Why Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos’s bizarre feminist masterpiece, should win the Oscar for Best Picture

For giant sleeves alone, Poor Things deserves to win an Oscar this weekend. In lieu of a Best Sleeves category, I will settle instead for it winning Best Picture.

I’m not even being facetious. Those sleeves, part of the most decadent costume designs from Holly Waddington – and to devastating effect – shifted the trajectory of my entire wardrobe within the 141-minute runtime of this-esque fable. They cast a spell that has yet to lift; every week or so, I go back onto Vinted,