Black-hearted, spiteful, envious & dryly hilarious.

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2019)

Favourite makes the case that true (evil) geniuses don't wanna rule, they just wanna be near rulers. An absurdist comedy of errors disguised as historical costume drama, it captures the insidious intersection between sexual power & political power, a marriage that's been around as long as sex & politics. With whip-pans, makeup-covered filth, unkempt garishness, unnerving symmetry and a discordant score, Lanthimos sets it up like a Fruedian nightmare.