#absurdist-dark-comedy

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fromVulture
1 week ago

Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Are Chasing Oscar History

She plays a CEO well versed in the language of corporate virtue and strategic contrition. That comes into play for her when she's kidnapped by a pair of conspiracy-addled cousins (Plemons and Aidan Delbis), who believe Stone's character is a member of an alien race that has secretly been pushing Earth toward destruction. Typical of a Lanthimos movie, the narrative is both absurdly funny and darkly unsettling.
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

One Battle After Another Review: A Nerve-Racking Masterpiece

The film transposes a 20th-century novel to the present, portraying violent revolutionary aftermath, surveillance, and rising authoritarianism through dark comedy and vivid imagery.
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