked

Kinds of Kindness: Yorgos Lanthimos Offers Three Kinds, All Weirdly Undercooked

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJune 24, 2024Yorgos Lanthimos, Provocative critical hits, Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness, Anthology features, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Writer Efthimis Filippou, Mamoudou Athie, Hong ChauComment

Poor Things: Darkly Comic, Disturbing Satire Like Nothing Else You've Seen This Year

Poor Things: Darkly Comic, Disturbing Satire Like Nothing Else You've Seen This Year

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 14, 2023Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, Darkly comic existential satire, Horrific experiments, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Steampunk Victorian EnglandComment