"Spencer" Teaser. Kristen Stewart for the gold?
Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 12:34PM
NATHANIEL R in Best Actress, Claire Mathon, Kristen Stewart, Oscars (21), Spencer, biopics

by Nathaniel R

It never fails. Every time something exciting happens, like a Power of the Dog teaser, there's something immediately on its heels giving you barely any time to process. Spread the wealth studios, meter out that cinephilia bait, we beg you. Here's the Spencer teaser starring Kristen Stewart...

Kristen Stewart is a very obvious Best Actress contender for a number of reasons. First, it's a biopic which gives all actors an automatic boost even though it should only ever be about the performance itself. Second, she's the exact type of performer that can sail to a win on a first nomination under the "who'da thunk it?" narrative that will net very famous non-Oscary actors easy wins when they finally compete (think Sandra Bullock) or get them really far into a race even if the performance is only so-so (think Jennifer Aniston's scarily close bid for a nomination for a movie everyone has long-since forgotten). We don't yet know if Stewart's performance will be any good but here's hoping since she's been excellent before (hi, Clouds of Sils Maria)

But how about that cinematography from the great Claire Mathon who exploded into cinephile consciousness in 2019 with the double whammy haunting images and light of Atlantics and Portrait of a Lady on Fire? 

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