This is a movie I wanted to like. Such a clever concept — who...
Seventeenth Century
Historical costume movies & TV set in the French Bourbon era, the English Civil War / Restoration, and such.
I admit it, I am totally a (historical) royals geek. Of course, I understand...
While the movie of Forever Amber (1947) doesn’t have the reported 70 references to sexual...
I admit it, I am totally a (historical) royals geek. Of course, I understand...
As we mentioned in our podcast about The Favourite (2018), costume designer Sandy Powell...
We were excited to see this movie soon after its (limited) U.S. release! Director...
Artemisia was one of those films I was half-aware of when it first came...
The TV adaption of Jessie Burton’s novel The Miniaturist (2017) set in 1686 Amsterdam was...
I have a thing for bad girls. Barbara La Marr, 1921 Margot...
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan was the most glamorous of King...
