Film, Film & TV, Television

Review: The Power of Film Is an Engaging, Easygoing Miniseries About the Cycles of American Cinema

It’s easy to forget that we all start somewhere. When I was 13, I discovered Yorgos Lanthimos’s horrific fantasy-comedy The Lobster on Netflix and became, for better or for worse, […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Yorgos Lanthimos Channels Dark Humor, Surrealism and a Touch of Feminism Into an Enrapturing Poor Things

This article was written by Lauren Coates. Between awards darlings like The Favourite and offbeat fan favorites including The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos’ filmography […]

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Film, Film & TV, Film fest

Dispatch: Films to Make Time For (at Home, at the Drive-In) in Chicago International Film Festival’s First Weekend

Apples

As the 56th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off, the majority of this year’s film selections are available to stream online for the duration of the event (October 14-25). In […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Sublimely Entertaining Game of One-Up(Wo)manship in The Favourite

The Favourite

History has rarely been so playfully nasty as it is in the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer). Set in the court […]

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