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Wherever You Go, There You Are: ‘Interstellar’ at 10 Resonates

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Wherever You Go, There You Are: ‘Interstellar’ at 10 Resonates

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Matthew Dwyer / 19 November 2024

Although it aims to portray humanity’s future, sci-fi film Interstellar‘s message – that our greatest asset and liability is ourselves – resonates in our times.

Finding Reality in the Fake: Director Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

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Finding Reality in the Fake: Director Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

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Paul Risker / 6 November 2017

Director Yorgos Lanthimos discusses Killing of a Sacred Deer, in which he deliberately cultivates a skewed impression of everyday and cinematic realism.

Athina Tsangari’s ‘Attenberg’ Leaves a Pungent Impression

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Athina Tsangari’s ‘Attenberg’ Leaves a Pungent Impression

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Andrew Blackie / 14 June 2011

Attenberg is not, strictly speaking, an enjoyable film, or even a comprehensible one. But it leaves a pungent impression you can’t easily shake.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Dogtooth’ Suspends Language to Explore It

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Dogtooth’ Suspends Language to Explore It

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Angelos Koutsourakis / 8 December 2009

By systematically abusing the language system, Dogtooth confronts the postmodern speculative dichotomy between reality and fiction.