Yorgos Lanthimos

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Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, and Olivia Colman lead this absurd period piece from ‘The Lobster’ director Yorgos Lanthimos.

Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone compete for a mad queen’s affection in the latest from ‘The Lobster’ director.

Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Olivia Coleman lead the delightfully absurd period piece from ‘The Lobster’ filmmaker.

Pineapples! Duck racing! Rabbits? Sure!

Yorgos Lanthimos delivered one of the best films of 2016 with The Lobster, a darkly comedic and comprehensive satire of relationships and dating, featuring a wonderful performance from a schlubby Colin Farrell. If you walked away from that film thinking that maybe the director of Dogtooth was softening a bit, Lanthimos returns this year — schlubby Colin Farrell in tow — with his darkest film yet. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a predictably uncanny, pitch-black tragicomedy that pits a narcissistic surgeon against a sociopathic teenager for what is undoubtedly one of the most disturbing cinematic experiences of the year.

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Barry Keoghan plays a young man who ingratiates himself with a family, but harbors disturbing ulterior motives.

Some people look forward to the next Marvel movie, some anticipate the newest Star Wars entry, and then there are people like me, who count down the days until the new Yorgos Lanthimos film. Finally, we have our very first trailer for The Killing of Sacred Deer, the latest twisted nightmare from the Greek filmmaker.

It’s (almost) the most wonderful time of the year…Fantastic Fest 2017 is right around in the corner, and if the first wave of film programming is any indication, this year’s lineup is going to be pretty stellar. The initial roster boasts the usual assortment of intriguing genre fare (like Takashi Miike’s 100th film, if you can believe it) alongside festival favorites and potential awards contenders, including new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Ruben Ostlund, Martin McDonagh and more — so much more!