I Have Many Questions About Netflix’s ‘The Last Czars’
I knew I was going to need to watch Netflix's docu-drama, The Last Czars (2019), about Russian Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, and their five... Read more →
Beetle-Wing Embroidery in the 18th Century – Where Fashion and Fantasy Collide
Frock Flicks note: This is a guest post by our friend J. Leia Lima Baum, @jleialimabaum. She's a fashion historian and archivist based out of New... Read more →
Frock Flick Fall Free-for-All
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: Daniel Deronda – Episode 1
I have wanted to do a deep-dive review of Daniel Deronda (2002) because it's an interesting story that's well acted and has AMAZE-BALLS early 1870s... Read more →
WCW: Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville's career spans the last 40 years, but it's really only in the last 20 years that she's become a fixture in historical costume films.... Read more →
All Is True (2019)
There's been a handful of Shakespeare biopics in recent years, and not many of them have looked inspiring enough for me to want to invest time and... Read more →
Happy Labor Day From Frock Flicks
The team is taking this American holiday off and enjoying the last bit of summer! If you want a Frock Flicks fix, check out our archives and find us... Read more →
Dickinson: Do or Don’t? Five Tries to Decide
So this trailer for the Apple TV series Dickinson (2019) dropped recently, and I can't get it out of my head... This purported comedy intends to... Read more →
The Duchess Deep Dive: Maternity Party Dress
You all — especially our Patreon supporters, whose requests we take very seriously! — have been asking for an in-depth review of The... Read more →
WCW: Marquise de Pompadour
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (1721-64) started life as the illegitimate daughter of a well-to-do Frenchman, married her... Read more →
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