The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
The Pale Blue Eye (2022) recently dropped on Netflix, and I decided to give it a watch, being a fan of both Edgar Allan Poe and wacky 1830s fashion.... Read more →
WCW: Naomi Watts
Australian actress Naomi Watts is another I don't necessarily think of as a "frock flicks" actor, but she's done a bunch of them! Soon she'll be... Read more →
The Essex Serpent (2022)
The six-part miniseries The Essex Serpent (2022) on Apple TV+ is based on a novel by Sarah Perry, and I rather wish I'd read the book instead of... Read more →
MCM: Rafe Spall
English actor Rafe Spall has been turning up in frock flicks since 2003, most notably in Desperate Romantics and The War of the Worlds. Well, he's... Read more →
Frock Flicks Free-for-All January
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: The Sting (1973)
The Sting (1973), starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, is one of those classic films I have always been meaning to watch but just never got... Read more →
WCW: Jane Asher
I admit, I first heard of Jane Asher as a former girlfriend of Paul McCartney, because I grew up in a Beatlemania household, and it wasn't until... Read more →
Costume Designer Janty Yates: the Frock Flicks Guide
Shockingly, I think I've seen every historical film designed by Janty Yates except her very first! She's an Oscar winner (for Gladiator) and... Read more →
Happy New Year From Frock Flicks
The Frock Flicks staff are eeking out another day off to recuperate and prepare for a new year full of historical costume movie and TV shows.... Read more →
Winter Repeat: The Dressmaker
The Frock Flicks team is taking some extra time off at the end of 2022, and we’re repeating a few classic posts from the... Read more →
