Poor Things
/Certainly promising to be one of the most original silver screen outings this year, Searchlight’s Poor Things is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray and covers similar territory to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favourite), Bella Baxter (Emma Stone, who also serves as producer) is brought back to life by Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe); Bella quickly decides to run off on an adventure with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo) across continents in a quest to regain worldly experience after lost time.
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