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‘The Favourite’ and ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Shake Up the Historical Drama Formula
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‘The Favourite’ and ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Shake Up the Historical Drama Formula

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Christopher Campbell
Oct 16, 2018
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On paper, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Favourite sounds like the platonic ideal of an Oscar movie. It’s produced by Fox Searchlight, the company that’s home to four of the last 10 Best Picture winners. It’s a costume drama about dueling political rivals trying to one-up each other in the battle to win influence over the ailing Queen Anne. It stars two Academy …

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