Poor Things

Poor Things review – Lanthimos at his most playful and comedic

By Savina Petkova

Emma Stone gives a career-defining performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ opulent provocation about the human body as a nexus for pleasure and pain.

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Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘Why is sex such a taboo? I really don’t understand’

By Hannah Strong

Yorgos Lanthimos on the intricate cine-suture work that it took to make his magnificent new film, Poor Things.

LWLies 101: The Poor Things issue – Out now!

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Join us on a jaunt across Europe in the wild and wonderful latest from Yorgos Lanthimos.

Little Women: the trials of girlhood in contemporary cinema

By Meg Walters

With more and more women taking an active role in film production, depictions of young women are changing. What can they tell us about the modern world?

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