‘Spencer’ Review: Kristen Stewart Transforms in Pablo Larraín’s Masterly Princess Diana Movie

Kristen Stewart has opened up about signing on to play Princess Diana in the upcoming Spencer movie.

Jennifer Yuma editorThe Hamptons Intl. Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Matthew Heineman’s “The First Wave” on Oct.

Clayton Davis If “Clouds of Sils Maria” and “Personal Shopper” didn’t already solidify that Kristen Stewart is a gifted actress whose “Twilight” films are in the rear view of her career, here comes “Spencer” from Pablo Larraín. Portraying a fictional version of Princess Diana, Stewart pours all of herself into the role that could yield her first Oscar nomination (even win).

Naman Ramachandran The 65 British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival has unveiled its full program and the headline galas include several films that have been gaining fame recently.Among the galas are Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” with Kristen Stewart; Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” with Benedict Cumberbatch; Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard,” with Will Smith; and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” featuring a host of stars including Timothée Chalamet, Tilda Swinton and Léa

In one of the best examples of an autumnal makeover we’ve seen in a long time, Kristen Stewart’s new strawberry blonde hair is sending the internet into a frenzy right now. The actress is starring as Princess Diana in the upcoming biopic Spencer, which is set for release in November and is already racking up positive reviews from critics.

: “For those of us who have admired the talents of Kristen Stewart since she was not yet even a teenager, it is a joy to be able to share that the 31-year-old’s portrayal of Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain‘s Spencer is truly the fulfillment of her tremendous promise and will almost certainly bring her the first Oscar nomination of her career.” “There is no actress alive today who can hold a close-up like Kristen Stewart.

The reviews for Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer” are here straight from the Venice Film Festival, declaring that even if the melodramatic-bordering-on-campy film isn’t for everyone, Kristen Stewart’s “genius” take on Princess Diana just might be.  In his review for The Wrap, Jason Solomons describes “Spencer” as an “intense, giddy spectacle with Shakespearean or indeed Racinian ambitions,” before making it very clear that, ultimately, “it’s Stewart’s film.” “She gets the doe-eyed, pitying tilt of the

Kristen Stewart star in Spencer as the late Princess Diana, and fans are eager to know how she did in the iconic role.

Kristen Stewart is stepping out for the premiere of her new movie!

Princess Diana endured.“She was the most famous woman in the world,” Stewart said Friday. “I have tasted a high level of that, but really nowhere near that monumental, symbolic representation of an entire people or nation.”Stewart gained that perspective filming Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” the latest cinematic look at the late Princess of Wales, which premiered Friday at the Venice Film Festival.

There is an especially very telling, and actually chilling scene in Spencer, Pablo Larrain’s brilliantly imagined portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) facing the crossroads of a long dead marriage during a Christmas holiday at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. Prince Charles (Jack Farthing), stands in an ornate room at one end of a pool table while his wife Diana, clearly miserable and almost dead in the eyes, stands far apart at the other end. They are not playing pool.

Self-billed as “a fable from a true tragedy”, Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” which had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, hones in on the unravelling of Diana, Princess of Wales over three bitter days of Christmas in the Queen’s country house at Sandringham.

Kristen Stewart is a “miracle” said director Pablo Larrain today following the first Venice Film Festival press screenings of Spencer in which the actress plays Princess Diana. The story unfolds over three days during the Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, when Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight wrote the script.

Manori Ravindran International EditorKristen Stewart has said she has never felt “taller” in a role than when she played Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer.”Speaking at a Venice Film Festival press conference on Friday, hours before the movie’s world premiere, Stewart said, “I took more pleasure in my physicality making this movie than I have on anything.

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has announced that he’s releasing a soundtrack album of his music for new Princess Diana biopic, Spencer.Spencer will be the latest from director Pablo Larraín, starring Kristen Stewart in the lead role as the late Princess Diana.

Clayton Davis Celebrating its 48th edition, the Telluride Film Festival announced its official programming selections, which include world premieres of Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Mike Mills’ “C’mon C’mon,” Joe Wright’s “Cyrano,” Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” and Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman.”Also on the docket are Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” and Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer.” Larraín’s film is

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKristen Stewart’s Princess Diana drama “Spencer” has been acquired by Amazon Prime Video for distribution in France, Variety has learned.The highly anticipated movie, directed by “Jackie” filmmaker Pablo Larrain, will have its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival next week.STXInternational represents the rights for France, alongside the U.K., Italy and Benelux.

in the first teaser for director Pablo Larraín’s upcoming drama “Spencer.”Stewart, 31, portrays a stressed-out-looking Lady Di during a holiday with the royal family at their Sandringham Estate. “Spencer” will follow the late Princess of Wales (née Diana Spencer) during the course of a three-day period in 1991.