| 单词 | period piece |
| 例句 | It is a distinctly 1960s take on the Gospel of St. Matthew, a sort of period piece within a period piece that was initially criticized for its flower-child vibe and hippie-dippie costuming. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But it is probably a kind of mock period piece done only a few years ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings,” a period piece about segregated baseball, Pryor is an athlete who pretends to be Cuban so he can play against white talent. Critic’s Notebook: A Richard Pryor Retrospective, ‘A Pryor Engagement,’ at BAM 2013-02-05T23:21:42Z The creators were so enamored with the new setting, in fact, they briefly considered continuing the show as a period piece. Watch the First Clip from the 'Sherlock' Victorian Episode 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It was good to hear Stokowski's string version of Dido's Lament, even if it is an over-lacquered 1950s period piece. Britten Sinfonia/Alice Coote – review 2012-11-23T18:58:29Z The feeling seemed to be that while quirky period pieces featuring feisty, sassy, operatically emotional heroines are OK for “Bridgerton” and “Dickinson,” two recent streaming series, they are not OK for Jane Austen. Why Is It So Hard to Adapt Austen? (The Fans Might Play a Part.) 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Linklater: I’ve been able to make some period pieces, which I think are, by definition, nostalgic, even if it’s a time you didn’t live in. Q&A: Richard Linklater on time, nostalgia & ‘Apollo 10 1/2’ 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “It’s a period piece,” she said without missing a beat. Their Family Movie Nights Can Get a Little Bloody 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z “The Swordsman,” Choi Jae-hoon’s riveting period piece, rewarded my proclivity for the retired loner who is once again compelled to wield an exquisite slashing talent against the vicious goons disturbing a hard-fought peace. Five Action Movies to Stream Right Now 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z “L.A. Confidential” was so alive with 1950s tabloid atmospherics and finely drawn characterizations, and so confidently directed through its thicket of plots, that it transcended period piece nostalgia. Curtis Hanson, director of crime drama ‘L.A. Confidential,’ dies at 71 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “I wish this was a movie not unlike most period pieces, where you say, ‘Oh, wow, that happened back in the day,’ ” he said. From ‘Compton’ to ‘The Black Panthers’ to ‘Peace Officer,’ a Raw and Resonant Conversation 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z By the 1990s, they were period pieces: quiet, safe, graceful but old-fashioned. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Outside of those royal period pieces, the best actress field remains robust: Of the four acting races, this one has the largest group of legitimate contenders. Sure, It’s Only September, but the Oscar Race Is in Full Swing 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Pfeiffer’s first movie role is in “A Jazzman’s Blues,” a period piece written and directed by Tyler Perry that tackles the complexities of passing. Meet Four Theater Artists to Watch This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Published in 1944, the book is in some ways a period piece. Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 24-March 1 2012-02-23T22:21:36Z Both shows are period pieces in the South, though of very different eras. The N-word, in terrible context: Period pieces “Hap and Leonard” and “Underground” expose the long roots of racism 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Sometimes a period piece’s focus on Russian meddling is meant as a nod 1984’s small town teens-versus-communists fantasy “Red Dawn” more than a wink at Vladimir Putin’s influence on the current White House administration. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z That film, and her 1993 Western, “The Ballad of Little Jo,” were deeply feminist, unabashedly provocative stories about singular women battling the prejudices of their times; period pieces with contemporary resonance. Review: ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’ Has Forbidden Love in a Foreboding Time 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z He said he’d possibly like to find a period piece to add to his resume of largely contemporary films. Toronto Film Festival: Michael Douglas continues to reach 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Ismail Merchant’s name is already a noun: Merchant Ivory films, so-called after the production company he cofounded, are synonymous with lavish period pieces. Meals as Metaphors: Two New Movies Provide Food for Thought 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z I wouldn't deny for a moment that Hair is a period piece. Hair 2010-04-14T16:56:00Z Because all those props and period pieces — it all carries a scent. The Carpetbagger: A Word With ... Gary Oldman 2012-02-17T17:14:51Z They wanted to hit those keys, return those carriages, bring those silent period pieces back to clattering life. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Click! Clack! Ding! The American Typewriter’ at the New Britain Museum of American Art 2014-04-27T00:23:07Z The residence contains a few period pieces, none of Lincoln’s ownership. At Home in Washington 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z From period pieces to foreign thrillers, here’s what 11 of them are bingeing. Here’s What 11 TV Writers Are Bingeing 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z But as screenwriter Colin Carberry explains, 15 or even 25 years wouldn't have been enough to provide the political perspective – not to mention the will – to make a period piece meaningful. Youth culture movies: how soon is too soon? 2011-08-18T21:00:01Z Q: You've always liked period pieces, and this seems like another one, even though it's contemporary. Director Gus Van Sant gets romantic with "Restless" 2011-09-15T18:34:26Z “Phantom Thread” finds Anderson dominant over exciting new territory, demonstrating, as with his other period pieces, a singular genius for historical texture. To appreciate the ‘Masterworks’ of Paul Thomas Anderson, here are 5 essential movies of his to watch 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z “Our show is a period piece, but those forces are not historical,” he said. The 2019 Golden Globes Recap: A Thankful Sandra Oh and a Mighty Glenn Close 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He was an incredible human being – and I get to do a boxing movie and a period piece. Reinaldo Marcus Green: ‘I was asking myself: if I do nothing, am I a monster?’ 