Yorgos Lanthimos returns with his highly anticipated satirical project, which has sparked fervor since its Venice Film Festival premiere, reuniting Emma Stone with Jesse Plemons. It is an absurd sci-fi dark comedy remake, where conspiracy kidnappers suspect an alien is amongst them. With their psychologically nuanced performances, industry insiders are weighing in on their major wins.

Critics and cinephiles like Josh Horowitz have expressed excitement and are enthralled by Stone's incredibly daring transformation as well as Plemons's heart-curdling intensity, which are fanning the flames of this year's major awards-season chatter. 

Happy Sad Confused podcast host, Josh Horowitz, has recently generated buzz on his Josh's Telluride Picks video by predicting that Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons might receive Oscar nominations for their scintillating performances in Yorgos Lanthimos' satirical absurdist dark comedy, Bugonia. Horowitz lauded Stone's emotionally raw and Plemons's volatile, unsettling, and intense performances, deeming both award-season gold, saying, "These two performances are so next level, so amazing... I think they will be nominated." 

In the episode, Horowitz marked Bugonia as one of his favorite movies of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, praising Lanthimos's profile that boasts cinematic epics like Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness, and now adding Bugonia to his cap. He went to gush about the movie, describing it as a kidnapping story rife with conspiracies and Lanthimos' trademark mind-bending absurdity, which is "intense," "funny," "disturbing," and "sad." However, he teased that, "Its ending will be one to talk about," adding to the curiosity about the movie's plot.

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Wait for Bugonia is almost over as the anticipation skyrockets to a new level following the awards buzz. 

Bugonia comes straight from the genius mind of director, writer, Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Oscar-winner Emma Stone as Michelle Fuller, a pharmaceutical CEO kidnapped by two nutcase conspiracy theorists who are convinced that she is an alien and have set a goal to find her spaceship. Cannes Best Actor prize winner Jesse Plemons plays one of the disgruntled conspiracists, Teddy, alongside his shy cousin Don (Aidan Delbis). The supporting cast includes Alicia Silverstone as Sandy, Teddy’s mother, and Stavros Halkias as Casey, a local police officer.  

A metaphor for the incessant misinformation and conspiracies that mark the hyper-digital age, its title is derived from an ancient and classic Greek belief in the birth of bees from cows' corpses. Releasing theatrically on October 24, 2025, Bugonia blends Lanthimos's signature absurdity with sociopolitical commentary, layered paranoia, and corporate brainrot threaded together in a dizzying comedic tension. From Josh Horowitz's endorsement of the movie, even going as far as speculating an Oscar call, to Emma Stone shaving her head, Bugonia is already backed with rave reviews, making it this fall's must-watch big screen phenomenon.

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