Twentieth Century5 Art and Love With Frida (2002) By Trystan L. Bass on December 28, 2016 The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is probably best known for her eyebrows (or unibrow),... Read more →
Frock Flicks Guide10 Frock Flicks Guide to Merchant-Ivory Historical Films By Trystan L. Bass on December 5, 2016 In the frock flicks pantheon, few lights shine brighter than the films of Merchant Ivory... Read more →
Seventeenth Century19 Versailles Costumes, The Good, the Bad, the Ugly By Trystan L. Bass on November 21, 2016 The first season of Versailles finished airing on Ovation last weekend, and it's headed... Read more →
Man Candy Monday16 MCM: Stephen Fry By Trystan L. Bass on June 27, 2016 Man Candy Monday is usually about hunky, hot boys who we gleefully objectify for their... Read more →
Top 5 Friday10 Top 5 Corset Scenes By Trystan L. Bass on January 15, 2016 Oh the corset, that mysterious, almost mythical device that must be mandatory for movies... Read more →
Twentieth Century23 The Danish Girl Gender Bends the 1920s By Kendra on January 13, 2016 There's NO way you haven't heard about The Danish Girl, the 2015 and... Read more →
Screen QueensSeventeenth Century21 The Girl King (2015) By Trystan L. Bass on October 21, 2015 Thanks to the Mill Valley Film Festival, I was able to see The Girl King (2015), a film... Read more →
Throwback ThursdayTwentieth Century4 TBT: Cabaret (1972) By Trystan L. Bass on August 20, 2015 Life is a cabaret, old chum! This might well be the best musical for people who don't... Read more →
Top 5 Friday12 Top 5 (Modern) Historical Fiction Adaptations By Kendra on August 14, 2015 I've mentioned here before that I read historical fiction -- it's one of my top three... Read more →
Screen QueensSeventeenth CenturyThrowback Thursday4 TBT: Queen Christina By Trystan L. Bass on August 6, 2015 Loosely based on the life of Christina, Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654, the 1933 film... Read more →
