Bugonia (2025)
I guess I have been missing out on the films of Yorgos Lanthimos, who has become a bit of a popular art film director in recent years. I remember hearing about The Lobster but never ended up seeing it although it sounds intriguing, as do many of his movies. I almost gave Bugonia a pass as well. I'm lukewarm on Emma Stone. She is one of those celebrities that seems as if she was foisted upon the public by the media, not because of any inherent talent, although she has never been terrible in any role I've seen her in. Also, I heard early on it was a remake of the Korean film Save the Green Planet! , which I also have not seen. Hollywood doesn't have a great reputation when remaking foreign films. Still, the rest of the cast was intriguing and, although I was sure I knew where the movie was going to go and how it was going to end - in many ways something I was quite right about - I thought it might be interesting to see how it got there. ...