I shall sing these songs beautifully by Yorgos Lanthimos

Copies will be shipped late Octobre

What happens when the quest for control unravels into chaos, and how do we confront the unsettling truths that emerge from it?

Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Kinds of Kindness, marks a return to the brutal absurdism that first defined his work with Dogtooth. The triptych of stories, starring familiar collaborators like Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe alongside new faces like Jesse Plemons, delves into themes of control, cruelty, and human selfishness. In each segment, Plemons portrays different men struggling against forces beyond their control, with Lanthimos using these characters to explore the unsettling dynamics of power and subjugation. The film’s punishing length and stark tone harken back to Lanthimos’ earlier works, trading the eccentric Poor Things for something darker and more relentless.

Alongside Kinds of Kindness, Lanthimos has expanded his visual storytelling into photography with I Shall Sing These Songs Beautifully, a collection of analogue images captured on the film’s set. These photographs, imbued with the same eerie tension that defines his films, evoke a world suspended between reality and the surreal. By shooting on analogue film, Lanthimos maintains a creative intimacy that mirrors his meticulous cinematic compositions, allowing the still images to tell a fragmented story that feels as unsettling as his films.

Both the film and the photographs share a common thematic core—an exploration of the absurdity of human nature and the futility of control. While Kinds of Kindness batters the viewer with nearly three hours of cruelty and chaos, the still photographs offer a quieter, yet equally haunting reflection of these themes. Together, they reinforce Lanthimos’ unique ability to weave discomfort into beauty, making us confront the darker truths of human existence through both moving and still images.