“Poor Things” can win things. That’s a nugget of information we gleaned at the conclusion of Venice, Telluride and Toronto, the three major fall festivals. For starters, Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi dr…
The Academy has evolved in the past decade, rewarding movies that it wouldn’t previously have navigated toward, including last year’s martial arts head trip “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” That bodes well for “Poor Things.” Marked by graphic nudity and a narrative web that gets untangled in spectacular fashion, Lanthimos’ sensual opera will be tricky for conservative members to endorse. However, its Venice win suggests voters may respond to something more outré than usual.
Of course, wooing nine jury members at a festival is vastly different from finding favor with 10,000 AMPAS members. Nonetheless, the Searchlight Pictures darling emerged from the fall fests as the leading pony against acknowledged front-runners “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie.” Speaking of Barbenheimer, autumn may be upon us, but the double-feature phenomenon of the summer will be the best thing to happen to the
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