There was a gimmicky movie screening to see The Long Walk, and now the upcoming Bugonia is doing one of its own. Anyone living in LA who wants to see Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist comedy before everyone else can do so on Monday, October 20 at the Culver Theater at 8 PM. Tickets are free, but there’s […]
A New ‘Bugonia’ Trailer Leans Heavy Into That Alien Question
It was last summer when Focus Features announced Bugonia, the latest film from director Yorgos Lanthimos. That alone is enough to get anyone excited, as Lanthimos has long established himself as a filmmaker whose work you turn up to, no matter what. But then, the film had this tagline, and instantly, we were hooked: “Two […]
Yorgos Lanthimos’ New Film Puts Emma Stone at the Center of an Alien Environmentalist Conspiracy
Director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a habit of collaborating with Emma Stone specifically on dark comedy dramas with light sci-fi themes, such as 2023’s Poor Things and 2024’s Kinds of Kindness. And the trailer for their latest team-up, Bugonia, contains much of the same eclecticism, setting up a paranoia thriller that’s equal parts about environmentalism and […]
The Next ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Has Found Its President Snow
Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes has officially been cast as President Coriolanus Snow in Lionsgate’s upcoming cinematic prequel in their Hunger Games franchise. In The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Fiennes will portray another YA lit villain by stepping into the shoes of Panem’s infamous dictator. The adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling book includes a stacked […]
Jesse Plemons Joins Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Casting for Sunrise on the Reaping keeps on a-coming. The next star to join the latest Hunger Games movie is Jesse Plemons, recently of Civil War and Black Mirror. Per Deadline, Plemons is set to portray Plutarch Heavensbee, played in the original films by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. (After Hoffman’s passing in 2014, 2015’s Mockingjay Part 2 recreated him […]