Emma Stone, Bugonia and Aliens Among Us
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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos' gnarly black comedy "Bugonia" is far from their best. Jesse Plemons co-stars in a weird remake. Review.
Bugonia is a movie that, once you see it, you’ll want to watch it again almost immediately. The films of director Yorgos Lanthimos are often like that — weird, rewatchable, immaculate—but Bugonia is different. It’s more pertinent. More intense. And more surprising than maybe all of his previous work combined. Which is saying something.
The twisted filmography of Yorgos Lanthimos has by now trained us to expect darkly comic visions of contemporary life, both savage and mundane. His movies have perhaps inspired the most “What?!” reactions of the last decade, partly because they’ve tried so hard to do so.
It's no secret that director Yorgos Lanthimos has one of the most innovative minds in the film industry today. From the raucous period energy of The Favourite to the unlikely thrills and spills of The Killing of a Sacred Deer,
His performance as a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps an executive has put him in the awards season mix. But letting go of the character wasn’t easy.
Film Review, a movie directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, written by Will Tracy and Jang Joon-hwan and starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, is one of the wildest, timeliest films you’ll see this year.
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‘Bugonia' review: Yorgos Lanthimos' provocative film falls flat despite Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons
The director of "The Favourite" and "Poor Things" is back with a remake of an obscure South Korean film that can't rise above its concept.
Emma Stone delivers another riveting performance as a corporate CEO kidnapped by two space-alien-obsessed men.