We’re still a few days away from the first award-nomination announcements of the season — the Gothams and their unconscionably early nods will give us plenty to talk about next week — and that means I have time to linger on one of the more fascinating and uncertain films of this season: Yorgos Lanthimos ’s Bugonia .

As an artist, Lanthimos has been impossible to ignore over the last 15 or so years, whether his films garner Oscar attention (as in the case of Dogtooth , The Lobster , The Favourite , and Poor Things ) or not (the more inscrutable Alps , The Killing of a Sacred Deer , and Kinds of Kindness ). His biggest Academy successes have come when partnered with Emma Stone; Bugonia is her fourth film with Lanthimos, and after picking up a Best Supportin

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