Fans of Yorgos Lanthimos’ earlier work will be over the moon to find that the director is returning to his roots with Kinds of Kindness.
Author: Anna Miller
The Shrouds is a cold and stiff film itself, akin to that of a corpse, and not in a complimentary fashion.
The topic of how people, society, and specifically Hollywood treat women who are aging and the beauty standards imposed upon them for millennia have been a more familial conversation as of recent years. Many an article, podcast episode, and film here and there have dabbled in or touched on the topic, but it’s safe to say it has assuredly never been tackled so viscerally until the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance premiered to a rapturous crowd. One of the most buzzed-about films of the festival, The Substance — written and directed by Fargeat, is…
Whether or not Megalopolis is considered a masterpiece or a wild miss, it’s apparent that there has never been anything quite like this.