Poor Things

Emma Stone's Bella Baxter is one of cinema's great performances — physically committed, intellectually voracious, and genuinely transformative. Her second Oscar.

Mark Ruffalo's frustrated, hedonistic Duncan is a masterclass in comic emasculation — undone by a woman who refuses to be controlled.

Willem Dafoe's tender, grotesque Dr. Baxter is the moral paradox at the film's center — a creator who gives life but must ultimately let his creation go.

Yorgos Lanthimos won the Academy Award for Best Director for Poor Things — the most fully realized expression of his cinematic vision.

Jerskin Fendrix's unsettling, anachronistic score is the sonic architecture of Bella's fractured, growing consciousness.

Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney of Element Pictures produced Poor Things — continuing their award-winning partnership with Lanthimos.

Searchlight Pictures distributed Poor Things globally — the specialty film label's biggest awards success since Nomadland.