FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #211 – “Kinds of Kindness (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

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This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check in on the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos and his Poor Things collaborators Emma Stone and co-screenwriter Efthimis Filippou (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lobster, Dogtooth), whose presence announces in advance that this is gonna be one of the weird ones. Additional weird ones include Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe, and everyone who ventures out to catch this one in theaters (36:34).

May contain NSFW language.
[CW: Self-harm, pregnancy loss]

FilmWonk rating: 8 out of 10

Show notes:

• [01:44] Review: Kinds of Kindness
• [23:07] Spoilers: Kinds of Kindness
• We slightly misstated Stone’s awards history, which includes Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress in Birdman and The Favourite (both eventual #1 Glennies selections), and wins for Best Actress for Poor Things and La La Land.
• Yorgos Stefanakos, who appears in the film as R.M.F., did not appear in Dogtooth, but did appear in Poor Things, and is in fact a notary public and an old friend of the screenwriters of this film.

Listen above, or download: Kinds of Kindness (right-click, save as, or click/tap to play)