First-time Oscar nominee Olivia Colman just won big — and she looked shocked!
Colman, 45, took home the Best Actress statuette for her role in The Favourite at the 2019 Academy Awards on Sunday, where she gave a hilarious and emotional speech after her surprising win. The British actress played Queen Anne months before she’s set to take over as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s The Crown later this year.
“It’s genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I got an Oscar,” Colman said as she looked at her trophy. “I have to thank lots of people. Yorgos [Lanthimos], my best director...
Colman, 45, took home the Best Actress statuette for her role in The Favourite at the 2019 Academy Awards on Sunday, where she gave a hilarious and emotional speech after her surprising win. The British actress played Queen Anne months before she’s set to take over as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s The Crown later this year.
“It’s genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I got an Oscar,” Colman said as she looked at her trophy. “I have to thank lots of people. Yorgos [Lanthimos], my best director...
- 2/25/2019
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz in the film The Favourite. Photo by Atsushi Nishijima. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone face off as rivals for the queen’s favor, in the hilarious dark historic comedy The Favourite. This satiric romp mixes bedroom farce, biting satiric wit and history with a touch of the tragic for a very entertaining excursion into rapier wit. Of the two historical films released this week, this is the fun one, while the other is drama. Still, this fact-based story has its serious and tragic undertones. Set in early 18th century Britain in the reign of Queen Anne, The Favourite is a wild ride, a battle of wits and ambition at court mixing history and comedy in a way that brings to mind Jane Austen crossed with Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon with a dash of Moliere.
Watching these...
Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone face off as rivals for the queen’s favor, in the hilarious dark historic comedy The Favourite. This satiric romp mixes bedroom farce, biting satiric wit and history with a touch of the tragic for a very entertaining excursion into rapier wit. Of the two historical films released this week, this is the fun one, while the other is drama. Still, this fact-based story has its serious and tragic undertones. Set in early 18th century Britain in the reign of Queen Anne, The Favourite is a wild ride, a battle of wits and ambition at court mixing history and comedy in a way that brings to mind Jane Austen crossed with Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon with a dash of Moliere.
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- 12/14/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dec 12, 2018
Hallmark Christmas Movies, The Favourite, SpaceX, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
SpaceX is making steps in its quest to reuse rockets.
"SpaceX’s quest to reuse rockets took another step forward Tuesday. In a Twitter response to a fan question, CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company is likely to be able to re-use the fairing protective shield after it’s landed in the ocean. The prospect is a big step forward for the company’s recovery technology, paving the way for future missions to Mars and beyond."
Read more at Inverse.
How does The Favourite tackle Lgbt issues?
"Last night, I treated myself to the historical dramedy The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay written by historian Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. It was delightful; the only thing I would have wished it had done differently was to have the same diversity that Mary...
Hallmark Christmas Movies, The Favourite, SpaceX, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
SpaceX is making steps in its quest to reuse rockets.
"SpaceX’s quest to reuse rockets took another step forward Tuesday. In a Twitter response to a fan question, CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company is likely to be able to re-use the fairing protective shield after it’s landed in the ocean. The prospect is a big step forward for the company’s recovery technology, paving the way for future missions to Mars and beyond."
Read more at Inverse.
How does The Favourite tackle Lgbt issues?
"Last night, I treated myself to the historical dramedy The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay written by historian Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. It was delightful; the only thing I would have wished it had done differently was to have the same diversity that Mary...
- 12/12/2018
- Den of Geek
The Favourite is Yorgos Lanthimos' best English film, and a barbed period piece with winning performances from Emma Stone and Olivia Colman.
As a storyteller, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos can be an acquired taste. Often preferring a sharp and sardonic eye, his first two English language films divided audiences more starkly than they did critics, with The Lobster being an especially cynical parable about the social pressures placed on coupling, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer updating the tragedy of Iphigenia in Aulis to American suburbia. So by virtue of being a period piece, The Favourite is automatically his most accessible (and commercial) English work to date. It also happens to be his very best, utilizing a familiar template that complements his sensibilities, as opposed to contrasts them, and thereby creates a portrait of 18th century England so dry in wit that its canvas appears built of sandpaper.
As a storyteller, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos can be an acquired taste. Often preferring a sharp and sardonic eye, his first two English language films divided audiences more starkly than they did critics, with The Lobster being an especially cynical parable about the social pressures placed on coupling, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer updating the tragedy of Iphigenia in Aulis to American suburbia. So by virtue of being a period piece, The Favourite is automatically his most accessible (and commercial) English work to date. It also happens to be his very best, utilizing a familiar template that complements his sensibilities, as opposed to contrasts them, and thereby creates a portrait of 18th century England so dry in wit that its canvas appears built of sandpaper.
