Frocking the Midterms
The Frock Flicks staff has made it no secret that we're staunch feminists, and we're no fans of the orange menace occupying the White House right... Read more →
MCM: Michael Kitchen
You guys made me so happy on my Enchanted April post, when you agreed that Michael Kitchen was dreamy and Man Candy Monday-worthy! He's just so damn... Read more →
Frock Flick Free-for-All November
You asked for it, so here’s an occasional open thread to bitch about anything tangentially related to history, costume, movies, or TV shows! Or... Read more →
TBT: Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Romantic and sun-drenched, Kenneth Branagh's 1993 adaption of Much Ado About Nothing was filmed entirely at the hillside Villa Vignamaggio in... Read more →
Poll: Best Black Dress in Frock Flick History
Black is for mourning, black is for witches and vampires, black is sexy, black is chic -- wearing a black dress has meant many different things... Read more →
Artemisia (1997) Misses the Mark
Artemisia was one of those films I was half-aware of when it first came out in 1997, but somehow never managed to watch it. I've even had the DVD... Read more →
MCM: Tom Hollander
Not a conventional hottie, Tom Hollander is a fine character actor who often plays bad guys and darker characters in historical costume movies and TV... Read more →
Dressed in Black: 19th Century
This Halloween season, Trystan is indulging her gothy love of black garb in frock flicks fashion by looking at some of the most fabulous black... Read more →
TBT: Enchanted April (1991)
Enchanted April (1991) is a beautiful, perfect, engrossing movie. It sounds small: four Englishwomen rent a castle in Italy for a month in the... Read more →
WCW: Harriet Walter
Special thanks to reader Jillian Trainor who tipped us off to this glaring oversight in our pantheon of crushworthy women, Dame Harriet... Read more →
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