Tagged: Regency

I recently had a realization: Jane Austen movies (and, especially, TV miniseries) are my... Read more →

I'm finally getting around to reviewing this TV miniseries, which is long overdue, given... Read more →

By now, you've probably seen the trailer for A Little Chaos, the film about a landscaper... Read more →

Pride & Prejudice (2005), starring Keira Knightley, is known as Pride & Prejudice & Pigs around here. Why? Because it seems far more interested in pig shots than in adapting the original Jane Austen novel. Here are 11 reasons to be irritated by Pride & Prejudice (2005).

As a life-long student of 19th-century English literature and as a historical costumer... Read more →

War and Peace (2007) features romance, Russia, and Regency costumes. This adaptation of... Read more →

A little Halloween-month treat -- this 1986 historical horror film Gothic was a HUGE... Read more →

October is National Book Month (yeah, it's a thing, trust me). So that brings to mind... Read more →

I always resisted seeing this version because of the misguided costuming (although the... Read more →