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  1. vulture lists
    Every Emma Stone Movie, RankedEmma Stone manages to be one of us while being the best of us.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  2. favo(u)rites
    All 9 Yorgos Lanthimos Movies, RankedWhere does Kinds of Kindness fit in the Greek Weird Wave provocateur’s filmography?
    By A.A. Dowd
  3. close read
    Yorgos Lanthimos Is Not Your FriendPoor Things was an empowerment fantasy. The director’s latest film, Kinds of Kindness, is a return to his primary interest — control.
    By Alison Willmore
  4. cannes 2024
    Yorgos Lanthimos and Jesse Plemmons Love Their Filmmaking CultAnd their new movie Kinds of Kindness, an anthology of abject debasement starring fellow cult members Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe.
    By Rachel Handler
  5. oscars 2024
    Why Emma Stone Beat Lily Gladstone for Best ActressThe Poor Things star’s second Oscar was the most unexpected development on a night that mostly went chalk.
    By Nate Jones
  6. performance review
    The Evolutions of Emma StoneThe Oscar-winning star of Poor Things is a master at playing characters who are only halfway out of the cocoon.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. a long talk
    ‘We Suck. And We Know It. So We Keep Trying.’Best Actress Oscar Winner Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos explain what makes collaborations like Poor Things work so well.
    By Rachel Handler
  8. movie review
    Is Poor Things the Best We Can Do for Female Sexuality Onscreen?Emma Stone fully commits to a banal rendition of faux-feminist sexual freedom.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  9. oscar futures
    Vulture’s Final 2024 Oscar Predictions in Every CategoryOppenheimer looks likely to win a bunch of trophies, but some major races are still up in the air.
    By Nate Jones
  10. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Podcast League SpotlightA certain This Had Oscar Buzz co-host is leading the podcaster mini-league, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of!
    By Joe Reid
  11. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Lines Up to Ride the Post-Oscar BumpWhich draft picks this year yielded the highest value? Plus, the latest from the box office.
    By Joe Reid
  12. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Offers a Silver Lining to the Whole Barbie Snub ThingWhere nominations are absent, may there be comfort in fantasy points.
    By Joe Reid
  13. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Who Will Be Our Nomination-Morning Surprise?Which less-heralded contenders will snag a spot at Tuesday’s Oscar nominations?
    By Nate Jones
  14. fan theories
    Need a Theory to Explain The Curse Finale? Try Poor Things.Auto-reincarnation, so hot right now.
    By Rebecca Alter
  15. movies fantasy league
    Good Night, OppyAwards season is officially here, time to start raking in the points
    By Joe Reid
  16. it’s alive
    Frankensteins, Ranked by HorninessPoor Things’ Bella Baxter isn’t cinema’s only lustful monster.
    By Katie Rife
  17. movies fantasy league
    Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve from the MFL!The Oscars made a shortlist, and they’re checking it twice!
    By Joe Reid
  18. oscar futures
    Can an Oscar Contender Be Too Timely?The Zone of Interest and American Fiction, two very different films, stake their claims on a Best Picture spot.
    By Nate Jones
  19. oscar futures
    Can May December Meme Its Way Into Oscar Contention?Will an Academy that’s never nominated a Todd Haynes film for Best Picture get on the same wavelength as this blend of Ingmar Bergman and TruTV?
    By Nate Jones
  20. poor things
    Emma Stone Has Created One of Cinema’s Most Shamelessly Sexual CharactersHer character in Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest movie is her best role yet, one that is primed to earn her another Oscar nomination.
    By Rachel Handler
  21. party report
    Kathryn Hunter’s Poor Things Tattoos Survived Hot Yoga“They said, ‘Just have a shower, it’ll come off.’ So I had a shower. It didn’t come off.”
    By Tom Smyth
  22. party report
    Emma Stone Wants Yorgos Lanthimos to Direct a Jen Shah BiopicRHOSLC is already a cross between psychological thriller and black comedy, so the Poor Things director would be the perfect fit.
    By Tom Smyth
  23. oscars 2024
    The Actors Are on Strike, But the Awards Shows Go OnHere is our (extremely early) forecast for the biggest Oscar races this (very uncertain) year.
    By Nate Jones
  24. movies fantasy league
    The Movies Fantasy League Mea Culpa SpectacularNow that rosters are locked and points are rolling in, we can take a retrospective look at the pricing that we got right, and oh-so-very wrong.
    By Joe Reid
  25. venice 2023
    The Hitmen, Horny Gals, and Hypermasc Bros of VeniceThis year’s film lineup hinted at a collective unconscious obsessed by performed masculinity, killing people for money, horniness, and Willem Dafoe.
    By Rachel Handler
  26. venice 2023
    What’s at Venice Film Festival? Fast Cars, Fake Noses.And (some) movie stars.
    By Bilge Ebiri and Rachel Handler
  27. go go go yorgos
    Emma Stone Is in Her Frankenstein’s Monster EraThe latest edition of Yorgos Lanthimos doing the most is pushed back to December 8.
    By Rebecca Alter
  28. the industry
    Corporate Shenanigans Force Out Will Arnett as Voice of KITTHe’s being replaced by … Val Kilmer?
  29. the industry
    The Police Kick Off Tour; Tickets to This Post Sold Out in Fourteen Minutes