A Closer Look at Victoria’s Shamrock Gown
I really wasn't paying attention to season three of Victoria (2019), but turning on PBS Masterpiece Theater at 9pm Sunday night is a really hard... Read more →
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Gentleman Jack Recap, Part 1
Gentleman Jack (2019) is set in 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire, and based on the diaries of Anne Lister (1791-1840), a landowner and industrialist who... Read more →
Wild Nights With Emily (2019) Is Pretty Wild
For busting the chaste, reclusive, "belle of Amherst" myth, look no farther than this indie production Wild Nights With Emily (2019) that takes a... Read more →
MCM: Tim Roth
Tim Roth seems like a very nice guy, but he has a knack, as an actor, for playing nasty, creepy, fairly horrible people. Not always -- he can play... Read more →
Gentleman Jack Costume Design Sketches From Tom Pye
I recently interviewed Tom Pye, costume designer for the upcoming HBO miniseries Gentleman Jack. After we finished our delightful chat about this... Read more →
Nellie Bly Still Doesn’t Get the Movie She Deserves
The story of journalist Nellie Bly going undercover in the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island in the 1880s is hugely important and... Read more →
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, In-Depth
With Gentleman Jack coming to HBO on April 22, 2019, I thought I'd take a more in-depth look at the first filmed version of Anne Lister's life,... Read more →
Red & Dead: Mary Queen of Scots’ Execution on Screen
On February 8, 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed, which has, of course come up a few times in films and TV shows depicting her life. What's... Read more →
WCW: Jessica Brown Findlay
She started out as our Lady Sybil, all rebellious little aristocrat, then she took off through some questionable medieval and horror flicks, and then... Read more →
Interview With Gentleman Jack Costume Designer Tom Pye
I've been excited since I first heard that HBO and the BBC were producing Gentleman Jack, a new miniseries about Anne Lister (1791-1840), a Yorkshire... Read more →
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