Poor Things

You know, Bridgerton owes so much to Marie Antoinette.

I think even someone like Yorgos Lanthimos, I think, you know, Poor Things and The Favourite definitely owe... something to my internet and I think for my generation for women kind of maybe slightly older and slightly younger as well it does kind of you get that sensation of reaching through the screen and you know who this young woman is we're not all the queen of friends but you kind of see that like lostness i think and it it really isn't a film about french history so much as it's a film about a teenage girl and that's why i really like resonate why it resonates with me and i think why i've kind of gone on a journey with it as i get older as a teenager i thought it was it was preposterous i was i was a very very self-serious teenager so

I think most people that are fans of Little White Lies when they think of Marie Antoinette and Little White Lies they will think of course of Hannah Strong's Forever Young Sophia Coppola book but perhaps forget that back in the day there was an issue of Little White Lies on Marie Antoinette that you know is gorgeous cover for people that are watching or if you can google but um perhaps hasn't aged perfectly I

wouldn't say it's aged like a fine wine um yeah I mean I We sometimes do talk about Little White Liars because the magazine's been around a long time now and it is funny to go back and look at when the magazine was finding its identity throughout the early years.

So speaking of predictions that you did well on, apart from this year, looking back, is there something that you predicted that maybe was a big surprise, but you got it right? And why did you think that? Why did you predict it?

I mean, I never thought this to be a surprise, but I was shocked because So early 2024, best actress, Emma Stone is winning everything for Poor Things.

My choice for the best performance of the year.

She just rocked that thing.

I stuck with her.

I'm like, she's won everything else, and she has the performance.

And Poor Things, I felt pretty good, was going to win in a few below-the-line categories, which it did.

It got three, if I remember right.

It not only feels as if they have contempt for their characters, but for the audience who decides to watch them.

Look, I know a lot of cinephiles disagree, but movies like Antichrist or Midsommar or previous episode Poor Things, films like these often just feel exhausting to watch.

And yet in the case of some of David Lynch's best films, like this one, it feels more invigorating and it leads to a satisfying conclusion.

Despite containing almost a kitchen sink's worth of seemingly disparate elements and tangents, this mystery thriller, if we can call it a thriller, still tops out at two hours and feels strangely cohesive.

is crazy.

And also Poor Things.

We mentioned Doctor Strange, we mentioned Birdman, but Poor Things hugely, especially with the creepy mechanic cat.

Very Poor Things.

I was

also thinking of Asteroid City with Wes Anderson.

And then they might go, oh, this isn't really the Tom Cruise movie I'm looking for.

And then there will be the others, among whom I like to count myself, who are really up for something that's a bit meta and a bit clever.

Yeah, but

I just watched that Poor Things.

It's on Hulu now.

She's really good in it, I have to say.

Yes, definitely.

It's not really about her.

I mean, she's in it a lot, but Poor Things is all Emma Stone.

She's naked a lot in it.

It's an interesting thing because I think media literacy is pretty dead and I think like no one enjoys like nuance anymore.

And I don't think anyone – and I saw a review on Poor Things a long time ago that was like the biggest criticism of Poor Things that I have – this is someone else saying.

I love that movie.

But someone was saying the biggest criticism of Poor Things was that all the characters are too nuanced and you need to make sure everyone knows if there's a good guy or a bad guy.

And I'm like, fuck that.

I don't know if we can cuss.