Given its structure, the film gives you a chance to work with a troupe of actors; you’re essentially making three short films together. What was that experience like? I’m deeply grateful for this movie. When I heard the cast, I was stunned, like, “Wow.” It meant a lot to me because you want to work … Read more
The theme is expanded upon (and arguably muddled a bit) in the center chapter, “R.M.F. is Flying.” Plemons returns in a different register as Daniel, a man who first appears to be drowning in grief after the disappearance of his wife (Emma Stone), presumed lost at sea after a helicopter accident. His obsession with finding … Read more
A mere six months after director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone released their Oscar-winning movie Poor Things, they have another movie up their sleeve. Kinds of Kindness is yet another collaboration between the actor-director duo that started in 2018 with The Favourite. This absurdist dark comedy-drama anthology movie throws in some additional Poor Things … Read more
It didn’t take all that long to feel like we could cut to the chase quickly. He gives you a lot of space, and then he’ll also give you specific, easily digestible notes. It’s hard to articulate, but even with [my character] Robert, who is being so controlled by Raymond in every aspect of his … Read more
Yorgos Lanthimos’ immediate follow-up to Poor Things with his Oscar-winning star has a released a new trailer. The trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film has arrived. The filmmaker has already followed up his Poor Things run with Kinds of Kindness, which reunites him with the Academy Award-winning star of his last film, Emma Stone, as … Read more
Chaz Ebert Chaz is the CEO of several Ebert enterprises, including the President of The Ebert Company Ltd, and of Ebert Digital LLC, Publisher of RogerEbert.com, President of Ebert Productions and Chairman of the Board of The Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, and Co-Founder and Producer of Ebertfest, the film festival now in its 24th … Read more
“Kinds of Kindness” is really three movies in one—the first two around 50 minutes in length, the third a little longer. The three segments share a cast (Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Joe Alwyn), a few motifs, and a general philosophy of life that boils down to the idea some … Read more
The director and star/producer of ‘Poor Things’ have a new movie headed to theaters this summer. Continue reading…