Frock Flicks Guide9 66 Years of Best Costume Oscars By Trystan L. Bass on March 25, 2015 In March 1949, the very first Academy Award for Best Costume was ever given. Actually,... Read more →
Tangential but Interesting!Twentieth Century4 How Howards End Sent Me Around the World By Trystan L. Bass on March 13, 2015 Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion,... Read more →
Top 5 Friday4 Top Five Masquerade Scenes in Historical Costume Films By Trystan L. Bass on February 13, 2015 Carnevale is upon us, so why not party-on, historical style? People have always loved to... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyFrock Flicks GuideScreen Queens24 Queen Marie Antoinette in Movies & TV: the Frock Flicks Guide By Kendra on January 12, 2015 Few historical persons, real or fictional, have inspired as much pop culture as... Read more →
Twentieth Century1 The King’s Speech (2010) short review By Kendra on May 7, 2010 I liked this movie, but I didn’t think it was anything revolutionary. Colin Firth plays... Read more →
Nineteenth Century3 Sherlock Holmes (2009) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2009 A VERY boy-riffic look at the famous detective — it’s Sherlock Holmes, action hero!... Read more →
Nineteenth Century Cranford (2007) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2007 An amazing cast (Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis, and many more) round out... Read more →
Eighteenth Century Amazing Grace (2006) short review By Kendra on April 29, 2006 Nicely made, but very conventional heroic biopic, about William Wilberforce, the British... Read more →
Eighteenth Century Casanova (2005) short review By Kendra on April 29, 2005 Heath Ledger stars as Casanova with Sienna Miller as the true love to whom he has to... Read more →
Nineteenth Century1 Possession (2002) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2002 I’m not a huge fan of A.S. Byatt (don’t hit me), and I only mildly liked the book, so... Read more →
