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Release Year: 2023
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Poor Things
I find Yorgos Lanthimos to be a fascinating filmmaker, although it’s generally difficult to say that one “loves” his movies. His films are satirical and often bleak, but also frequently funny — in a painful kind of way. He is sharp observer of social customs and human interaction, and he seems to enjoy making the kinds of stories where poor ordinary souls are caught in absurd situations, without realizing how absurd their situations are. In his movies, the absurd is commonplace, and much of the satirical humor comes from the way people accept the strangest of occurrences as simply “the…
I find Yorgos Lanthimos to be a fascinating filmmaker, although it’s generally difficult to say that one “loves” his movies. His films are satirical and often bleak, but also frequently funny — in a painful kind of way. He is sharp observer of social customs and human interaction, and he seems to enjoy making the kinds of stories where poor ordinary souls are caught in absurd situations, without realizing how absurd their situations are. In his movies, the absurd is commonplace, and much of the satirical humor comes from the way people accept the strangest of occurrences as simply “the…
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The Pope’s Exorcist
Neither scary, nor campy enough, “The Pope’s Exorcist” plays more like a dumb action-comedy than a horror-film. At least it has its share of unintentionally funny moments. Call it “The Exorcist” by way of “Fast and Furious.”
Neither scary, nor campy enough, “The Pope’s Exorcist” plays more like a dumb action-comedy than a horror-film. At least it has its share of unintentionally funny moments. Call it “The Exorcist” by way of “Fast and Furious.”
