Movie Review: In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment
1 year ago

Movie Review: In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment

Associated Press  

It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least bit sexy. Though Bella Baxter’s insatiable libido might be her guiding light at first in “Poor Things,” sexual liberation is only part of this fantastical, anarchic journey to consciousness. Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and his star, Emma Stone, have a good and strange thing going whether she’s playing a striving scullery maid who works her way into the favor of Queen Anne, or a re-animated Victorian woman finding independence. It is an adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel, done by “The Favourite” screenwriter Tony McNamara whose edges and wit haven’t dulled and in fact flourishes outside the cruelty of the previous film. “Poor Things,” a Searchlight Pictures release in select theaters Friday and everywhere on Dec. 22, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “gore, disturbing material, graphic nudity, language and strong sexual content.” Running time: 141 minutes.

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Movie Review: ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ Emma Stone’s latest foray into fearlessness with Yorgos Lanthimos
6 months ago

Movie Review: ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ Emma Stone’s latest foray into fearlessness with Yorgos Lanthimos

New Indian Express  

“Sweet dreams are made of this,” goes the iconic song, with which Lanthimos begins his movie. Some of them want to be abused.” Yup, all these things happen in “Kinds of Kindness,” a meditation on our free will and the ways we willingly forfeit it to others — in the workplace, at home, and in religion. Raymond decides it all, …

Emma Stone to feature in project for Universal Pictures
8 months, 1 week ago

Emma Stone to feature in project for Universal Pictures

India TV News  

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Actor Emma Stone joins two-time Oscar winners' club
9 months, 1 week ago

Actor Emma Stone joins two-time Oscar winners' club

New Indian Express  

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Emma Stone’s Poor Things understands that nothing scares men like a sexually liberated woman
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Emma Stone’s Poor Things understands that nothing scares men like a sexually liberated woman

The Independent  

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From Easy A to Poor Things, here's how Emma Stone's 'exquisite strangeness' on screen won her a second Oscar
9 months, 2 weeks ago

From Easy A to Poor Things, here's how Emma Stone's 'exquisite strangeness' on screen won her a second Oscar

ABC  

Emma Stone is now a two-time Oscar winner after taking out Best Actress at the 96th Academy Awards for Poor Things, cementing her status as one of the industry's strongest performers. Meet the Aussie behind Emma Stone's best line in Poor Things Photo shows A film still of Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo. The Favourite earned Stone another Oscar nomination …

Poor Things review: Emma Stone has never been bolder than in this oddball farce
10 months, 1 week ago

Poor Things review: Emma Stone has never been bolder than in this oddball farce

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There is a lot of “furious jumping” …

Emma Stone responds to claims that Poor Things is ‘sexist’ and ‘exploitative’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Emma Stone responds to claims that Poor Things is ‘sexist’ and ‘exploitative’

The Independent  

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How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower'

NPR  

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Emma Stone Has Never Been Funnier (or Sexier) Than in Poor Things
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Emma Stone Has Never Been Funnier (or Sexier) Than in Poor Things

Slate  

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Emma Stone on her latest film: 'Poor Things' inspires curiosity
1 year ago

Emma Stone on her latest film: 'Poor Things' inspires curiosity

The Hindu  

Oscar-winner Emma Stone says her sex-charged gothic comedy-drama "Poor Things" is a lesson in embracing change and diversity. "The way she takes in all aspects of life and humanity, how fascinating she finds the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful, it was very inspiring to me," said Stone as she premiered the film at London's Barbican Centre …

Emma Stone’s Big, Weird Oscar Contender Is a Kinky Delight
54 years, 11 months ago

Emma Stone’s Big, Weird Oscar Contender Is a Kinky Delight

Slate  

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a handful of very different movies over the past decade and a half, but his pet themes have a way of recurring in every one. Poor Things, Lanthimos’ adaptation of a 1992 novel by the Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, can be seen as the culminating expression of the filmmaker’s longtime obsessions: the horror of …

Emma Stone is astonishing in "Poor Things," Yorgos Lanthimos' smart and bonkers masterpiece
1 year ago

Emma Stone is astonishing in "Poor Things," Yorgos Lanthimos' smart and bonkers masterpiece

Salon  

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Emma Stone: The rise and rise of the dazzling star with the arthouse urge
1 year, 2 months ago

Emma Stone: The rise and rise of the dazzling star with the arthouse urge

The Independent  

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