Vatel (2000) – Frock Flicks

Trystan L. Bass February 13, 2024

This is an occasional series highlighting historical movie and TV costumes that best represent the decade...

Kendra September 19, 2023

Costume designer Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle is one of France’s most celebrated, winning the...

Kendra August 1, 2018

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan was the most glamorous of King...

Trystan L. Bass May 16, 2018

Uma Thurman is an amazing woman and a fantastic actress to watch. She is...

Sarah Lorraine December 4, 2017

I haven’t watched ALL the films that feature France’s Louis XIV, but I’ve watched...

Kendra January 23, 2017

Support Frock Flicks with a small donation! During Snark Week and beyond, we’re grateful for...

Kendra December 19, 2016

AKA Full-Bottomed Wigs, You Make the Rocking World Go ‘Round! Who doesn’t love some...

Trystan L. Bass August 18, 2016

Many lavishly produced historical costume movies are about larger-than-life figures, whether real or fictional,...

Trystan L. Bass March 28, 2016

Julian Sands in historical costume movies can play quirky romantic or that hot kind...

Kendra April 29, 2000

Set at the French court in the 1670s, and chronicles various intrigues surrounding the...