Plus 10 Movies To See During The Holidays

WHEN ONE HEARS THE TERM “PERIOD piece,” things like duck races and voguing don’t instantly spring to mind.

But that’s why, in part, Yorgos Lanthimos’ delightfully eccentric, coal-black comedy is so unique. “His imagination is radical, fierce, bold, intensely original,” says star Rachel Weisz of her director. “There’s no explosions or CGI or spaceships, but—as low-tech as it is—it’s high-, high-, high-caliber imagination.”