- 9/28/2018
- Den of Geek
Yorgos Lanthimos, whose latest film, “The Favourite,” is world premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, spoke in favor of the #MeToo movement and noted that his new costume drama focuses “on three female characters and portrays them as human beings.”
“Most times, women are seen through the male gaze, so they are often shown as housewives, girlfriends or objects of desire,” Lanthimos said at the news conference in Venice for “The Favourite,” flanked by two of the three lead actresses, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman. Although the film was conceived many years before #MeToo burst on the scene, “our contribution is to show women as complex, wonderful…human beings.”
Colman, who is currently playing Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix’s hit drama “The Queen,” portrays Queen Anne in “The Favourite.” Although she spoke little about the role, she said twice how much she...
“Most times, women are seen through the male gaze, so they are often shown as housewives, girlfriends or objects of desire,” Lanthimos said at the news conference in Venice for “The Favourite,” flanked by two of the three lead actresses, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman. Although the film was conceived many years before #MeToo burst on the scene, “our contribution is to show women as complex, wonderful…human beings.”
Colman, who is currently playing Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix’s hit drama “The Queen,” portrays Queen Anne in “The Favourite.” Although she spoke little about the role, she said twice how much she...
- 8/30/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has unveiled all 30 films premiering as part of the Main Slate of the 56th New York Film Festival, which kicks off September 28 and runs through October 14. Following the announcements of Opening Night being Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma as Centerpiece, and Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate closing the festival, this year’s slate also includes new films from Claire Denis, Barry Jenkins, Alex Ross Perry, the Coens, Lee Chang-dong, Jean-Luc Godard, Olivier Assayas, Bi Gan, Christian Petzold, Tamara Jenkins, Paul Dano, plus a pair of Hong Sangsoo features, and much more.
“Francis Ford Coppola said that the cinema would become a real art form only when the tools of moviemaking became as inexpensive as paints, brushes, and canvases. That has come to pass, but at the same time it’s become increasingly tough to do serious work that...
“Francis Ford Coppola said that the cinema would become a real art form only when the tools of moviemaking became as inexpensive as paints, brushes, and canvases. That has come to pass, but at the same time it’s become increasingly tough to do serious work that...
- 8/7/2018
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
I think I spoke it into existence! After mentioning yesterday how it was unique that the New York Film Festival had kicked off with a Centerpiece Selection announcement, the powers that be came right back with something yes. Yes, yesterday afternoon, the next shot across the bow was fired when Nyff went and announced that Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite would be its Opening Night Selection for 2018. This high profile spot announces the newest Lanthimos movie as perhaps his most overt Academy Award contender yet. The slot rarely goes to something that isn’t at least potentially a player. So, if you’re a fan of his, this is incredibly exciting news to take in. The film is a period piece comedy, as presumably only Lanthimos could tell. The Nyff Press Release states the following: “In Yorgos Lanthimos’s wildly intricate and very darkly funny new film, Sarah Churchill, the Duchess...
- 7/24/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Emma Stone as Abigail Hill in The Favourite Photo: Yorgos Lanthimos
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced on Monday that Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite - co-written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, starring Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, and Emma Stone - is the Opening Night Gala selection of the New York Film Festival. The Favourite, shot by cinematographer Robbie Ryan (Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) and Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake) has costumes designed by Sandy Powell.
The Festival Director and Selection Committee Chair is Kent Jones. Dennis Lim, Fslc Director of Programming and Florence Almozini, Fslc Associate Director of Programming join Kent as the selection committee members.
Kent Jones: “The Favourite is a lot of things at once, each of them perfectly meshed: a historical epic; a visual feast; a wild, wild ride; a formidable display of the...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced on Monday that Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite - co-written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, starring Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, and Emma Stone - is the Opening Night Gala selection of the New York Film Festival. The Favourite, shot by cinematographer Robbie Ryan (Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) and Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake) has costumes designed by Sandy Powell.
The Festival Director and Selection Committee Chair is Kent Jones. Dennis Lim, Fslc Director of Programming and Florence Almozini, Fslc Associate Director of Programming join Kent as the selection committee members.
Kent Jones: “The Favourite is a lot of things at once, each of them perfectly meshed: a historical epic; a visual feast; a wild, wild ride; a formidable display of the...
- 7/23/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Follow-up to The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is ‘a wild, wild ride’.
Fox Searchlight’s lead awards hopeful and dark period comedy The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone will open the 56th New York Film Festival (Nyff) on September 28.
The film, tipped to premiere in Venice and play Telluride, is Lanthimos’s follow-up to the thriller The Killing Of A Sacred Deer that premiered in Cannes 2017.
The Favorite centres on a fight to the death for the body of Queen Anne (Colman) between the Duchess of Marlborough (Weisz) and her servant Abigail Hill...
