Where to watch Emma Stone’s Oscar-winning performance in Poor Things
9 months, 1 week ago

Where to watch Emma Stone’s Oscar-winning performance in Poor Things

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy While Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at this year’s Oscars, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things wasn’t too far behind, with the film securing four awards at the 2024 ceremony – including the best actress accolade for Emma Stone. If you want to watch Poor Things in the wake of its award season wins, here’s everything you need to know. Just in time for the Oscars recognition, Poor Things has landed on Disney+ in the UK – so if you have a subscription you can watch it now for free. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things follows Bella Baxter in an unconventional coming-of-age story set in Victorian England.

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The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
7 months ago

The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — Before a journalist has even lobbed a question, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos spit out a string of overlapping answers. “Before I met him, obviously, those were the only ones I had seen.” Emma Stone, left, and director Yorgos Lanthimos pose for a portrait photograph for the film ‘Kinds of Kindness’ at the 77th international film festival, …

Poor Things review: An absolute masterpiece
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Poor Things review: An absolute masterpiece

Live Mint  

God is a monster. This is but one way in which Poor Things—the Oscar-winning film by Yorgos Lanthimos, streaming now on Disney+ Hotstar—understands Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. The idea of men taking advantage of a woman who literally has the brain of a child is rightfully sickening, but Lanthimos shows us Poor Things through the eye of Bella, and the …

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  

HOLLYWOOD: In "Poor Things," Emma Stone embraced an offbeat challenge: playing a Victorian-era woman who dies by suicide, is brought back to life with the brain of her unborn child by a mad scientist and embraces a journey of bold self-discovery. Her risky, no-holds barred female take on the Frankenstein myth paid off, and Stone now has a second Academy …

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  

The monster’s the star in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, a horror movie of sorts that thumbs its nose at convention and won’t stay in its lane. So, Poor Things isn’t just a revisionist horror movie. Secondly, because it oversimplifies Poor Things’ sexual politics, which are tangled and ambivalent, conditioned by a hundred years of monster movies. open image in gallery …

How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

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

NPR  

How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower' Stone had her first panic attack at age 7. I mean, one of the conversations that I've talked a lot about, having worked with quite a few European people or people that were raised in cultures where nudity and sexuality is not as shame-filled, I guess, it's been …

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 …

Oscars 2024: Poor Things starring Emma Stone deserves to win Best Picture
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Oscars 2024: Poor Things starring Emma Stone deserves to win Best Picture

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. They combine power and big “taking-up-space” energy with an unapologetic femininity …

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” …

Poor Things to premiere on OTT and Blu-ray/DVD with deleted scenes: Release dates and where to watch
10 months, 1 week ago

Poor Things to premiere on OTT and Blu-ray/DVD with deleted scenes: Release dates and where to watch

Hindustan Times  

Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar-nominated Poor Things will be available to purchase/rent on Prime Video and Apple TV+ on February 27. Poor Things is set to compete for 11 Academy Awards IMDb says of the storyline, “From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by …

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  

How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower' Enlarge this image toggle caption Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures Poor Things actor Emma Stone was 7 years old when she experienced her first panic attack: "I was at a friend's house, and all of a sudden I was just sitting in her room, and I had …

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 …

Mark Ruffalo on Poor Things' raunchy sex scenes: 'It's shaking off cultural oppression'
1 year ago

Mark Ruffalo on Poor Things' raunchy sex scenes: 'It's shaking off cultural oppression'

BBC  

Mark Ruffalo on Poor Things' raunchy sex scenes: 'It's shaking off cultural oppression' Atsushi Nishijima Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe star in Yorgos Lanthimos's Oscar-tipped Victorian fantasy, Poor Things, which has drawn attention for its nudity and sex scenes – but are they what they seem? The stars of Poor Things on sex, nudity and 'prudishness' "I think …

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  

The first reel of Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest cinematic masterpiece, “Poor Things,” is shot largely in black and white and with a fish-eye lens. Godwin has kept Bella shielded from society, but when Bella gets a taste of life outside — Lanthimos has depicted the impact of seclusion from society since his brilliant breakout film, “Dogtooth” — she becomes hungry for …

Emma Stone takes centre stage in smart brown co-ord as Oscar-favourite attends a screening and Q&A for new film Poor Things
1 year ago

Emma Stone takes centre stage in smart brown co-ord as Oscar-favourite attends a screening and Q&A for new film Poor Things

Daily Mail  

Emma Stone was front and centre on Tuesday evening as she promoted her latest film at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. The actress was joined by co-stars Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef at a screening of Poor Things, a black comedy based on Alasdair Gray's novel of the same name. Emma Stone was front and centre …

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  

No one ever saw Greta Garbo urinate on screen. That is why it’s so startling to see Emma Stone in Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s bravura new feature Poor Things, adapted from Scottish writer Alasdair Gray’s Whitbread Award-winning novel. He was a huge fan of hers.” open image in gallery Astonishing: Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in ‘Poor Things’ Stone wasn’t …

Emma Stone receives praise for ‘fearless’ sex scenes in Poor Things
1 year, 3 months ago

Emma Stone receives praise for ‘fearless’ sex scenes in Poor Things

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 Emma Stone has been praised for her …

Venice Film Festival | Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Poor Things’ gets 10-minute standing ovation
1 year, 3 months ago

Venice Film Festival | Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Poor Things’ gets 10-minute standing ovation

The Hindu  

Yorgos Lanthimos’s Frankensteinian black comedy Poor Things screened to an encouraging response at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. According to a report in Deadline.com, the film received a 10-minute-plus standing ovation after the screening amid chants of ‘Yorgos, Yorgos’. However, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo - the stars of Poor Things - could not be in attendance …

Poor Things: Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film receives ‘applause’ and is hailed ‘best of the year’ at Venice Film Festival
1 year, 3 months ago

Poor Things: Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film receives ‘applause’ and is hailed ‘best of the year’ at Venice Film Festival

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 Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film has received huge …

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