WCW: Olivia Hussey
English actress Olivia Hussey was the darling of late 1960s/early 1970s frock flicks. After her star-making turn in Romeo and Juliet, the... Read more →
The Gilded Age (2022) – Recap Episode 7
Julian Fellowes has written an American version of Downton Abbey for HBO, so we're recapping this first season of The Gilded Age! Starting in 1882,... Read more →
MCM: Colm Meaney
St. Patrick's Day is this week, so I'm using that as an excuse to finally give Colm Meaney his Man Candy Monday due. If you're an American of a... Read more →
More Top Five Epic Rap Battles of History
Trystan has already done one installment of Top Five Epic Rap Battles of History, but I felt there was still some room for more. So here we... Read more →
Our Flag Means Death (2022-)
Everything Taika Waititi touches seems to turn to gold, and this time he's turned his touch to the Golden Age of Piracy in the new series Our Flag... Read more →
WCW: Maid Marian
Well, we can't cover Robin Hood without looking at Maid Marian! The legendary medieval hero/outlaw's love interest is part and parcel (usually) of... Read more →
The Gilded Age (2022) – Recap Episodes 4, 5, & 6
Julian Fellowes has written an American version of Downton Abbey for HBO, so we're recapping this first season of The Gilded Age! Starting in 1882,... Read more →
MCM: Max von Sydow
You may know him as the priest in the original Exorcist (1973), Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (1980), or maybe Lor San Tekka in The Force... Read more →
Frock Flicks Free-for-All March
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 →
It’s Not Possible to Make a Completely Historically Accurate Horse Film and I, a Horse Person, Am (Almost) Totally OK With That
Frock Flicks note: This is a guest post by Mary Pagones, the author of the popular LGBT+ equestrian fiction series Fortune’s Fool, and also writes... Read more →