Kinds of Kindness

★★★★ “Elegant and overwhelmingly stylish.”  The Guardian

Yorgos Lanthimos continues his winning streak following The Favourite and Poor Things with this Cannes prize winner. Gathering together a glittering array of stars, game to take part in his carnival, Lanthimos offers a portmanteau of tales of power and submission. Across all three tales – of cult leaders, of overbearing bosses, of wives returned from the dead – the same actors recur, each new role commenting on their previous portrayal.

Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley eagerly return from Poor Things but are also bolstered by Mamadou Athie, Joe Alwyn and Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog). A headtrip triptych, Kinds of Kindness is a wild ride that affirms Lanthimos’ singular status in world cinema.