Posts tagged Costume drama
Jeanne du Barry: Meh Period Piece Finds French-Speaking Johnny Depp Amid Much Finery
ReviewJim SlotekPeriod piece films, French films, Cannes, Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Royalty, Stories about kings, Costume drama
Emily: Reconsidered Brontë Posits… Wuthering Heights, Drawn from Life?
Jim SlotekEmily, Period piece, Revisionist drama, Frances O’Connor, Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, Victorian England, Costume drama
Mr. Malcom’s List: Sweet Period Piece Beholden to the Past yet Guided by the Present
ReviewJim SlotekMr. Malcolm’s List, Suzanne Allain, Emma Holly Jones, Period piece, Romance, 19th century, Costume drama, Sope Dirisu, Freida Pinto, Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
