In my 1000th rewatch of this the best movie in the world I caught myself feeling contemplative; I pictured myself showing this to my future children. Would they understand the references to McCarthyism? Who would they appreciate more, the genius improvisations of Madeleine Kahn or the devilish wit of Tim Curry? And then I thought, in horror, that they might not like it. That they, like Roger Ebert before them, might think, "[the actors] spend most of their time looking…

It’s going to be hard to top this movie this year. It’s a filthy, hilarious, gorgeous, feminist, sumptuous, disgusting, wicked, unhinged magical realist Frankenstein story.  

This is my favorite Yorgos Lanthimos film so far, each one has been better than the last! What I love about Poor Things and The Favorite is the not quite reality not quiet magic worlds he constructed. Poor Things is much more whimsical in sets and costumes than the Favorite but both films have…