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WCW: Maid Marian

Kendra March 9, 2022

Well, we can’t cover Robin Hood without looking at Maid Marian! The legendary medieval...

Max von Sydow

MCM: Max von Sydow

Trystan L. Bass March 7, 2022

You may know him as the priest in the original Exorcist (1973), Ming the...

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Frock Flicks Free-for-All March

The Frock Flicks Team March 4, 2022

You asked for it, so here’s an occasional open thread to bitch about anything...

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It’s Not Possible to Make a Completely Historically Accurate Horse Film and I, a Horse Person, Am (Almost) Totally OK With That

The Frock Flicks Team March 3, 2022

Frock Flicks note: This is a guest post by Mary Pagones, the author of...

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WCW: Lesley Ann Warren

Sarah Lorraine March 2, 2022

Lesley Ann Warren has given us over 50 years in historical (and historical-ish) flicks,...

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Costumes Are Still Great in S2 of The Great (2020-): Part 2 – The Brunettes

The Frock Flicks Team March 1, 2022

Frock Flicks note: We recapped and podcasted S1 of The Great, and when the...

Iain Glen

MCM: Iain Glen

Kendra February 28, 2022

Iain Glen! This shockingly handsome and impressively talented Scottish actor was included in our...

Donor portrait - A noble lady kneeling - Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185) - KB 76 F 13, folium 028v, Koninklijke Bibliotheek

WCW: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Kendra February 23, 2022

I specifically left out the more major queens from my Queens of England series,...

The Great (2020-), season 2

Costumes Are Still Great in S2 of The Great (2020-): Part 1 – The Blondes

The Frock Flicks Team February 22, 2022

Frock Flicks note: We recapped and podcasted S1 of The Great, and when the...

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Top 5 Dresses I’d Wear the Shit Out of

Trystan L. Bass February 18, 2022

Sarah listed five and then five more. So now it’s my turn! ...