TBT: The Advocate (1993)
I just need everyone to know that I wanted to make this a really professional post that would do justice to this film, but ... time got away from me... Read more →
WCW: Anna Neagle
British actress Anna Neagle had a lengthy career in the 1930s through to the 1950s, but she's largely unknown to modern audiences. Turns out she left... Read more →
Revisiting The Color Purple (1985)
Alice Walker's 1982 novel won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into this eponymous film, The Color Purple (1985), soon after. Directed by Steven... Read more →
16th-Century Costume in TV & Film: Worst & Best
One of the most popular historical eras to set TV shows and films is the 16th century in the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Mary Queen of... Read more →
Frock Flicks Free-for-All August
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 →
Patreon Post Unlocked: Titanic (1997) Corsetry: Historically Accurate?
So I was noodling around YouTube as one does, and I discovered that Glamour magazine has hired a fashion historian named Raissa Bretaña to create... Read more →
WCW: Imelda Staunton
She's so much more than Dolores Umbridge, everybody! Imelda Staunton is a theatrically trained actor with a huge resume of work on stage and screen,... Read more →
Historical Costume Movie/TV Trailers: Quarantine Edition
We’re always trying to track what historical costume movies and TV shows are coming up. I always feel like we’ve Just Posted one of these, and... Read more →
Who Wore It Better? – 18th-Century Edition
We know that historical costumes get recycled from one production to another — it’s just a thing due to budget and time. While certain outfits... Read more →
Radioactive (2019)
This biopic premiered at film festivals last year and was slated for a wide release in 2020 but that was interrupted due to the pandemic. Well, now,... Read more →
