MCM: Allen Leech
Irish-born Allen Leech earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College, Dublin. He had worked steadily with... Read more →
Top Five Friday: Top Five Dresses I Would Wear the Shit Out Of
Because there are frock flicks you're dying to raid the wardrobes of... Anne Boleyn's Yellow Dress - Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Yeah,... Read more →
TBT: Daniel Deronda – Episode 2
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... Read more →
WCW: Laura Carmichael
She has a surprisingly short acting career overall, and Laura Carmichael has spent most of it on TV as our favorite luckless-but-incredibly-wealthy... Read more →
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 →
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