British Comedy Guide

Yorgos Lanthimos

  • 51 years old
  • From Greece
  • Writer, director and producer

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The Favourite dominates European Film Awards: wins 8

Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite was the big winner at the European Film Awards on Saturday (December 7), winning eight prizes include best film, best director, best actress for Olivia Colman and best comedy.

Martin Blaney, Screen Daily, 7th December 2019

Why The Favourite should win the best picture Oscar

Yorgos Lanthimos upends expectations of a polite period drama with a wild, raucous, dark comedy filled with perversity, pettiness and pet rabbits.

Benjamin Lee, The Guardian, 15th February 2019

Emma Stone 'begged' Lanthimos for role in The Favourite

Emma Stone revealed that Yorgos Lanthimos "never considered" meeting an American actress for a role in The Favourite but she "begged" him for a part.

Female First, 4th February 2019

Manga creator draws The Favourite film art

Manga creator Mitsukazu Mihara drew an art piece inspired by the Oscar-nominated film The Favourite.

Lynzee Loveridge, Anime News Network, 4th February 2019

Oscars 2019: The Favourite co-leads nominations

Olivia Colman's royal romp The Favourite and Netflix's black-and-white epic Roma lead this year's Oscar race, with 10 nominations each.

BBC, 22nd January 2019

Stan & Ollie and The Favourite performing at box office

Steve Coogan, John C Reilly and happy audiences propel biopic to top of the rankings as The Favourite also comes up smiling after two weekends in cinemas

Charles Gant, The Guardian, 15th January 2019

What people are saying about The Favourite

Thanks to Olivia Colman's Golden Globes win on Sunday and its domination of the BAFTA nominations on Wednesday, The Favourite is rapidly becoming one of awards season's most talked-about movies. This is definitely A Good Thing. After all, how many high-profile films give intriguing, three-dimensional roles to three fantastic actresses?

Nick Levine, Refinery 29, 12th January 2019

Review: The Favourite

Eddie Kaziro reviews the highly anticipated period-parody.

Eddie Kaziro, Nouse, 7th January 2019

Review: The Favourite

With a running time of just under two hours, The Favourite positively gallops along, making me laugh out loud and, occasionally, gasp in surprise. It would be very hard to think of a more enjoyable way to begin a new year's viewing.

Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 2nd January 2019

The Favourite is a vicious, rollicking period comedy

Colman's Queen Anne is sweet and giddy and transparently bonkers.

Ryan Gilbey, The New Statesman, 2nd January 2019

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