The Favourite

Queen Anne is unwell, the court is at war with itself, and two women are competing for the room next to hers. Lanthimos shoots the palace with a wide lens so the corridors look like a trap. Olivia Colman plays Anne as funny and then suddenly not. Emma Stone’s Abigail arrives as a servant with a plan. Rachel Weisz’s Sarah already has the plan and the key. The Searchlight trailer is the duck race and the mud. The film is the last look Anne gives the winner.