WCW: Marguerite de Valois
I finished filling out our WCW's on English/British queens, now it's time to get to all the French queens we haven't covered! Marguerite de Valois... Read more →
Great Expectations (2023) Is Not So Great
I've often stated my dislike of the writings of Charles Dickens, and at Frock Flicks we've long noted that the period when his works are mostly set,... Read more →
The Men of The White Queen (2013)
Lest you think I hated literally every second of the The White Queen (2013), I want to showcase some of the fabulous actors in the show. Max... Read more →
As You Like It (2006)
Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptions kind of petered out after Hamlet in 1996, but it's hard to top a four-hour version of one of the Bard's most... Read more →
TBT: The White Queen (2013), Ep. 10
WE MADE IT! THE LAST EPISODE! THANK BABY JESUS, THE SLOG IS OVER! Ahem. While the finale to The White Queen (2013) more or less wraps up the plot... Read more →
WCW: Emilia Schüle
Reading various interviews about Emilia Schüle, the German actress currently starring in the Marie Antoinette (2022) miniseries, constantly mention... Read more →
Patreon Post Unlocked: Anne Boleyn (2021)
Everyone has fixated on one thing about this three-part miniseries Anne Boleyn (2021) — that Jodie Turner-Smith in the title role is Black and... Read more →
What the HELL Is Going On in the Jeanne du Barry Trailer?
The latest "We Can't Handle Period Aesthetics" project, aka the biopic Jeanne du Barry (2023) (aka La Favorite), recently dropped its first trailer.... Read more →
Perry Mason, Season 2, Chapter Ten (2020-)
I'm taking a break from The White Queen to drop in and report on a frock flick that has a constant theme of fabulous costumes, Perry Mason (2020-),... Read more →
TBT: The White Queen (2013), Ep. 9
Are we there yet? No, we have one more episode to go and then we can forget we ever watched The White Queen (2013), at least as far as the costume... Read more →