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This image released by Focus Features shows Emma Stone, from left, Aidan Delbis, and Jesse Plemons in a scene from “Bugonia.” (Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Bugonia’ is a darkly comic gut punch

The twisted filmography of Yorgos Lanthimos has by now trained us to expect darkly comic visions of contemporary life, both savage and mundane.

A fan gets his head shaved for a free preview of Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film 'Bugonia', in Culver City, California, U.S., October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole

Fans shave heads to see sci-fi movie ‘Bugonia’ starring Emma Stone

Fans arrived for an early screening of the absurdist sci-fi comedy film “Bugonia,” on Monday night in Los Angeles with one unique condition—the theater only admitted bald people.

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis poses as he arrives for the British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London February 10, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo

Daniel Day-Lewis to come out of acting retirement for son’s film ‘Anemone’

Three-time Oscar winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement to star in his son’s feature film directorial debut, “Anemone”.

Austin Butler attends the photocall for the film 'Dune: Part Two' at Savoy Place, in London, Britain, February 14, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

‘Bikeriders’ maneuvers through 60’s Chicago motorcycle gang life

For Austin Butler, getting into his role as the stoic bike rider named Benny in the film “The Bikeriders” meant learning everything he could about riding a motorcycle.

British singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London July 23, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

‘Back to Black’ brings Amy Winehouse story to big screen

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson didn’t want her 2024 biographical drama film about Amy Winehouse to be too similar to the 2015 Oscar-winning documentary by Asif Kapadia.