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Period Pieces

trailer mix Sept. 21, 2021

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Have a Past in Rebecca Hall’s Passing TrailerRebecca Hall’s directorial debut will stream on Netflix November 10.

By Rebecca Alter
close reads Nov. 23, 2020

The Queen’s Gambit Is the Forrest Gump of ChessIt knocks you out with its lush costume design and production, while its beautiful white heroine slips unscathed past the roiling traumas of the era.

By Jane Hu

trailer mix July 24, 2018

I Am Agog at the Stunning Re-creation of 1819 Massacre in the Peterloo TrailerDown with the Corn Laws!

By Nate Jones
Nov. 3, 2015

‘The Great Philouza": A Masterpiece of Old-Timey Comedy“I’m going to the general store! For a phosphate!” The fact that these quaint-sounding words are shouted in anger by David Cross is just one of […]

By Joe Blevins
period pieces Aug. 21, 2014

The Downton Abbey Cast Can’t Wear Modern Underwear AnymoreBecause of “Bottlegate.”

By Lindsey Weber