Yorgos Lanthimos

Dogtooth and All

Some directors build worlds.

Yorgos Lanthimos builds ecosystems — strange, unsettling, and strangely familiar. His films feel like walking into a room where everything looks normal at first glance… until you realise nothing is quite where it should be. Power dynamics twist. Language bends. Human behaviour is peeled back to its rawest layer. And somehow, amidst the discomfort, you find humour, tenderness, and an unfiltered look at what makes us human.

From the claustrophobic family universe of Dogtooth, to the sharp absurdism of The Lobster, to the baroque, delicious chaos of The Favourite, Lanthimos makes cinema that sits with you long after the credits, like a thought you can’t shake.

And that’s exactly why we’re opening our January Film Club with him.

Why Lanthimos, Why Now?

There’s something about starting a new year with a filmmaker who challenges how we see the world. Lanthimos pushes us to question structure, identity, relationships, and the stories we’ve quietly accepted about ourselves.
He doesn’t offer comfort — but he does offer clarity.
And honestly, we love a film that makes us think and makes us laugh.

For this month, we’ll be focusing on Dogtooth — a film that ignited his name internationally and showed the world just how far he was willing to go in questioning the rules we live by.

It’s bizarre. It’s brilliant.

And it will make for a very, very good conversation.

Can’t wait to 20th. 🤍