Posts tagged Period piece
Wicked Little Letters: Sharp Period Piece Carries Timeless Feminist Message
ReviewJim SlotekWicked Little Letters, Thea Sharrock, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall, TIFF 23, Period piece, British film, Drama, Black comedy, Feminist feature, Gemma Jones, Anjana Vasan
The Peasants: A Painted Polish Period Potboiler
ReviewJim SlotekThe 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 piece
Lessons In Chemistry: Brie Larson Stars in Feminist Cooking Show Fable
ReviewJim SlotekLessons in Chemistry, Apple TV +, Lee Eisenberg, Bonnie Garmus, Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Alice Halsey, Adaptation, Period piece
The Miracle Club: Charming Irish-Set Period Dramedy Brings the Star Power
ReviewJim SlotekAgnes O'Casey, The Miracle Club, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Period piece, Drama, Irish movies, 1960s
Chevalier: Fact-Based Period Drama Rights Historical Wrongs in Predictable Fashion
ReviewJim SlotekChevalier, French Revolution, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, Period piece, TIFF 2022, Stephen Williams, Stefani Robinson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Minnie Driver
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
Marlowe: Director Neil Jordan’s Irish-ification of Raymond Chandler A Big Snooze
ReviewJim SlotekMarlowe, Raymond Chandler, Period piece, Detective movie, Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lang, Danny Huston, Adewqale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Colm Meaney, Ian Hart, Alan Cumming
The Pale Blue Eye: Period Detective Yarn with Occult Overtones Brings Thrills and Chills
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Pale Blue Eye, Scott Cooper, Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Toby Jones, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Netflix, Period piece, Timothy Spall, Simon McBurney, Edgar Alan Poe, murder mystery, Supernatural thriller
Original-Cin Q&A: Pale Blue Eye’s Christian Bale, Harry Melling on Conjuring Edgar Allan Poe
By Bonnie Laufer
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Rosaline: Revisionist Rom-Com Take on Romeo & Juliet is Smart, Snappy, Fun
ReviewJim SlotekRomantic comedy, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Rosaline, Karen Maine, Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Sean Teale, Hulu, Minnie Driver, Kyle Allen, Period piece
Amsterdam: Director David O. Russell’s Anticipated Return as Sloppy as It Is Starry
ReviewJim SlotekAmsterdam, David O. Russell, Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, Rami Malek, Beth Grant, Robert De Niro, Timmy Olyphant, Period piece, Drama, Madcap
Original-Cin Q&A: Quick Hits from Dead for a Dollar's Dafoe, Bratt, Waltz, Burke and Walter Hill
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekDead for a Dollar, Walter Hill, Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke, Benjamin Bratt, Western, Drama, Period piece
Dead for a Dollar: Walter Hill’s Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled Western
ReviewJim SlotekDead for a Dollar, Walter Hill, Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke, Benjamin Bratt, Luis Chavez, Hamish Linklater, Western, Drama, Period piece
Persuasion: Dakota Johnson in a Jane Austen Adaptation is Decidedly Unpersuasive
ReviewJim SlotekJane Austen, Period romance, Period piece, Persuasion, Carrie Cracknell, Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Richard E. Grant, Henry Golding, Netflix, Izuka Hoyle, Ben Bailey-Smith
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
Happening: Period Piece about Illegal Abortion Gains Traction from Today’s Headlines
By Karen Gordon
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Wife of a Spy: Japan’s Brutal History Viewed Through a Hitchcockian Lens
Emma.: Latest Version of Jane Austen Classic Nails the Look But Fails the Book
ReviewEmma, adaptation, Jane Austen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Mia Goth, Autumn de Wilde, Comedy, Period piece
Mary Queen of Scots: Period Drama Aces the Details but Offers Scant Sizzle
Robin Hood: Slick Reboot of Folk Hero Tale Long on Sizzle, Short on Steak
ReviewTaron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Robin Hood, remake, action-adventure, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, F. Murray Abraham, Period piece, Matrix-inspired, Game of Thrones
