The Favourite (Original title)Balance of Power (Working title)The Favorite (Help search title)
Dates: 2018 (Copyright), 23 November 2018 (Release)Countries: USA, United Kingdom, IrelandDirector: Yorgos Lanthimos
Synopsis: In the early 18th century during the War of the Spanish Succession, Queen Anne’s poor health finds her relying on her doting but ruthless friend Lady Sarah Churchill. When Sarah’s cousin Abigail Masham arrives at the Palace as a maid, her charm soon wins the Queen’s attentions and Abigial sees a way to restore her social status after her father’s gambling debts reduced her family to poor circumstances. The two women soon become rivals for the Queen’s affections and a power struggle develops between them against a backdrop of political conflict between Whigs and Tories.
Genres: Historical drama, Biopic
Subjects: Anne (1665-1714), Royal courts, Ambition, Rivalry, Power, Social status, Politics
Releases
Date: 23 November 2018Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 120 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 01 January 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins 20 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Title: Cinematic theatricality, queer anachronism and The FavouriteAuthor: Ryzhenko, IliaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Considers how theatricality is used in Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘The Favourite’ (2018). Suggests that the film’s anachronistic elements and exaggerated theatricality serve not only to acknowledge the misogyny and homophobia of the time but also to focus on the present of the audience and its own injustices.
Author: WHITE, John Pages: viii, 253 pages
Title: cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos: films, form, philosophy
Author: Falvey, Eddie Pages: xi, 286 pages
Title: Favourite: final shooting script - 23rd March 2017
Author: Davis, Deborah Pages: 102 pages
Dates: 2018 (Copyright), 23 November 2018 (Release)Countries: USA, United Kingdom, IrelandDirector: Yorgos Lanthimos
Synopsis: In the early 18th century during the War of the Spanish Succession, Queen Anne’s poor health finds her relying on her doting but ruthless friend Lady Sarah Churchill. When Sarah’s cousin Abigail Masham arrives at the Palace as a maid, her charm soon wins the Queen’s attentions and Abigial sees a way to restore her social status after her father’s gambling debts reduced her family to poor circumstances. The two women soon become rivals for the Queen’s affections and a power struggle develops between them against a backdrop of political conflict between Whigs and Tories.
Genres: Historical drama, Biopic
Subjects: Anne (1665-1714), Royal courts, Ambition, Rivalry, Power, Social status, Politics
Releases
Date: 23 November 2018Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 120 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 01 January 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins 20 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Screen v63 n3 Autumn 2022 Pages: 346-366Title: Cinematic theatricality, queer anachronism and The FavouriteAuthor: Ryzhenko, IliaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Considers how theatricality is used in Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘The Favourite’ (2018). Suggests that the film’s anachronistic elements and exaggerated theatricality serve not only to acknowledge the misogyny and homophobia of the time but also to focus on the present of the audience and its own injustices.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: British cinema and a divided nationAuthor: WHITE, John Pages: viii, 253 pages
Title: cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos: films, form, philosophy
Author: Falvey, Eddie Pages: xi, 286 pages
Title: Favourite: final shooting script - 23rd March 2017
Author: Davis, Deborah Pages: 102 pages