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Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton. Director: Shekhar Kapur. Screenplay: William Nicholson, Michael Hirst. Score: Craig Armstrong, AR Raham. Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin. The title sums up one of the key differences between Elizabeth I and II: the latter is nowhere near as dark. Nor gripping. But how the Virgin Queen consolidated her […]

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough. Director: Shekhar Kapur. Screenplay: Michael Hirst. Score: David Hirschfelder. Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin. Rip-snorting re-interpretation of the dawning of England’s Golden Age that owes less to historical pedantry than the epic intrigue and ruthless machinations of The Godfather. It succinctly but sensationally dramatises how Elizabeth […]