Los Angeles Times

‘Kinds of Kindness,’ made by a filmmaker desperate to seem cool again, tests cultdom and patience

What disturbs shockmaster Yorgos Lanthimos? Mainstream respect. The provocateur’s last two films, “Poor Things” and “The Favourite,” surprised even longtime Lanthimos fans (myself included) by racking ...
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ Willem Dafoe Reveals What It Was Really Like on Set

After a huge awards season with Poor Things, the release of Kinds of Kindness this week, and the announcement of his next feature, Bugonia, filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is keeping busy. This means the ...
Rolling Stone

‘Kinds of Kindness’ Is Weird, Wild, and Way More Than the Sum of Its F-cked-Up Parts

Those lucky enough to have discovered Yorgos Lanthimos right as he was establishing himself as a world-cinema weirdo — we’d carbon-date the initial who-the-fuck-is-this-guy?! moment as mid-2009, when ...
Variety

‘Kinds of Kindness’ Star Jesse Plemons Explains Why He Missed Accepting Cannes Best Actor Prize and What He Loves About Working With Yorgos Lanthimos

When Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film “Kinds of Kindness” debuted at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, star Jesse Plemons hadn’t seen it yet. “I’ve been working, and I also … if I have the option ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Kinds of Kindness’ star Jesse Plemons opens up about losing weight and that ‘Civil War’ cameo

CANNES, France — Jesse Plemons is deliriously tired. Draped across a sofa at Cannes’ ritzy Carlton Hotel with his legs outstretched, backlit by the late-afternoon Mediterranean sun, the actor ...