Poor Things

performance review Oct. 8, 2024

The Evolutions of Emma StoneThe Oscar-winning actor is a master at playing characters who are only halfway out of the cocoon.

By Jackson McHenry

close read Aug. 30, 2024

Yorgos Lanthimos Is Not Your FriendPoor Things was an empowerment fantasy. Kinds of Kindness is a return to the director’s primary interest — control.

By Alison Willmore

self-care July 8, 2024

Movie Masturbation Scenes, RankedIt’s been 25 years since Paul Weitz showed one of the goofiest ways to beat off in American Pie.

By Caroline Madden

vulture lists June 22, 2024

Every Emma Stone Movie, RankedEmma Stone manages to be one of us while being the best of us.

By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson

favo(u)rites June 21, 2024

All 9 Yorgos Lanthimos Movies, RankedWhere does Kinds of Kindness fit in the Greek Weird Wave provocateur’s filmography?

By A.A. Dowd

cannes 2024 May 19, 2024

Yorgos Lanthimos and Jesse Plemmons Love Their Filmmaking CultAnd their new movie Kinds of Kindness, an anthology of abject debasement starring fellow cult members Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe.

By Rachel Handler

oscars 2024 Mar. 11, 2024

Why Emma Stone Beat Lily Gladstone for Best ActressThe Poor Things star’s second Oscar was the most unexpected development on a night that mostly went chalk.

By Nate Jones

a long talk Mar. 10, 2024

‘We Suck. And We Know It. So We Keep Trying.’Best Actress Oscar Winner Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos explain what makes collaborations like Poor Things work so well.

By Rachel Handler

movie review Mar. 10, 2024

Is Poor Things the Best We Can Do for Female Sexuality Onscreen?Emma Stone fully commits to a banal rendition of faux-feminist sexual freedom.

By Angelica Jade Bastién

oscar futures Mar. 8, 2024

Vulture’s Final 2024 Oscar Predictions in Every CategoryOppenheimer looks likely to win a bunch of trophies, but some major races are still up in the air.

By Nate Jones

movies fantasy league Feb. 6, 2024

The MFL Podcast League SpotlightA certain This Had Oscar Buzz co-host is leading the podcaster mini-league, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of!

By Joe Reid

movies fantasy league Jan. 31, 2024

The MFL Lines Up to Ride the Post-Oscar BumpWhich draft picks this year yielded the highest value? Plus, the latest from the box office.

By Joe Reid

movies fantasy league Jan. 25, 2024

The MFL Offers a Silver Lining to the Whole Barbie Snub ThingWhere nominations are absent, may there be comfort in fantasy points.

By Joe Reid

oscar futures Jan. 19, 2024

Oscar Futures: Who Will Be Our Nomination-Morning Surprise?Which less-heralded contenders will snag a spot at Tuesday’s Oscar nominations?

By Nate Jones

fan theories Jan. 12, 2024

Need a Theory to Explain The Curse Finale? Try Poor Things.Auto-reincarnation, so hot right now.

By Rebecca Alter

movies fantasy league Jan. 11, 2024

Good Night, OppyAwards season is officially here, time to start raking in the points

By Joe Reid

it’s alive Dec. 28, 2023

Frankensteins, Ranked by HorninessPoor Things’ Bella Baxter isn’t cinema’s only lustful monster.

By Katie Rife

movies fantasy league Dec. 22, 2023

Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve from the MFL!The Oscars made a shortlist, and they’re checking it twice!

By Joe Reid

oscar futures Dec. 15, 2023

Can an Oscar Contender Be Too Timely?The Zone of Interest and American Fiction, two very different films, stake their claims on a Best Picture spot.

By Nate Jones

oscar futures Dec. 8, 2023

Can May December Meme Its Way Into Oscar Contention?Will an Academy that’s never nominated a Todd Haynes film for Best Picture get on the same wavelength as this blend of Ingmar Bergman and TruTV?

By Nate Jones

poor things Dec. 8, 2023

Emma Stone Has Created One of Cinema’s Most Shamelessly Sexual CharactersHer character in Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest movie is her best role yet, one that is primed to earn her another Oscar nomination.

By Rachel Handler

party report Dec. 7, 2023

Kathryn Hunter’s Poor Things Tattoos Survived Hot Yoga“They said, ‘Just have a shower, it’ll come off.’ So I had a shower. It didn’t come off.”

By Tom Smyth

party report Dec. 7, 2023

Emma Stone Wants Yorgos Lanthimos to Direct a Jen Shah BiopicRHOSLC is already a cross between psychological thriller and black comedy, so the Poor Things director would be the perfect fit.

By Tom Smyth

oscars 2024 Oct. 19, 2023

The Actors Are on Strike, But the Awards Shows Go OnHere is our (extremely early) forecast for the biggest Oscar races this (very uncertain) year.

By Nate Jones

movies fantasy league Oct. 2, 2023

The Movies Fantasy League Mea Culpa SpectacularNow that rosters are locked and points are rolling in, we can take a retrospective look at the pricing that we got right, and oh-so-very wrong.

By Joe Reid

venice 2023 Sept. 8, 2023

The Hitmen, Horny Gals, and Hypermasc Bros of VeniceThis year’s film lineup hinted at a collective unconscious obsessed by performed masculinity, killing people for money, horniness, and Willem Dafoe.

By Rachel Handler

venice 2023 Aug. 29, 2023