The Favourite (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) x VIFF 2018.
[The film] manages to be completely modern and contemporary while keeping its stylish anachronisms somehow obvious yet seamless. It’s endlessly entertaining in its opulence and deception of female power even in spite of their occasional powerlessness. [Emma] Stone, [Rachel] Weisz, and [Olivia] Colman are exceptionally portrayed despite their bot their character similarities and differences in how they express desire and lust.
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