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Director Jorgos Lanthamos has worked with Emma Stone on many projects, including

poor things, kinds of kindness, and the favorite.

Now they team up again in Bagonia.

And as you might expect, things get weird.

The film stars Stone as a high-powered CEO who's kidnapped by conspiracy theorists,

one of whom is played by Jesse Plemons. I'm Glenn Weldon. And I'm Stephen Thompson. Today we are

talking about Bagonia on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR. Joining us today is our co-host, Aisha Harris. Hey,

Aisha. Hey, Steven. Also with us is Philadelphia Inquirer, Arts, and

entertainment editor and film critic Bedotri D. Chaudhry. Hey, Bedatry. Hello. It is a pleasure to

have you all here. So, Jesse Plemons, stars in Bagonia as a strange loner named Teddy. We meet Teddy

and his cousin Don. He's played by Aidan Delbus.

They kidnap a pharmaceutical CEO named Michelle, who's played by Emma Stone.

Teddy believes some truly bizarre things, including that Michelle is a malevolent alien.

Where is my hair?

Your hair has been destroyed.

You shaved off my hair? Yes, we've shaved off your hair. Why have you shaved off my hair? To prevent you from contacting your ship. My ship? Your ship.

What ship? Your mother's ship? The conflict grows more and more complex and intense, and given that this is a Yorgos

Lantamos movie, it gets one, very dark, and two, very weird.

At no point does Teddy wear an actual tinfoil hat, but that would seem to be because he

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