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Queen Anne Costume Drama ‘The Favourite’ Dazzles with Humor, Tragedy, Weirdness
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Queen Anne Costume Drama ‘The Favourite’ Dazzles with Humor, Tragedy, Weirdness

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J.R. Kinnard
/ 3 December 2018

Director Yorgos Lanthimos provides plenty of his trademark absurdity, but The Favourite is his most accessible, painfully human film to date.

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All the Better for All the Fassbending Going on: ‘X-Men: First Class’

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Evan Sawdey
/ 18 September 2011
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The Thinking Man’s Man-Candy: Nicholas Hoult on ‘A Single Man’

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Matt Mazur
/ 11 January 2010
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Skins: Vol. 1

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J.M. Suarez
/ 3 February 2009
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Wah-Wah (2005)

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Matt Mazur
/ 18 December 2006
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The Weather Man (2005)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 2 March 2006
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The Weather Man (2005)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 28 October 2005
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About A Boy (2002)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 15 May 2002

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