We here at Den of Geek love Yorgos Lanthimos. We’ve praised the unique use of language in his breakout Dogtooth . We gave four and a half stars to his period piece The Favourite . Heck, even our two-star review of Kinds of Kindness showed respect for making something so off-putting. But there’s no question that Yorgos Lanthimos can be a lot, and after making Poor Things , Kinds of Kindness , and now Bugonia in the span of two years, even he’s burned out.

When asked by Collider about his breakneck output, the Greek filmmaker admitted that he “can’t keep doing that anymore,” and called his current pace “a big mistake.” He continued, laying out his plan for the foreseeable future.

“I’m going to take a little break,” he revealed. “I decide which film to make every

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