Synopsis: According to Lanthimos' interview with ThePlaylist, the film will tell the story of “a group of people who agree to stand in for the lost loved ones of others, replicating their behavior and gestures, ostensibly to help with grieving." Adds the director, "It’s mainly about death and substitution in a way. If you can substitute people that have died with other people and how difficult that can be. It involves the stories of many people, and I guess it has similarities with ‘Dogtooth’ in its tone, because it’s quite dark as well, but is also funny and violent. It’s contradictory, like ‘Dogtooth’ is."
While the awards circuit hasn't been overly kind to Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master," it seems to be from across the pond where it's getting the most love. The film topped the Sight & Sound poll for 2012, and now The Guardian has come out as well, naming it the best...
Read More »Well folks, it’s time to dust off your multi-lingual dictionaries and recharge your digital translators because, this week, it’s all about the foreign language film. Movies from Sweden, Greece, and France are in attendance, and an adaptation of a British novel – set in India &ndash...
Read More »Since breaking out with his award-winning (and Academy Award-nominated) sophomore feature "Dogtooth," Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has amassed quite a fanbase, leading many to wonder whether he'd soon take the plunge and make a film in English, following the likes of Wong Kar Wai, Jean-Pierre Je...
Read More »Kino Lorber has announced that they will be releasing "Alps" the new film from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, whose critically praised last film "Dogtooth" garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The film will be released in the US in Spring 2012.
Read More »"Alps" is among the most anticipated films premiering at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. Why? It's the latest film from Giorgos Lanthimos, the Greek auteur behind last year's oddball family drama "Dogtooth," that against all odds, went on to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Langu...
Read More »After playing the festival circuit since Sundance, Bart Layton's stylized documentary ventures its way to theaters as this week's Criticwire Pick.
Read More »Until a couple of years ago, few outside his native Greece were aware of theater director-turned-filmmaker Giorgos Lanthimos. But when his third film, "Dogtooth," came from seemingly nowhere to win the top prize at Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2009, it kicked off a process that's deservedly seen t...
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