‘Poor Things’ Could Win Emma Stone Her Second (and Third) Oscars, and First for Mark Ruffalo and Yorgos Lanthimos
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Sex is back,” said Julie Hintsinger, executive director of the Telluride Film Festival, to a packed house of festival-goers as they took in the newest effort from Yorgos Lanthimos at this year’s 50th anniversary.
One of the festivals tributes this year, a pre-screening convo was moderated by director Karyn Kusama, as the two discussed his filmography which included his early works “Kinnetic” and “Alps.” In the audience were Oscar winners like director Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and actor Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”), and they, along with the crowd, devoured it.
After bowing at the Venice Film Festival, Academy Award nominee Lanthimos brought his eccentric cinematic style with the sci-fi dramedy “Poor Things.” It’s the first movie among this year’s sensational Telluride lineup feels like a potential future best picture winner.
Based on the novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, it tells the story of a young woman named Bella Baxter (Stone), who is brought back to life by a scientist Dr.
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