Period pieces have always been a bit bittersweet for me: Stunning costumes aside, the films rarely offer something to which a woman or a person of color can connect. Historical tales often cast women ...

The real Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart probably never met. But when you cast a film with Margot Robbie as Elizabeth, and Saoirse Ronan as Mary, it seems only right that they come together, if only ...

Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are dueling queens in an unbalanced epic about two legendary women trying to rule over a world of men. The great pleasure of historical biopics often lies in their ...

If Academy Awards went to locations, Scotland would be a shoo-in for “Mary Queen of Scots.” The sweep of the Scottish Highlands is breathtaking in the historical drama starring Saoirse Ronan as Mary ...

From the moment she became queen of Scotland at 6 days old, the world never stopped scrutinizing Mary Stuart’s every move — or pitting her against Elizabeth I of England, the cousin whose throne she ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Two queens, cousins even, find their feminist friendship undone by the machinations of the men around them. It’s a pretty concept, but the plot of Mary Queen of Scots — ...

'Mary Queen of Scots' and 'The Favourite' see women grappling for power, with the costume designers aiming to convey royal rivalry onscreen through fashion. By Lindsay Weinberg The year’s top two ...

Saoirse Ronan stars in the titular role and Margot Robbie plays Queen Elizabeth in Josie Rourke's 'Mary Queen of Scots,' written by Beau Willimon and premiering at AFI Fest. By Todd McCarthy Beau ...

Posters for the film Mary Queen of Scots label Mary Stuart "Born to Fight," and Elizabeth I "Born to Power." But this rivalry is so famous we already know those taglines are applied to the wrong ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland ...