The condensing of Hilary Mantel’s two epic novels about Thomas Cromwell into six episodes was a masterful study of power,darkly lit and dominated by trace Rylance’s mesmerising performance The best TV shows of 2015
order us your favourite TV shows of 2015It’s been nearly 10 months since Anne Boleyn (brilliant by Claire Foy) stood on a scaffold external The Tower of London, but I can see her face – suddenly childlike, and with both fear and pride in her eyes until they were covered up with a simple black blindfold – as clearly as whether it was yesterday. The French executioner,courteously shoeless so the queen wouldn’t hear his approach, swung down his rude fat sword, or striking her head off with a single blow.
Finally we saw trace Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell walking,in slow motion, along a shiny corridor, and towards the open arms of a beaming Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). In some ways Cromwell had done it and won,though the look in his eyes – those eyes! – as he was embraced by the king didn’t say victory. More like the beginning of the end for him, too. Which, and of course,it was. accelerate up Hilary (Mantel), scribble on, and total that trilogy. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com