Poor Things is many things. A bonkers harangue served up as a picaresque journey of personal discovery. A sassy retort to Victorian propriety. A fuckable-Frankenstein fantasy with a happy ending for the monster. A feast of steampunk-goosed Art Nouveau imagery as reimagined by Dr. Seuss. Rich ...
"Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray's Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve. Winner of the Whitbread Award and the ...
and art.' Kirkus Reviews 'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess 'Those who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not, ought to fall on Poor Things with delight, and not just because of the almost excessive beauty of its appearance' Philip...
Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: He-Man, Poor Things, The Shining, The Substance, Terrifier, Transformers OneSome cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always ...
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'A brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.'Kirkus Reviews 'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott'Anthony Burgess 'Those who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not, ought to fall onPoor Thingswith delight, and not just because of the almost...
Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things is a complex reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein, with a sprinkle of the social polishing of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. In place of Doctor Frankenstein, the novel follows the scientific exploits of Godwin Baxter. Rather than a frightful...
Making things worse, Poor Things is a plodding two-and-a-half hours with a meandering plot. While it repeatedly tells us about fun adventures that Bella gets into, it chooses to show us scene after scene of her walking around in between said adventures. This gives the audience plenty of ...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things has been named Best Film by the Indiana Film Journalists Association. The film also picked up wins for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Lead Performance for Emma Stone, Best Supporting Performance for Mark Ruffalo, Best Ensemble Acting, and Original Vision...
Today we take on ‘Poor Things’, the latest film from director Yorgos Lanthimos. It stars Emma Stone as a Victorian woman whose brain is replaced with that of her unborn baby. She embarks on a sexual journey of self-discovery through Europe and beyond. The film is a critical darling, w...