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Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are at the top of their game in Bugonia, a bonkers entertainment that applies director Yorgos Lanthimos’ whip-smart method to modern society’s madness. While some directors spend their lives crafting love letters to the worlds they create, Yorgos Lanthimos has developed a fine line in cinematic hate mail to humanity. The film unearths new depths of existential anxiety engendered by the increasingly tumultuous 2020s. A unique remake that’s both faithful and wildly different from its source material, one that’s unafraid to get even bleaker with its paranoia.