Set the story in Victorian London, give it a Sherlock Holmes rip-off, add a...
Victorian
She’s a classic character actor, not flashy or stereotypically beautiful. But Emily Watson is...
One of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Ava Gardner made her mark...
Who’s up for some old-school Hollywood glam? Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) designed costumes for 40...
This was a reader request (before y’all deluge us with ’em, here’s how to...
Having recently noticed him in the excellent but non-historical Good Omens, I thought, hey,...
Poet, playwright, wit extraordinaire, Oscar Wilde burned brightly and came to a perhaps inevitably...
I’ve always thought of Val Kilmer as America’s answer to Daniel Day Lewis. Handsome,...
Our occasional series about history’s most interesting people who have been overlooked by Hollywood. See also our...
Ian McShane has been in every kind of film genre since he began working...
