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The Peasants: A Painted Polish Period Potboiler

The Peasants: A Painted Polish Period Potboiler

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 14, 2024The Peasants, DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman, Adaptation, Wladyslaw Reymont, Kamila Urzędowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miroslaw Baka, Sonia Mietielica, Ewa Kasprzyk, Andrzej Konopka, Polish films, 19th century, Period pieceComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Pale Blue Eye’s Christian Bale, Harry Melling on Conjuring Edgar Allan Poe

Original-Cin Q&A: Pale Blue Eye’s Christian Bale, Harry Melling on Conjuring Edgar Allan Poe

By Bonnie Laufer

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 2, 2023The Pale Blue Eye, Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Netflix, Period piece, Edgar Allan Poe, Scott Cooper, 19th centuryComment

Mr. Malcom’s List: Sweet Period Piece Beholden to the Past yet Guided by the Present

Mr. Malcom’s List: Sweet Period Piece Beholden to the Past yet Guided by the Present

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekJune 29, 2022Mr. Malcolm’s List, Suzanne Allain, Emma Holly Jones, Period piece, Romance, 19th century, Costume drama, Sope Dirisu, Freida Pinto, Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen Comment