Sentences with phrase «dogtooth debuted»

After shooting, Lanthimos began preparation to shoot The Favourite but then turned back to The Killing of a Sacred Deer after the filmmaking team watched footage and figured the feature could be finished in time for a premiere at Cannes, where the filmmaker's previous films The Lobster and Dogtooth debuted.

Not exact matches

As his English - language debut and first time working with Hollywood actors, The Lobster marks the beginning of a new chapter for Yorgos, whose previous films (My Best Friend, Kinetta, the Academy Award — nominated Dogtooth, and Alps) were each made in Greece on an extremely modest budget with a crew made up of Yorgos's friends.

Throwing a solid Hollywood cast into a surreal arthouse satire, acclaimed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) makes his English - language debut with a bang.

The English - language debut of Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth), this absurdist dystopian comedy offers up a near future in which all single people are required to find a partner within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice, with extensions for those who hunt down and tranquilize rogue «loners» who live in the woods and listen to electronic music.

«Alps «As extraordinary a film as Georgos Lanthimos «debut «Dogtooth» was, there was something about its Fritzl - ish premise that seemed like it was riding the zeitgeist (even if it marched firmly to the beat of its own drum), and I wondered how the director would fare with something that felt less ripped from the headlines.

This quirky, allegorical premise is presented by the Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos - the blazingly brilliant director of the 2010 foreign language Oscar nominee Dogtooth, making his English language debut - with the utmost matter - of - factness.

As in the director's breakthrough, Dogtooth, and his English - language debut, The Lobster, the real subject is the twisted logic of relationships, obligations, and social façades, caricatured through the director's distinctive blend of grotesquerie, surreal deadpan, and alienness.

The French - Belgian debut from Julia Ducournau is a surreal, deliriously twisted coming - of - age story that suggests «Heathers» by way of «Dogtooth.»

The Lobster — Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos» (Dogtooth) English - language debut is every bit as bizarre and unpredictable as I hoped it would be.