VENICE: Poor Things, a gothic, sex-charged comedy directed by Greece’s Yorgos Lanthimos, won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo, the British-made film wowed festival-goers with its zany story of a woman reanimated after suicide by a mad doctor who replaces her brain with … Continue reading Venice Film Festival 2023: Feminist drama ‘Poor Things’ wins 80th edition’s Golden Lion