THE LOBSTER (Yorgos Lanthimos 2015)

The Greek provocateur's cruelest conceptual satire yet, about how society forces people to live as couples. But does it? Don't people want to live as couples? What on earth is the point? This is satire without the kind of historical and political relevance Orwell, for example, achieves in 1984, and is more in the nature of an intellectual game. This time, Yanthimos made his first film in English (with some French) and with name non-Greek actors like Naomi Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Colin Farrell, Ben Whishaw, and John C. Reilly. And so, a wider audience is anticipated. For people who like puzzle-movies, this may be fun.