Tangential but Interesting!5 Let’s Talk About the Opening Credits in What We Do in the Shadows By Sarah Lorraine on May 14, 2021 I've been doing a re-watch of What We Do in the Shadows (2019-) while waiting for the... Read more →
Nineteenth Century16 Jingle Jangle (2020) By Sarah Lorraine on December 18, 2020 I'm going to start off by saying that I generally do not like musicals, steampunk, and... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyForgotten History8 Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun Still Needs a Real Biopic By Sarah Lorraine on April 24, 2018 I've been meaning to review The Fabulous Life of Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Portraitist... Read more →
Tangential but Interesting!18 What the Frock Wednesday – Renaissance Unchained By Sarah Lorraine on January 3, 2018 There I was, minding my own business on Amazon Prime Video, watching The Marvelous Mrs.... Read more →
Nineteenth CenturyThrowback Thursday8 TBT: The Last Mistress (2007) By Sarah Lorraine on June 22, 2017 The Last Mistress (2007) is based on the 1851 novel Une vieille maîtresse by Jules... Read more →
Forgotten History42 Artists Who Should Have Movies Made About Them By Sarah Lorraine on January 18, 2017 Our occasional series about history’s most interesting people who have been... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyScreen Queens17 The Empresses in the Palace – An Intro to Chinese Drama By Trystan L. Bass on January 17, 2017 I fully admit, it can be difficult to get over the hump of subtitles. For me, this is... Read more →
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 →
Nineteenth Century22 I Don’t Hate Anna Karenina (2012) By Sarah Lorraine on May 19, 2016 I know how my colleagues feel about the 2012 remake of Anna Karenina starring Keira... Read more →
Eighteenth Century21 Claire’s Vandyke Dress in Outlander Season 2 By Sarah Lorraine on May 5, 2016 Our recent post discussing the costumes in S2E2 of Outlander has generated some... Read more →