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The ‘Kinds of Kindness’ cast explain the cruel, violent and sexy imagination of Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘He’s actually a nice guy’

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By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Jesse Plemons is thrilled to learn he can make someone faint. In an interview promoting his latest movie “Kinds of Kindness,” I share an incident that took place at a screening I attended, in which I’m all but certain he sent an audience member over the edge. “At what

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  1. ‘Kinds of Kindness’ review: Emma Stone stars in awful Oscar bait

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    The ‘Kinds of Kindness’ cast explain the cruel, violent and sexy imagination of Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘He’s actually a nice guy’

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  1. New York Post

    ‘Kinds of Kindness’ review: Emma Stone stars in awful Oscar bait (opens New York Post)

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    Yorgos Lanthimos’ past works, such as the Oscar-winning Stone vehicle “Poor Things,” “The Favourite” and “The Lobster,” were, to varying degrees, eccentric, sexy and smart. “Kinds of Kindness,” on the other hand, is a Euro-chic, albeit stylish, endurance test that will divide film buffs and outright…

  2. Polygon

    Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness is three movies — and two directors — in one (opens Polygon)

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    Poor Things and The Lobster’s director presents an anthology with Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, and others in multiple roles. In theaters June 21.

  3. Deadline

    ‘Kinds Of Kindness’ With Emma Stone Set For Best Limited Opening Of 2024 – Specialty Preview (opens Deadline)

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    'Kinds of Kindness' by Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Emma Stone, is set for the best limited opening of the year at the indie film box office.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Review: 'Kinds of Kindness,' made by a filmmaker desperate to seem cool again, tests cultdom and patience (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Yorgos Lanthimos collects a cast that includes Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley and Jesse Plemons for a three-parter that feels like covered ground.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    The ‘Kinds of Kindness’ cast explain the cruel, violent and sexy imagination of Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘He’s actually a nice guy’ (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Jesse Plemons is thrilled to learn he can make someone faint. In an interview promoting his latest movie “Kinds of Kindness,” I share an incident that took place at a screening I attended, in which I’m all but certain he sent an audience member over the edge. “At what

  6. NPR

    Yorgos Lanthimos exhausts his ideas, and his audience, in 'Kinds of Kindness' (opens NPR)

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    Fresh off of Poor Things, director Lanthimos' three-part dark comedy about domination and free will feels like a lazy and self-admiring riff — punctuated by the occasional crude shock.

  7. The New Yorker

    The Monotonous Miseries of “Kinds of Kindness” (opens The New Yorker)

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    Justin Chang reviews Yorgos Lanthimos’s film “Kinds of Kindness,” starring Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and Willem Dafoe.

  8. Observer

    ‘Kinds of Kindness’ Review: Bold, Bizarre, Self Impressed—Also Masterful (opens Observer)

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    Movie review, 'Kinds of Kindness': Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Jesse Plemons follow director Yorgos Lanthimos through a bold, bizarre film.

  9. GQ

    Yorgos Lanthimos' Movies Are Weird, Violent, and Disturbingly Funny. What's It Like To Be In One? (opens GQ)

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    An oral history of the mysterious 'Kinds of Kindness' director, as told by Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Joe Alwyn, Olivia Colman and many more.

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