it's written by steven knight, a very respected writer, and it stars kristen stewart, who is diana. she is absolutely brilliant in the central role. this is described as a fable from a true tragedy. it plays out over three days, three christmas days at sandringham — so christmas eve, christmas day, boxing day. she just has to get through it. and the film is very much seen internally from her point of view. it's about her own troubled state of mind within a situation which robs her of agency, robs her of independence, robs her of identity. there are endless scenes of feasts in which she is being stared at by the royal family. obviously, it addresses things like eating disorders, but does so in a way that absolutely makes you understand the interior psychology of what's happening. it has ghost story inflections. there are moments of it that reminded me of the others. we have a vision of anne boleyn, who walks through the corridors, and yet somehow, it isn't ridiculous. it has the most brilliant score byjonny greenwood, and thejonny greenwood score is so clever because it sounds like a baroque string quartet slowly