Bugonia

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Bugonia

May 18 2026 | 00:03:25

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Show Notes

Two conspiracy nuts kidnap a woman CEO in the belief that she’s one of a group of extraterrestrials sent to destroy the planet. I missed seeing Bugonia, the latest film from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, when it was playing in theaters. I was a bit wary after being disappointed by his big spectacle Poor Things a few years ago, but I finally caught up recently and was unexpectedly taken with it. Lanthimos’s radical absurdist style caught on in Hollywood, yet he’s remained thoroughly nonconformist, using weird unsettling humor to draw painful conclusions about human nature. Bugonia feels different in a…

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