Kinds Of Kindness (2024) ****

Maybe not his most disturbing, but perhaps Yorgos Lanthimos' most hilarious and awkward film, if that's possible? It's very obvious that Kinds Of Kindness (2024) was co-written by Efthimis Filippou—who also co-wrote 2009's Dogtooth (review), 2011's Alps (review), 2015's The Lobster (review), and 2017's The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (review)—because it really leans into the surrealism and stilted performances. This is like Yorgos' Magnolia (1999). A trippy triptych with an unnervingly dissonant score/sound design. The best film of the year so far.

 

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