There is much to enjoy in Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, a favourite itself as awards season brews. Central to it is a fine performance by Olivia Colman, playing the unpredictable Stuart monarch. It would be tempting to call it towering, if Anne hadn’t been so notoriously short and stout. What makes The Favourite so truthful is how nuttily Anne behaves: she is thoroughly un-PC. August: Quentin Crisp as Elizabeth I in Orlando ALAMYSuffice to say that if, or when, Colman pursues a victorious march through awards season,…

Source: The Times December 30, 2018 00:45 UTC