A Quiet Place: Day One - Cinema Effect Ep. 209

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SECRET FILM REVIEW: Kinds of Kindness might be a throwback to Yorgos’ early Greek Weird Wave masterpieces but substituting it with the American cityscape. The absurdity in Poor Things was definitely present but came off rather overexcited with its approach. The tone was better utilised for Kinds of Kindness because the absurdity felt more subtle. I was more amused with the deadpan dialogue here because it felt very familiar to The Lobster and his Greek-language films, and I got to truly embrace the sick humour more with both the ensemble cast, and this fascinatingly strange three-way script from Yorgos’ returning screenwriter Efthimis Filippou. I love how slick this 35mm experience was compared to Poor Thing last year with their rougher print. I believe this has been the most entertaining film I’ve seen from Yorgos Lanthimos in a while. It combines the bizarreness of Nimic, the randomness of The Lobster, the brutality of Dogtooth, the mundane surrealism of Alps, and the cold-bloodedness of The Killing of a Sacred Deer. It’s a celebration of Yorgos’ obsession for grotesque humour done through an exhibition of dark but sillier fables. This was a shortened version of my original review yet to be released on Letterboxd, 9/10