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Review

Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

by David Jenkins

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos returns with his mer­ry band to explore – in trip­tych form – all the fun­ny and sick ways in which we entrap our­selves inside psy­cho­log­i­cal pris­ons of our own making.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

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.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Nimic

by David Jenkins

Matt Dil­lon joins Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos for this bizarre short about a New York cel­list whose life is usurped by a passer-by.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Favourite

by David Jenkins

Olivia Col­man is sub­lime as Queen Anne in Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos’ absur­dist peri­od tragicomedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

by Trevor Johnston

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos is up to his old tricks in this typ­i­cal­ly strange and idio­syn­crat­ic psycho-thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Lobster

by Trevor Johnston

Direc­tor Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos proves he’s still got plen­ty left up his sleeve with this dark dystopic satire.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Attenberg

by Jason Wood

Large­ly eschew­ing the shock tac­tics of Dog­tooth, Atten­berg is arguably supe­ri­or and cer­tain­ly more embraceable.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Dogtooth

by Laurence Boyce

Dog­tooth is a film that delights in dis­con­cert­ing the view­er and refus­es to sup­ply any easy answers.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect