UK • d: Yorgos Lanthimos • R • 118m
One might be surprised that Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest is a remake (adapted from the 2003 Korean classic Save the Green Planet!)— the film manages to be both prime Lanthimos and his most pointed examination of contemporary society. An obsessive conspiracy theorist and his cousin (a marvelous Jesse Plemons and striking newcomer Aidan Delbis) kidnap a slick, rich pharma executive (Emma Stone), insisting that she admit to being part of an alien species that’s been conducting experiments on humans. What unfolds is a battle of competing mythologies, as the pandering corporate exec and the wild-eyed, did-my-own-research loon go at it in extended sequences full of subtly shifting power dynamics. It’s Lanthimos’s most claustrophobic film, and perhaps the one most grounded in today’s realities. And it all concludes (no spoilers) with a series of shots that send the film spinning in a heartbreaking new direction.
About the Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival has been, for the last 50 years, a celebration of the art of film: honoring the great masters of the cinema, discovering the rare and unknown, bringing new works by the world’s greatest directors and the latest in American independent film to a small mountain town in Colorado. The New York Times called Telluride “the smallest, most original, and most stimulating of the major festivals,” while Entertainment Tonight simply said it was “the world’s best festival.”
About Telluride By The Sea
The Music Hall and the Telluride Film Festival collaborate on an exclusive presentation of six new features, brought directly from their Colorado debuts. This unique and intimate Portsmouth event treats audience members from across the Northeast to an exclusive peek into the Telluride experience—packing one September weekend in Portsmouth with the latest international cinema, private parties, great music, delicious food, and inspired conversations with other cinephiles of all ages, tastes, and backgrounds.
Schedule
Fri., 9/12 • 7pm • JAY KELLY
Sat., 9/13 • 12:30pm • NOUVELLE VAGUE
Sat., 9/13 • 3pm • LA GRAZIA
Sat., 9/13 • 7pm • BUGONIA
Sun., 9/14 • 12pm • THE SECRET AGENT
Sun., 9/14 • 3:30pm • SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Sun., 9/14 • 7:15pm • A PRIVATE LIFE
