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Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Bugonia' opens in U.S. theaters

When: 31 Oct 2025
Sources: 1 public source

Yorgos Lanthimos, director of Bugonia Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Yorgos Lanthimos's dark comedy Bugonia opened nationwide in U.S. theaters. Jesse Plemons plays a conspiracy theorist who, with his cousin, kidnaps the CEO of his company (Emma Stone), convinced she is an alien out to destroy the planet. NPR called it timely in an age of misinformation.

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PressConspiracy theorists fuel 'Bugonia' climate horror (opens in a new tab)KPBS Public Media (NPR) / 2025-10-24

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