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Yorgos Lanthimos has built a brand for making completely unorthodox movies from the moment he hit a critical breakthrough with Dogtooth. All this can be found in his move to directing films in the English language, going from The Lobster to his awards season hit The Favourite. Though with Poor Things it seems like he’s taking his completely subversive brand of filmmaking to a whole other level. It’s set on becoming one of the most surreal, vulgar, and outright debauched movies you’ll ever see, but underneath all the filth is a story about growth, freedom, and discovery – and simply put, one of the year’s best films.

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