Woman Crush Wednesday21 WCW: Queen Latifah By Trystan L. Bass on February 10, 2021 Dana Elaine Owens aka Queen Latifah started her professional life in rap and hip-hop,... Read more →
Twentieth Century4 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) By Trystan L. Bass on January 19, 2021 This Netflix movie is adapted from a play of the same name written by August Wilson --... Read more →
Twentieth Century12 Trailer: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) By Sarah Lorraine on October 20, 2020 The trailer for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) dropped recently, so let's discuss... Read more →
Throwback ThursdayTwentieth Century7 TBT: Get On Up/RIP Chadwick Boseman By Kendra on September 3, 2020 Get On Up, the 2014 biopic of James Brown, has been on my list for a while now. With the... Read more →
Twentieth Century31 A Collection of Retro Flicks That Bear Mentioning By Sarah Lorraine on July 21, 2020 Frock Flicks has a nominal cutoff date of 1969, so any film set after is something we... Read more →
Upcoming Movie News9 Spring Historical Costume Movie/TV Trailers By Kendra on April 30, 2019 We’re always trying to track what historical costume movies and TV shows are coming up.... Read more →
Man Candy Monday45 MCM: Oliver Reed By Sarah Lorraine on April 8, 2019 Yes, he was a "complicated man" (i.e., "raging alcoholic and unabashed misogynist"), but... Read more →
18th-Century QuestEighteenth Century6 Mademoiselle Paradis By Kendra on December 11, 2018 Mademoiselle Paradis is a 2018 German-language, 18th-century film about a real-life blind... Read more →
Top 5 FridayTwentieth Century12 Top Five 1960s – 1970s Movies By Trystan L. Bass on March 9, 2018 Our standing joke-not-a-joke is that we don’t review historical costume movies set when... Read more →
Twentieth Century9 TBT: Lady Sings the Blues (1972) By Trystan L. Bass on February 15, 2018 Take legendary Motown diva Diana Ross and let her portray legendary jazz diva Billie... Read more →
