The Favourite

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 (or "furious jumping," as she calls it) is only part of this fantastical, anarchic journey to consciousness.

It's one thing to cry while performing. Emma Stone can do that. What she doesn't want to do, and what she found herself doing anyway, is to cry in the middle of an interview.

"I'm such an actor, what is wrong with me?" she said, her eyes welling up with tears.

Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein drama "Maestro," Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann's "Ferrari," David Fincher's "The Killer" and Ava DuVernay's "Origin" will make their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.

American actress Emma Stone and Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos have teamed up once again for a new short, silent film shot on a Greek island in black and white.

Tackling loss, necrophilia and rugged Greek landscapes, "Bleat" is the pair's first collaboration since their 2019 brush with the Oscars for "The Favourite."

Greek film editor Giorgos Mavropsaridis, known from his cooperation with filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, became a member of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, joining 842 new members from 59 countries.
Mavropsaridis was nominated last year for an Oscar for the 2018 period comedy The Favourite and won an Eddie award for the Best edited feature film for the same movie.

Yorgos Lanthimos' period drama "The Favourite" won one Academy Award Sunday.

The award went to Olivia Colman for Best Actress.

The Athens offices of the European Commission on Monday posted a message on Twitter congratulating Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos for securing seven BAFTAS for his film "The Favourite."

The film dominated the ceremony, picking up awards including best British film, best production design, best supporting actress, best original screenplay and best costume design.

Yorgos Lanthimos' tragicomic royal drama "The Favourite" and Mexican family memoir "Roma" split the honors with multiple wins each at Sunday's British Academy Film Awards — victories that suggest a wind of change may be blowing through the movie industry.

With Yorgos Lanthimos headed to Los Angeles, where his latest film, "The Favourite," has been nominated for an impressive 10 Oscars, Cine Studio is paying tribute to the Greek filmmaker with screenings of his previous work on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 5 and 6.

Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos's "The Favourite," an absurdist period comedy about two cousins courting the favor of Queen Anne in the 18th century England, has received 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best director and Best supporting actress.

"The Favourite" is leading the pack alongside Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma."