What Are We Thinking About The Beguiled?
The Beguiled, the new American Civil War era-set film directed by Sofia Coppola (Marie Antoinette) and starring Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst, is... Read more →
Still Star Crossed Is Not Up to Snuff
I wanted to like Still Star Crossed (2017) -- the show that riffs on what could happen after Romeo and Juliet ends. It's a historical soap opera... Read more →
MCM: Ian McKellen
Best known today as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings movies and Magneto in the X-Men series, Sir Ian McKellen is a classically trained theater actor... Read more →
Top Five Historical Costume Movies About Queer People
And ideally these are movies or TV shows where the lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgender / queer (LGBTQ) person is the main character and... Read more →
TBT: The Last Mistress (2007)
The Last Mistress (2007) is based on the 1851 novel Une vieille maîtresse by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and the film, directed by Catherine... Read more →
WCW: Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich is not known for her historical costume movies. The German actress is better known for the cabaret singing and dancing she often... Read more →
TNT’s Will WTFery
Out goes Reign, in comes Will, the new Adam Ant Shakespeare bio-series from TNT. I guess there is about to be a big gaping hole in the "we are... Read more →
We Bid a Fond Farewell to Reign (2013-2017)
Alas, our favorite historically inaccurate punching bag has left the building. That's right, Reign's reign on The CW is over. Four seasons of Barbie... Read more →
Top Five Fathers in Historical Costume Movies & TV
Father's Day is coming up this weekend (at least the American observance), which makes me think about representation of fathers in historical... Read more →
Upcoming Movies: Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde Biopic
One of the few LGBTQ people who has had a few movies made about him is Oscar Wilde -- in addition to having his own plays made into many film and TV... Read more →
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