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 about Princess Diana that premiered amid huge fanfare at the Venice Film Festival back in September. “There’s no hope for me, not with them,” Diana sighs mournfully as she realises how indifferent the royal household is to her plight and how close her marriage is to collapse. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free The “other” woman in Diana’s overcrowded marriage isn’t even mentioned by name. The film has dream sequences in which Anne Boleyn springs back to life, and interludes in which Diana looks and behaves like a tragic heroine in a Christmas ballet or a Jean Cocteau fairytale.

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The many portrayals of Diana, Princess of Wales
2 years, 3 months ago

The many portrayals of Diana, Princess of Wales

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. open image in gallery Emma Corrin as Princess Diana …

Why Kristen Stewart was 'Spencer' director's Princess Diana
2 years, 10 months ago

Why Kristen Stewart was 'Spencer' director's Princess Diana

LA Times  

Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: Director Pablo Larraín details the historical truths in his Princess Diana fable, explains the film’s handling of sensitive elements — such as Diana’s eating disorder and relationship with her sons — and shares the moment on set when Kristen Stewart “lost it” in a good way. Olsen: Today’s guest is Chilean director Pablo …

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 …

In Spencer, Kristen Stewart shines as Princess Diana in the midst of the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles
2 years, 11 months ago

In Spencer, Kristen Stewart shines as Princess Diana in the midst of the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles

ABC  

From scowling her way through the rise of proto-riot grrrl Joan Jett to trying on politically radical film star Jean Seberg, Kristen Stewart has been making a habit of reanimating pop culture iconoclasts by refracting them through her own twitchy, mutable diffidence. It's a performance mode that she adapts to her latest rebel girl, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, …

Kristen Stewart, 31, shares she knew at age NINE she wanted to be an actress
2 years, 11 months ago

Kristen Stewart, 31, shares she knew at age NINE she wanted to be an actress

Daily Mail  

Kristen Stewart has been honored for her role as Princess Diana in the 2021 film Spencer. W Magazine featured the 31-year-old actress on the first cover of the new year, which highlights the best performances of 2021 Kristen as Princess Diana: Kristen landed her first ever Golden Globe nomination in December for her role as Princess Diana in the movie …

‘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 …

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 …

Another day, another Diana but sorry, Kristen, I just don't buy this: BRIAN VINER reviews Spencer
3 years, 1 month ago

Another day, another Diana but sorry, Kristen, I just don't buy this: BRIAN VINER reviews Spencer

Daily Mail  

Spencer Rating: Verdict: A screech of republicanism Eternals Verdict: Seems to last for ever Rating: The captivating Netflix series The Crown has set a high bar for all screen dramatisations of the royal soap opera, a bar that Spencer regrettably fails to reach. In truth, Kristen Stewart does a fine job, nailing the breathy voice and Sloaney accent Kristen Stewart …

Pieces of a princess: Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín break down three key ‘Spencer’ scenes
3 years, 1 month ago

Pieces of a princess: Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín break down three key ‘Spencer’ scenes

LA Times  

Sometimes at the end of a day shooting “Spencer,” Kristen Stewart felt wrung out and absolutely exhausted. It didn’t matter how Stewart was feeling, though, because at the end of nearly every one of the 37 days she spent shooting “Spencer,” director Pablo Larraín had a final task for her to do before she left the set. “You put these …

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 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 …

Spencer and the ever-transfixing mystery of Princess Diana
3 years, 1 month ago

Spencer and the ever-transfixing mystery of Princess Diana

BBC  

Spencer and the ever-transfixing mystery of Princess Diana Neon Pictures With the acclaimed new film starring Kristen Stewart, as well as a much-mocked Netflix musical, depictions of the late Princess of Wales' life keep on coming. "It's wholly untrue " Lodge says, "but it plays neatly into the mythos" – a mythos that was established within popular culture from the …

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 …

Kristen Stewart blows critics away as Princess Diana. She’s ready to talk about it
3 years, 3 months ago

Kristen Stewart blows critics away as Princess Diana. She’s ready to talk about it

LA Times  

“I’m a total L.A. scumbag,” Kristen Stewart says, bending her wrist to show me an expertly inked Los Angeles Dodgers logo. It’s the last day of the Telluride Film Festival and we’re heading home on the same charter flight, but not before talking about “Spencer,” the Pablo Larraín-directed drama in which she plays Princess Diana at the moment she’s looking …

Spencer review round-up: Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana is 'impeccable'
3 years, 3 months ago

Spencer review round-up: Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana is 'impeccable'

Firstpost  

Kristen Stewart has “seldom been more magnetic, or more heartbreakingly fragile,” said early reviews. Actor Kristen Stewart’s latest film Spencer is being highly appreciated by critics for its inspiring cast and the detailed work on the characters’ accents. Below are some of the early reviews: Independent : “Don’t expect real-life royal soap opera in Spencer, the new film about Princess …

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 …

Kristen Stewart: New photo of actor as Princess Diana in Spencer biopic shows striking resemblance
3 years, 3 months ago

Kristen Stewart: New photo of actor as Princess Diana in Spencer biopic shows striking resemblance

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. Read our privacy policy A new image of Kristen Stewart as …

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 …

All your burning questions about Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, answered
3 years, 3 months ago

All your burning questions about Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, answered

LA Times  

Spoiler warning: The following piece discusses plot elements and sequences from the new film “Spencer.” While an attempt has been made to preserve many of the film’s unique details, if you don’t want to know anything at all before you see it, you should stop reading now. “A fable from a true tragedy.” That’s how the new Princess Diana film …

Kristen Stewart channels Princess Diana in Spencer teaser trailer
3 years, 3 months ago

Kristen Stewart channels Princess Diana in Spencer teaser trailer

Firstpost  

Directed by Pablo Larraín, Spencer also stars Jack Farthing as Prince Charles, and Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Sean Harris in pivotal roles The makers of the much-awaited movie Spencer have finally released its first official teaser trailer. Directed by Pablo Larraín, the movie features actor Kristen Stewart as Lady Diana Spencer, popularly known as Princess Diana. Check the teaser here …

Spencer: First poster of Kristen Stewart's Princess Diana film released
3 years, 3 months ago

Spencer: First poster of Kristen Stewart's Princess Diana film released

Firstpost  

Spencer will premiere worldwide at Venice International Film Festival next month before it goes to the Toronto International Film Festival. For the unversed, this much-awaited drama will premiere worldwide at Venice International Film Festival next month before it goes to the Toronto International Film Festival which begins on 15 September, according to USA Today. This elaborate outfit is reminiscent of …

Kristen Stewart recreates Princess Diana's Portsmouth look on Spencer set, iconic engagement ring spotted
3 years, 9 months ago

Kristen Stewart recreates Princess Diana's Portsmouth look on Spencer set, iconic engagement ring spotted

Hindustan Times  

New photos from the upcoming Hollywood movie Spencer recently hit the internet. The movie sees Kristen Stewart playing the role of Princess Diana. Kristen Stewart essays the role of Princess Diana in Spencer. She was Back in February, photos of Kristen from the Schlosshotel Kronberg set in Germany, which doubled up as Queen Elizabeth's royal Sandringham Estate, surfaced online, giving …

First look of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín's Spencer revealed
3 years, 10 months ago

First look of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín's Spencer revealed

Firstpost  

The first look of actor Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in the upcoming biographical movie Spencer is out. Check out the first look here The film has been titled based on Diana’s maiden name and will focus on her life during the end of her marriage with Prince Charles. Kristen had spoken to Variety and said how the film focuses …

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 …

Elizabeth Debicki confirmed to play Diana in The Crown: Recounting memorable portrayals of the princess in pop culture
4 years, 4 months ago

Elizabeth Debicki confirmed to play Diana in The Crown: Recounting memorable portrayals of the princess in pop culture

Firstpost  

While the idea of the British monarchy leaves a bitter aftertaste for its big role in colonisation, it has remained a a subject of fascination and scrutiny in the media and for the general public. Julie Cox in Princess in Love The TV movie follows Diana’s relationship with former British army officer James Hewitt while she was still married to …

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