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Dogtooth (Κυνόδοντας, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos).

Ritual's 4K restoration of the Greek absurdist psychological drama further highlights the shocking cinematic conception of parental control. It's a strange encapsulation of family dysfunction manifested in its three young adult siblings who know nothing outside of their home, being raised to believe the outside world is too dangerous as they start to develop normal sexual curiosities.

Screened at The Cinematheque and Rio Theatre.

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254 - The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Some might call Yorgos Lanthimos' Oscar ascent an unlikely one, given the oddness at the core of his films. But with the Foreign Language Feature nomination for the explicit Dogtooth and the Original Screenplay for The Lobster, the Greek auteur cemented his status in the Oscar club. A victory lap of sorts came with The Killing of a Sacred Deer in 2017, returning Lanthimos to Cannes competition with the pedigree of Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. But any expectation that the film might be another Academy affirmed oddity all but evaporated when Cannes audiences discovered a bloody and deeply strange (even for Lanthimos) modern fable about a father given an otherworldly, violent demand from a deceased patient's son.

This episode, we talk about our anticipation for Lanthimos' Poor Things this season and the elements that make this film so divisive. We also talk about Barry Keoghan's brilliant breakthrough performance, Alicia Silverstone's caramel tart, and the film career of character actor Bill Camp (new bet alert!).

Topics also include the now-defunct Executive Committee, Kidman smoking while gardening, and 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

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Nimic Yorgos Lanthimos. 2019

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Κυνόδοντας, 2009

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Your syntax is shit. And your penis is very, very small.

Chevalier, Athina Rachel Tsangari (2015)

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Alps (Άλπεις) (2011) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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Miserere (Pity) (2018) Babis Makridis

Una piccola perla passata fugacemente nelle sale italiane. Makridis firma insieme allo sceneggiatore Filippou un'altra opera totalmente ascrivibile alla Greek Weird Wave che vede in Yorgos Lanthimos e Athina Rachel Tsangari i principali esponenti. I film di questa nuova ondata di cinema greco hanno in comune le sceneggiature di Efthymis Filippou che rendono le pellicole riconoscibilissime a livello formale e stilistico.

Se avete apprezzato Dogtooth, Alps o Chevalier vi consiglio di recuperare Miserere che, pur non raggiungendo i picchi di Lanthimos offre spunti davvero interessanti e una grande prova attoriale

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Chevalier (Athina Rachel Tsangari - 2015)