Recent theatrical viewings

[Rev. Powell]

BUGONIA (2025): With the aid of his dimwitted cousin, a troubled man (Jesse Plemmons) kidnaps a corporate executive (Emma Stone) who he is certain is an Andromedan alien in disguise. Yorgos Lanthimos creates Hitchcokian tension in the battle of wits between the obstinate Plemmons and the desperate Stone (who uses every rhetorical trick in the corporate book to try to talk her way out of captivity), breaks it up with black humor, and goes for broke in the apocalyptic finale. It's a remake of the wonderful Korean cult hit SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! that improves on the original; since almost no one saw GREEN PLANET, so the plot will be new to most folks. 5/5.