‘Poor Things’
Poor Things—which is now available on digital platforms and will be streaming on Hulu on March 7—is simultaneously the weirdest and most wonderful piece of media I had the pleasure of viewing in 2023. Yes, Emma Stone recently won an Oscar in 2018, but she deserves another one for her portrayal of a formerly dead woman resurrected by a macabre scientist (Willem Dafoe), who puts the brain of an infant baby in her head. Only filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos could turn this absurd, upsetting concept into a sweet, darkly innocent coming-of-age story. Lavish costumes and surreal sets fill out the world. Mark Ruffalo hasn’t been this hot since 13 Going on 30. But above all, Stone owns the screen in this unconventional portrayal of a woman who refuses to be contained.