Fox Searchlight’s lead awards hopeful and dark period comedy The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone will open the 56th New York Film Festival (Nyff) on September 28.
The film, tipped to premiere in Venice and play Telluride, is Lanthimos’s follow-up to the thriller The Killing Of A Sacred Deer that premiered in Cannes 2017.
The Favorite centres on a fight to the death for the body of Queen Anne (Colman) between the Duchess of Marlborough (Weisz) and her servant Abigail Hill...
- 7/23/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The 2018 New York Film Festival has announced it will open with Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” starring Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, and Olivia Colman. Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the historical drama will kick off the 56th edition of the festival at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Friday, September 28.
“The Favourite” marks Lanthimos’ return to Nyff following “The Lobster” in 2015. The director’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” played Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival last year. His latest stars Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough and Emma Stone as servant Abigail Hill, two women who engage in a sexually-charged fight to the death for the position of Queen Anne’s advisor during the War of the Spanish Succession. Colman plays the royal queen after working with Lanthimos on “The Lobster.”
Read More: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Selected as 2018 Nyff Centerpiece Screening,...
“The Favourite” marks Lanthimos’ return to Nyff following “The Lobster” in 2015. The director’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” played Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival last year. His latest stars Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough and Emma Stone as servant Abigail Hill, two women who engage in a sexually-charged fight to the death for the position of Queen Anne’s advisor during the War of the Spanish Succession. Colman plays the royal queen after working with Lanthimos on “The Lobster.”
Read More: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Selected as 2018 Nyff Centerpiece Screening,...
- 7/23/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has set the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed The Favourite as the Opening Night selection for the 56th New York Film Festival. Deadline revealed last week that the film will make its world premiere at Venice, so this will be its New York premiere. That indicates it likely gets a showing at Telluride before the Nyff gala at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, September 28, 2018. Fox Searchlight Pictures releases it November 23. This becomes the second pic announced by Nyff, which recently set Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma to be the centerpiece selection. That film also will have its world premiere in Venice.
In The Favourite, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz) and her servant Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) engage in a sexually charged fight to the death for the body and soul of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) at the height of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Said...
In The Favourite, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz) and her servant Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) engage in a sexually charged fight to the death for the body and soul of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) at the height of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Said...
- 7/23/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” a historical drama set during the reign of Queen Anne, will kick off the 56th New York Film Festival. The Fox Searchlight title will make its New York debut (careful wording that suggests the film will premiere at another North American festival such as Telluride.) It is already expected to screen in Venice.
“The Favourite” follows the court wranglings of Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz) and her servant Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) as they jockey for position with Queen Anne (Olivia Colman). Lanthimos has an off-beat kind of humor and an avant-garde edge, previously highlighted in films such as “The Lobster” and “Killing of a Sacred Deer.” “The Favourite” is unlikely to be a typically staid costume drama.
“’The Favourite’ is a lot of things at once, each of them perfectly meshed: a historical epic; a visual feast; a wild, wild ride; a...
“The Favourite” follows the court wranglings of Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz) and her servant Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) as they jockey for position with Queen Anne (Olivia Colman). Lanthimos has an off-beat kind of humor and an avant-garde edge, previously highlighted in films such as “The Lobster” and “Killing of a Sacred Deer.” “The Favourite” is unlikely to be a typically staid costume drama.
“’The Favourite’ is a lot of things at once, each of them perfectly meshed: a historical epic; a visual feast; a wild, wild ride; a...
- 7/23/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Yorgos Lanthimos’ costume drama The Favourite will raise the curtain as the opening night film at the 56th New York Film Festival on Sept. 28, it was announced Monday by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
The new film from the director of The Lobster (which played the 2015 edition of the festival) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer is set in 18th century England and stars Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Emma Stone as her servant, Abigail Hill, as they vie for the attentions of Olivia Colman’s Queen Anne at the height of ...
The new film from the director of The Lobster (which played the 2015 edition of the festival) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer is set in 18th century England and stars Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Emma Stone as her servant, Abigail Hill, as they vie for the attentions of Olivia Colman’s Queen Anne at the height of ...
- 7/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yorgos Lanthimos’ costume drama The Favourite will raise the curtain as the opening night film at the 56th New York Film Festival on Sept. 28, it was announced Monday by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
The new film from the director of The Lobster (which played the 2015 edition of the festival) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer is set in 18th century England and stars Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Emma Stone as her servant, Abigail Hill, as they vie for the attentions of Olivia Colman’s Queen Anne at the height of ...
The new film from the director of The Lobster (which played the 2015 edition of the festival) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer is set in 18th century England and stars Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Emma Stone as her servant, Abigail Hill, as they vie for the attentions of Olivia Colman’s Queen Anne at the height of ...
- 7/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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