Review Round Up: The Favourite

Olivia Coleman stars as Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos’s period  drama. Find out what the critics had to say about it…. The Observer: **** “Yorgos Lanthimos’s tragicomedy set in the court of Queen Anne boasts daring performances from its three female stars and lashings of lust, intrigue and deceit” The Irish Times: ***** “It shouldn’t need to be said that the film-makers have prodded the historical facts to their own mischievous ends. Anybody complaining… Read More

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Review Round Up: My Cousin Rachel

Rachel Weisz stars in Roger Michell’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel. But what have critics been saying about the film adaptation?  The Guardian: **** “Weisz is a great villainess, a character who uses the promise of sex and the actual activity of sex for her own ends and yet keeps alive the possibility that… Read More