Costume Designer Dinah Collin: The Frock Flicks Guide
Probably best known as the costume designer for everyone's favorite Pride and Prejudice (the 1995 one, don't fight me!), Dinah Collin has a few other... Read more →
What Braveheart Got Right About Women’s Medieval Clothing (That Every Other Movie Gets Wrong)
I have something good to say about Braveheart (1995), and no, I'm not running a fever, nor have I been kidnapped by aliens and replaced with a... Read more →
WCW: Empress Eugénie
Empress Eugénie of France (1826-1920) was born Eugénie de Montijo, a Spanish countess. She married the future Emperor Napoleon III of France in... Read more →
Ancient Two-Fer: Exodus (2014) / Troy (2004)
Sorry, kids, but this is how my mind works: I was listening to a BBC History Extra podcast about ancient Egypt with Egyptologist Joann Fletcher, and... Read more →
MCM: Nicholas Hoult
He's young, he's pretty, and as an actor, he has potential! Nicholas Hoult has been in a crop of frock flicks in the past couple years and has a TV... Read more →
5 Frock Flicks Hopefully Coming in 2020
We know about some historical movies and TV shows premiering this year -- Sandition is already on PBS (and ripe for snark!), the long-awaited Miss... Read more →
TBT: M*A*S*H
You may not think of the TV series MAS*H (1972–1983) as a frock flick. But the half-hour sitcom was set during the Korean War, from 1950-53, and... Read more →
WCW: Emma
Given the new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma coming out this year, it's on my mind! We've looked at Mr. Knightleys, now let's look at... Read more →
Dracula (2020) Doesn’t Entirely Suck
As a connoisseur of Dracula on screen and having read Bram Stoker’s novel many times, it was my gothic duty to watch the new BBC-Netflix... Read more →
Poll: What Should Kendra Recap This Snark Week?
It's become my own personal tradition to recap something shitty each Snark Week. It all inadvertently started with War and Peace (2016), and then the... Read more →
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