Can We Talk About Olivier’s Hamlet?
This is the biggie, the one that all the others are held up against. Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948) is serious business for sure. But can we talk... Read more →
Roots (2016): Part 4
Sorry, kids, I got distracted from my episode by episode review of the new, rebooted Roots (2016)! But I really should talk about episode 4, just... Read more →
The Dressmaker Takes Revenge to a Whole New Level
Attention all American historical costume movie fans! Kate Winslet's 1950s-set The Dressmaker FINALLY opened in US theaters this past Friday. I got... Read more →
MCM: Aidan Turner
Yes, Poldark! He's back for season two on PBS Masterpiece and the BBC. While Aidan Turner doesn't have a long resume of historical costume movies and... Read more →
Love & Friendship: Yeah, It’s the Hair
I'm probably the only person in the Frock Flicks community who cares that the newest Jane Austen adaptation -- Love & Friendship -- was directed... Read more →
TBT: Frenchman’s Creek (1944)
I first ran across Frenchman's Creek (1944) when I was putting together the Man Candy Monday post on Basil Rathbone and was intrigued.... Read more →
WCW: Kate Beckinsale
Talk about diverse! Kate Bekinsale has done Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Merchant-Ivory historical costume movies, as well as a ton of fantasy... Read more →
La Princesse de Clèves (1961)
I'm afraid that my grasp of the French language has permanently halted at the level of fluency and comprehension of a 5-year-old (no thanks to the... Read more →
MCM: Johnny Depp
One of our favorite goth boys, it's time for a Johnny Depp Man Candy Monday. Trystan reporting in here, and Johnny fits my MCM requirements because I... Read more →
Diary of a Chambermaid Depresses, Confuses, & Delights Me
I am a total francophile, even more so than an anglophile, but nonetheless, 19th-century French literature is just The Most Depressing Thing Ever --... Read more →
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