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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.

Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone pose at the premiere of “Bugonia” in London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons make the case for the wild ride that is ‘Bugonia’

Jesse Plemons has a plea: Pause Netflix and go see “Bugonia” in the theater.

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.

Cast member Emma Stone poses on the red carpet for the screening of the movie "Bugonia" in competition, at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Emma Stone stars in dark comedy in new Venice tie-up with Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film “Bugonia”, which is premiering at the Venice Film Festival, presents a “funny and fucked up” vision of the contemporary world.