With just a week to go until the US release of Poor Things, Searchlight Pictures has revealed a new trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-inspired black comedy fantasy. The film stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a woman who is brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist (Willem Dafoe), and tells the story of the […]
Has the Oscars Finally Embraced “The Weird”?
EJ Moreno looks at the Academy Awards and the new era of films vying for recognition… As we enter a new awards season, it’s refreshing to look at the landscape of potential contenders. Loving the race to the Academy Awards for decades and later entering my own awards season as a Critics Choice Association voter, […]
Emma Stone introduces her character Bella Baxter in Poor Things trailer
Having wowed audiences on the festival circuit, where we called it “the vision of a unique voice” in which “Emma Stone delivers some of her best work since La La Land“ in our ★ ★ ★ ★ review (which you can read here), it’s now time for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things to see the world, […]
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have shot a secret new film alongside Poor Things
It seems we’re getting a double dose of the dynamic duo of director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone, as alongside the upcoming shocking new film Poor Things, the pair have been cooking up another movie…which they’ve already shot secretly this past year. Speaking with Cineuropa, Lanthimos confirmed this mysterious new project. The filmmaker, who previously […]
Emma Stone’s Bella showcased with Poor Things poster and featurette
Searchlight Pictures has shared a new featurette for the Frankenstein-inspired Poor Things focussing on Emma Stone’s Bella – the young woman brought back to life by Willem Dafoe’s unorthodox scientist; check it out below along with a new poster for the upcoming film, which reunites STone with The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos… From filmmaker Yorgos […]
Emma Stone returns from the dead in trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster and trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-inspired tale Poor Things. The film stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman who has been brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, who hungry to learn more of the world, runs away on a whirlwind adventure with a debauched […]
Emma Stone featured on poster for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
After unveiling its teaser trailer last month, we now have the first poster for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-inspired tale Poor Things which puts the spotlight on his The Favourite star Emma Stone in the role of Bella Baxter, a young woman who returns from the dead; take a look here… From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and […]
Emma Stone stars in teaser trailer for Frankenstein-esque Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. Based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name, the Frankenstein-inspired tale follows Bella (Emma Stone), a woman brought back to life by unorthodox Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), as she runs away with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) in search of […]
Willem Dafoe joins Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein reimagining Poor Things
Last month it was revealed that director Yorgos Lanthimos is reteaming with The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara and actress Emma Stone for a Frankenstein reimagining entitled Poor Things, and now comes word that Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) has also joined the cast. Based on the novel by Alasdair Gray, Poor Things is described as “a […]
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos reportedly reuniting for Frankenstein reimagining Poor Things
It seems that director Yorgos Lanthimos is set to reunite with The Favourite star Emma Stone and screenwriter Tony McNamara on his next project, a reimagining of the Frankenstein story entitled Poor Things. Based on the novel of the same name from Alasdair Gray, Poor Things will see Stone portraying Bella Baxter, “a volatile, oversexed, […]
