Seventeenth Century18 Food, Fantasy, and Vatel By Trystan L. Bass on August 18, 2016 Many lavishly produced historical costume movies are about larger-than-life figures,... Read more →
Seventeenth Century19 The King Is Dancing By Sarah Lorraine on August 4, 2016 Le Roi Danse (2000) by Gérard Corbiau manages to do what Corbiau's earlier... Read more →
Seventeenth Century6 Orlando From 1650 to 1700 By Sarah Lorraine on July 14, 2016 Recap from the first installment in this series: Orlando (1992) is based on Virginia... Read more →
Seventeenth CenturyUpcoming Movie News20 Tulip Fever (2016) Trailer Commentary By Kendra on May 18, 2016 The first trailer, and first decent look, at Tulip Fever came out very recently (the... Read more →
Seventeenth Century38 The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers (1974) By Sarah Lorraine on March 29, 2016 Today is the 42nd anniversary of the U.K. and U.S. release of Richard Lester's film The... Read more →
Seventeenth CenturyThrowback Thursday7 TBT: The Wicked Lady (1983) By Kendra on December 17, 2015 Faye Dunaway gets campy in this 17th-century tale complete with bed-hopping, cross-dressing highway robbery, a topless bitch fight, and a deep commitment to sparkle motion.
Seventeenth Century8 Interview With the Costume Designer for The Girl King By Trystan L. Bass on December 4, 2015 Finnish-Swedish production The Girl King (2015) has finally opened in the U.S., and I'm... Read more →
Screen QueensSeventeenth Century21 The Girl King (2015) By Trystan L. Bass on October 21, 2015 Thanks to the Mill Valley Film Festival, I was able to see The Girl King (2015), a film... Read more →
Seventeenth Century3 Upcoming: Versailles (2015) Preview & News By Kendra on October 7, 2015 We've posted before about Versailles, the currently-in-production 10-part TV series about... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyNineteenth CenturySci-Fi & FantasySeventeenth CenturySixteenth CenturyTangential but Interesting!Twentieth Century4 Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibit at FIDM LA By Kendra on October 5, 2015 Recently, I got a chance to visit the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising... Read more →
