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1. www.nytimes.com › movies › the-favourite-review‘The Favourite’ Review: Scheming for ... - The New York Times

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   Nov 21, 2018 · Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film, starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, turns 18th-century royal intrigue into sublime and ridiculous comedy.

   • Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

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2. www.nytimes.com › interactive › 2021/12/28Readers Pick the Best Book of the Past 125 Years - The New ...

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   Dec 28, 2021 · Thousands of you voted, and chose a clear favorite: “To Kill a Mockingbird.” But the winner is only part of the story.

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   • The Favourite is a wicked delight, a fantastic little cupcake of a movie laced with thistle frosting. This period drama or comedy, depending on your mood, is sort-of based on fact, gorgeous to look at, and features a trio of marvelous performances, from Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and English actress Olivia Colman.

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   Is 'the favourite' a story?

   • They are a memorial. “The Favourite” is a tale of usurpation. Anne’s father, King James II, was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, but the film is concerned less with the grand cycle of monarchical succession than with who gets to rub the monarch’s limbs.

   “The Favourite” and “Shoplifters,” Reviewed | The New Yorker

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   • If you’re into treachery, manipulative erotic escapades, and flamboyant early-18th-century fit-and-flare shooting outfits for ladies (courtesy of costume goddess Sandy Powell), The Favourite is the movie for you.

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   Is 'the favourite' a cynical comedy?

   • That morsel of historical arcana is the basis of “The Favourite,” a wildly entertaining, bracingly cynical comedy of royal manners directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Rachel Weisz, left, and Olivia Colman in “The Favourite,” a wildly entertaining comedy of royal manners directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Atsushi Nishijima/20th Century Fox

   ‘The Favourite’ Review: Scheming for Power in a Kinky Palace Triangle

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4. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2018/11/26“The Favourite” and “Shoplifters,” Reviewed | The New Yorker

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   Nov 19, 2018 · Anthony Lane reviews Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Favourite,” starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone, and “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s tale of poverty and family in Japan.

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   The Favourite is operating on two levels, the political and the personal. Ideologically, Rachel is manipulating the queen into furthering the war with France, in opposition to members of Parliament who desire peace.

6. www.slashfilm.com › 561327 › the-favourite-review-nyff'The Favourite' Is A Sublime Send-Up Of Royal Power Games ...

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   Sep 29, 2018 · From the New York Festival, our The Favourite review couldn't be more complimentary of the latest film from director Yorgos Lanthimos.

   • Author: Marshall Shaffer

7. www.nytimes.com › 2021/11/30 › booksThe Best Books of 2021 - The New York Times

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   Nov 30, 2021 · Editors at The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year.

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   Aug 30, 2018 · The Favourite is sort-of based on fact, gorgeous to look at, and features marvelous performances from Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman. The humor is sharp and dry and sometimes bawdy...