Emma Stone’s ‘Bugonia’ Holds Screening in L.A. Where Audiences Must Shave Their Heads to Attend

Emma Stone’s ‘Bugonia’ Holds Screening in L.A. Where Audiences Must Shave Their Heads to Attend

Have hair? No entry. For Yorgos Lanthimos‘ upcoming film Bugonia, a special screening is being held in Los Angeles on Monday, where attendees must be either bald or shave their heads to watch it. The moviegoers who participate will match Emma Stone‘s bald-headed character in the film. DoLA’s Instagram posted the requirements, with a caption…

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‘Bugonia’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Battle Over Doomed Humanity in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Loopy Dark Comedy About Our Planet in Peril

‘Bugonia’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Battle Over Doomed Humanity in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Loopy Dark Comedy About Our Planet in Peril

Buried way down in the end credits is an acknowledgment that Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia is based on the film Save the Green Planet! Audiences familiar with that 2003 Korean sci-fi comedy, written and directed by Jang Joon Hwan, will be at a distinct disadvantage in terms of surprises. But for anyone coming fresh to the…

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‘Eddington’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence

‘Eddington’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence

Did we all go completely nuts during those unsettlingly strange first months of COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, when cities became ghost towns and people thrust into isolation started gambling with their mental health by living online and buying whatever the social media echo chamber coughed up? That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views…

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#14 Actors Who Won Oscars for Playing Sex Workers

#14 Actors Who Won Oscars for Playing Sex Workers

Accepting her best actress Oscar on Sunday, Mikey Madison was greeted with cheers when she thanked the sex worker community for their contributions to Anora. “All of the incredible women I have had the privilege of meeting from that community have been one of the highlights of this entire experience,” she told the Dolby Theatre…

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#Oscars: Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone Nominated for Multiple Awards

#Oscars: Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone Nominated for Multiple Awards

Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, Martin Scorsese and Emma Stone were among those nominated in multiple categories for the 96th Academy Awards when Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday. Oppenheimer led the 2024 Oscars pack with 13 total nominations. This included three for filmmaker Nolan, who was nominated for best picture, director and adapted screenplay. Following closely…

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#20 Sexiest Movies, Ranked – The Hollywood Reporter

#20 Sexiest Movies, Ranked – The Hollywood Reporter

“Why do people not just do this all the time?” That incredulous question comes from Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter midway through Poor Things, following a vigorous introductory bout of copulation with Mark Ruffalo’s caddish lawyer, Duncan Wedderburn. Yorgos Lanthimos’ imaginative riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein charts a deceased Victorian woman’s reanimation with the brain of…

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