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    <em>The Killing of a Sacred Deer</em> Is a Dark Twist on a Greek Myth

    Yorgos Lanthimos, the director of <em>The Lobster</em>, reunites with Colin Farrell for an even stranger tale.
    by David Sims Oct 27, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: A24

    The first scene that greets the viewer in is gruesomely clinical—a top-down view of open-heart surgery, presented in matter-of-fact fashion, set to mournful music by Schubert. It’s an unpleasant image that’s both frightening and fragile, and impossible to look away from. How better to describe the work of the Greek writer and director Yorgos Lanthimos, whose particular storytelling style, exemplified by cult hits like 2009’s and 2015’s , feels like a whole genre unto itself? Lanthimos’s

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