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Podcast: The Long Take Review
Episode: Poor Things Review
Description: When Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last year, many critics were blown away by it, but unsure whether or not it would be “too weird” for the Academy. Months later, the fantastical dark comedy would win four Oscars: Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume, and, of course, one of the biggest surprises of the night, Emma Stone for Best Actress. The nouveau-Frankenstein tale was the only Best Picture nominee that we never got around to reviewing before the Oscars. But it recently became available to stream on Hulu, and as such a discu...