Medieval18 Shakespeare’s Women Run the Story in Ophelia (2018) By Trystan L. Bass on November 19, 2020 When it first came out, Ophelia (2018) was called a feminist take on Hamlet. That's not a... Read more →
Screen QueensSixteenth CenturyThrowback Thursday8 TBT: Elizabeth R (1971) By Trystan L. Bass on November 5, 2020 We've talked about this series before. We've praised Glenda Jackson for her portrayal of... Read more →
Eighteenth Century6 Interview with Thieves of the Wood Costume Designer Raïssa Hans By Kendra on October 15, 2020 Thieves of the Wood is a Belgian TV production that tells the story of Flemish hero Jan... Read more →
Twentieth Century7 Storytelling With Te Ata (2016) By Trystan L. Bass on September 29, 2020 We watch a lot of biopics around here at Frock Flicks HQ. It comes with the territory,... Read more →
Twentieth Century15 A Touch of the ’20s in The Chaperone (2019) By Trystan L. Bass on December 9, 2019 Elizabeth McGovern stretches out of her typecasting as Cora, Countess of Grantham, and... Read more →
Frock Flicks Guide16 James Acheson: The Frock Flicks Guide By Kendra on May 1, 2018 James Acheson may be working on Spider-Man movies now, but he's got a long and... Read more →
Sixteenth CenturyThrowback Thursday27 TBT: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) By Trystan L. Bass on April 26, 2018 For my generation of historical costume fans, the 1970s BBC productions were the gateway... Read more →
Sixteenth Century41 Anonymous (2011) – Dumb, but Pretty By Trystan L. Bass on March 27, 2018 It's the inverse of our usual Oh the Bad Movies You'll Watch conundrum, which is... Read more →
Nineteenth Century12 The Good Time Girls Fight Back By Trystan L. Bass on November 22, 2017 We don't review a lot of Westerns around here -- movies set in America's Western frontier... Read more →
Ancient History25 I, Claudius, I Love Your Bitchiness By Trystan L. Bass on March 15, 2017 There's nothing like going to the source, and I, Claudius (1976) is easily one of the... Read more →
