Spencer director Pablo Larraín: ‘Princess Diana was like a Greek tragic character’
3 years, 1 month ago

Spencer director Pablo Larraín: ‘Princess Diana was like a Greek tragic character’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “But I don’t think I’m an outsider to Diana.” The Chilean filmmaker is making his case for why he wanted to make a film about the Princess of Wales, the forthcoming biopic Spencer. “It’s the story of the broken princess,” says Larraín, sipping tea while sitting across a small table in a Soho hotel suite. “I’m just trying to chase something that feels real.” He continues: “I think the movie does a proper depiction of Diana’s internal distress. Recalling their time on set, Larraín says he didn’t end up directing Stewart in the “regular, conventional way”.

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Pablo Larraín’s ‘Spencer’ gives Princess Diana an ‘elegant prison’
2 years, 10 months ago

Pablo Larraín’s ‘Spencer’ gives Princess Diana an ‘elegant prison’

LA Times  

Director Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer,” about Princess Diana, is meant “to find certain elements of humanity that we can all relate to,” he says. For critics of the British monarchy, “Spencer,” a speculative account of three days that Princess Diana spends with her icily aristocratic in-laws in 1991, has it all: tired rituals, laceratingly disapproving glances and eavesdroppers everywhere. But its …

Spencer is the latest look at Princess Diana's life. How did the people's princess become a 2022 obsession?
2 years, 11 months ago

Spencer is the latest look at Princess Diana's life. How did the people's princess become a 2022 obsession?

ABC  

It's 2022 and … Princess Diana is everywhere? I feel like this must give you a unique insight into what it is about Diana and her story that's gripped people across generations though. Yaz: I think people find strength in Diana's vulnerability when looking at her story with 2022 eyes, especially off the back of how Meghan Markle has been …

‘Spencer’ star Kristen Stewart is done hiding her life
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Spencer’ star Kristen Stewart is done hiding her life

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Kristen Stewart has been talking about playing Princess Diana in the new film “Spencer” almost daily for over two months. “Imagine at 19 years old like you’re already getting married and having a baby and being asked to fulfill a fantasy that everyone wants to be real, but you can see very clearly, is not real,” Stewart …

Why are we endlessly fascinated with Princess Di? Here’s what ‘Spencer’ gets right and wrong
3 years, 1 month ago

Why are we endlessly fascinated with Princess Di? Here’s what ‘Spencer’ gets right and wrong

LA Times  

More than 23 years after her death, Princess Diana is newly ubiquitous in pop culture. Now we’ve got “Spencer,” a biopic following the former Lady Diana Spencer as she unravels over the course of a particularly miserable Christmas holiday at Sandringham, the queen’s Norfolk estate, in 1991. “Spencer” is a surreal, psychologically astute portrait that offers remarkable insight into Diana’s …

Spencer the film review: Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart is bound to infuriate traditionalists
3 years, 1 month ago

Spencer the film review: Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart is bound to infuriate traditionalists

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Don’t expect real-life royal soap opera in Spencer, the new film …

How much of Spencer is based on a true story?
3 years, 1 month ago

How much of Spencer is based on a true story?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last month, a number of Diana’s friends told The …

Princess Diana Gets An Abstract And Arty Ghost Story In 'Spencer'
3 years, 1 month ago

Princess Diana Gets An Abstract And Arty Ghost Story In 'Spencer'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The casting, with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, is brilliant, and the ending, in a top-down convertible, is sublime. “Spencer,” which opens in theaters Friday, is more like a ghost story — a dreamy, luxe version of “The Shining,” with the Overlook Hotel swapped for the Queen’s Sandringham Estate, where Princess Diana mostly wanders in isolation and …

Review: Princess Diana gets an abstract and arty ghost story
3 years, 1 month ago

Review: Princess Diana gets an abstract and arty ghost story

Associated Press  

The casting, with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, is brilliant, and the ending, in a top-down convertible, is sublime. It wasn’t so long ago that the Chilean director Larraín crafted another meditation of mythmaking in the similarly conceptual, “Jackie.” It, too, was a elegantly stylish movie with a captivating leading performance in Natalie Portman as Jaqueline Kennedy and a piercing, …

Spencer: Princess Diana’s friends says she would be ‘horrified’ by biopic
3 years, 1 month ago

Spencer: Princess Diana’s friends says she would be ‘horrified’ by biopic

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A number of Princess Diana’s friends recently said that the late …

Telluride: ‘Spencer’ showcases Kristen Stewart; Peter Dinklage shines in ‘Cyrano’
3 years, 3 months ago

Telluride: ‘Spencer’ showcases Kristen Stewart; Peter Dinklage shines in ‘Cyrano’

LA Times  

Ah, what a joy to be back in packed theaters again, seated in the dark with strangers and collectively transfixed by the power of the moving image. Halfway through Saturday’s North American premiere of “Spencer,” the mesmerizing new drama starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, I was tempted to ask the fool in front of me to pull his mask …

Diana biopic Spencer wobbles between the bold and the bad
3 years, 3 months ago

Diana biopic Spencer wobbles between the bold and the bad

BBC  

Diana biopic Spencer wobbles between the bold and the bad Neon Pablo Larraín's film about Princess Diana seems "listless and purposeless", but Kristen Stewart is "inspired casting", writes Nicholas Barber. You may feel that you've had enough of Princess Diana's story on the big and small screens, what with Naomi Watts taking the role in Oliver Hirschbiegel's awful Diana in …

Here's First Look of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana from 'Spencer'
3 years, 10 months ago

Here's First Look of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana from 'Spencer'

News 18  

More than two decades after her death, Princess Diana continues to exist in the minds of people. After we saw Emma Corrin play the role of Lady Di in the Netflix series The Crown, Kristen Stewart is now portraying the Princess in director Pablo Larraín’s Spencer. In the first look of the character, Kristen has perfectly nailed the resemblance to …

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