Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Deirdre Molumby and Ciara Moloney, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.
Bella Baxter is a most remarkable young woman. Although she has the body of an adult woman, she also seems to possess the mind of a child rapidly developing and growing. Under the guidance of her adoptive father Godwin Baxter and his assistant Max McCandless, Bella tries to navigate the complex and contradictory Victorian soiety, learning much about humanity – and herself.
At time of recording, it was ranked 246th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 16th March 2024.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Joe Utichi and Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline report on the reaction to Poor Things at Venice, September 2023.
- Jacob Stolworthy at The Independent reports on Poor Things as a potential Oscars contender, September 2023.
- Justin Chang and Glenn Whipp at The Los Angeles Times report on the success of Poor Things at Telluride, September 2023.
- Anna Menta at Decider reports on the arrival of Poor Things on streaming, February 2024.
- Adam Nayman at The Ringer argues that Poor Things is Yorgos Lanthimos’ most mainstream work, December 2023.
- Manuela Lazic at The Ringer ponders whether Poor Things is Yorgos Lanthimos’ most populist work, December 2023.
- Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney talk to The Academy about making Poor Things with Yorgos Lanthimos, March 2024.
- Rebecca Keegan at The Hollywood Reporter goes behind the scenes on how Poor Things was made, December 2023.
- Robbie Ryan talks to The Los Angeles Times about shooting Poor Things, February 2024.
- Rachel Davies at Architectural Digest writes about the production design of Poor Things, December 2023.
- Jamie Price talks to The Los Angeles Times about designing the look and texture of Poor Things, February 2024.
- Holly Waddington talks to Whistles about designing the costumes for Poor Things, December 2023.
- Tom Brueggemann at IndieWire looks at the unlikely path that Poor Things carved to Oscar glory, March 2024.
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- Pamela McClintock at The Hollywood Reporter reflects on the box office success of Poor Things, March 2024.
- Fred Topel at Deadline reports on Emma Stone’s experiences as producer of Poor Things, February 2024.
- Jake Coyle at Associated Press considers Emma Stone’s victory over Lily Gladstone at the Academy Awards, March 2024.
- Heather Schwedel at Slate considers Emma Stone’s carefully calibrated victory speech, March 2024.
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- Jose Martinez at Complex considers the weirdness of Poor Things streaming on Disney+, March 2024.
- Joe Vito at Consequence of Sound considers the controversy over putting Poor Things on Disney+, March 2024.
- Louisa Smith, Gemma Digby and Shane Clifton write at The Conversation about Poor Things as a metaphor for disability and neurodivergence, March 2024.
- Marcelo Duhalde writes at The South China Morning Post about the eunuchs that ran the Forbidden City, July 2018.
- Rory Carroll at The Guardian writes about “the castrati singers”, castrated choir boys, August 2001.
- Adam Robertson at The National reports on Yorgos Lanthimos’ decision to adapt Poor Things away from Scotland, January 2024.
- Adam Robertson at The National reports on Nicola Sturgeon’s opinion of the decision to adapt Poor Things away from Scotland, January 2024.
- Robin McKie at The Guardian writes about the decision to shift Poor Things from Glasgow to London, December 2023.
- Alasdair Gray talks to The Guardian about his writing, August 2014.
- Gavin Lundy at The National writes about the failure of the Scottish film industry and the tragedy of Poor Things having to be an Irish film, January 2024.
- Samira Ahmed at The Guardian argues against the alledged feminism of Poor Things, January 2024.
- Angelica Jade Bastién criticises the pop feminism of Poor Things at Vulture, March 2024.
- Cady Lang at Time writes about the feminist origins of Frankenstein, December 2023.
- Brian Truitt at USA Today argues for Poor Things and Lisa Frankenstein as overtly feminist reimaginings of Frankenstein, February 2024.
- Andreas Wiseman at Deadline writes about Yorgos Lanthimos speaking for Emma Stone during the Venice Film Festival, September 2023.
- Crispian Balmer at Reuters discusses how the actors’ strike affected the festival launch of films like Poor Things and Maestro, September 2023.
- Maya Phillips at The New York Times considers Poor Things and Barbie as movies fundamentally about motherhood, March 2024.
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- Jason Lake at Gayly Dreadful writes about the queer coding of James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein, July 2020.
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