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Executive produced by Jim Carrey, “Dying” also happens to be a period piece about the hardscrabble 1970s stand-up comedy scene in Los Angeles. “I’m Dying Up Here”: Showtime’s uneven drama flatlines 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z A desperately creaky, stuffy, airless period piece, based on the Colette novels. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z How conscious were you of working within certain frameworks - autobiography, period piece - that often present traps? ArtsBeat: Venice Film Festival: Olivier Assayas Returns to the 1970s 2012-09-06T18:10:37Z “The Monuments Men” was a cheerful period piece that wanted to win awards or make a lot of money but did neither. Hollywood liberalism at its lamest: “Money Monster,” George Clooney and Jodie Foster’s financial-crisis drama, misfires spectacularly 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Reissued on Blu-ray, “The Long Good Friday” has become something of a period piece itself: a prescient portrait of the Thatcher years, created just as they were getting under way. DVDs: Class Alliances and Ambition in Thatcher Time 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Wright chatted with Salon about making "Cyrano" and his penchant for period pieces. "Cyrano" director on what Peter Dinklage brings to this enchanting retelling of a classic 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z "The family is isolated in a period without it being a period piece. We thought a lot about that, a lot." Sarah Jessica Parker goes thrift shop in new HBO comedy 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z British period pieces sat on the DVD shelves of American women everywhere, sure, but they didn’t feel fresh. Downton Abbey Watch: House of Despair 2012-01-30T13:30:25Z Besides starring in "World on Fire," he's also been in plenty of other big period pieces including "Little Women" for Masterpiece and "Howards End" for Starz. "Everything is changed": Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama "World on Fire" and Season 2 plans 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z In "Miss Julie," an Irish period piece of class divides, sexual politics and power games, things will end badly, one suspects, though the denouement still shocks. In 'Miss Julie,' Liv Ullmann is too faithful to Strindberg play 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z You often do contemporary work, more so than period pieces. Charlotte Rampling and Those Dolly Birds 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z It's that acknowledgment, that belief that evil does not happen in a vacuum, which makes Boardwalk so much more than a period piece and which will reward those prepared to give it a second try. Boardwalk Empire: a slow-burner with a fierce flame 2012-09-28T14:15:00Z I know the movie is a period piece, but I also lived through the '90s and we definitely had mental illness back then. "Her Smell": Elisabeth Moss can't save this humorless, grunge-era "Spinal Tap" knockoff 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z When I went to tell that story I knew I wanted it to be a period piece. "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" author Saladin Ahmed: "Politics are central to the story for me" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Even more devoted are the costume designers of the film and television industry, where period pieces require period clothes, in pristine condition and often in multiples. Rue St. Denis, Longtime Outfitter to TV and Chic People, Is Closing 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Noire has not sold incredibly well, but then you can’t expect the public to flock en masse to a period piece about World War II veterans having trouble coping with civilian life. Video games: A Year of Playing L.A. Noire and Shadow Cities 2011-12-17T05:25:56Z And to do a period piece and a play that I loved. Albert Wolsky’s Return to Broadway 2012-12-26T23:37:31Z I didn't want to write a period piece. Doctor now? Can James Bond modernise? 2010-07-26T13:56:00Z The applause was warm, but the crowd knew what it had seen: an uneasy wrestling match between a period piece and the way we live now. Review | The moralizing 1946 comedy ‘Born Yesterday’ is not dead yet 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z It’s also an attempt to dust the moss off a work that’s far richer and weirder than the quaint period piece many might dimly recall from a long-ago school assignment. Rip Van Winkle, Newly Awake, Meets His Neighbors Onstage 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The creators, a trio from Ridley Scott’s busy production company, have embraced the central lesson from “Downton” and other “Masterpiece” hits, in that viewers’ favorite British period pieces tend to stick to one main location. PBS wants its own hit drama, but ‘Mercy Street’ lacks more than just a British accent 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “Colette was no feminist and we didn’t want to do a period piece, but I think that she went on stage looking for a kind of freedom.” 'Tournee': Burlesque on Tour and Broken Dreams 2010-05-12T12:30:00Z “This is a period piece about New York,” Jenkins told The New York Times earlier this year. What’s on TV Friday: ‘A Land Imagined’ and ‘The Magnificent Seven’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z An ambitious period piece given an appropriately vintage look by the cinematographer Robert Patrick Stern, “Brooklyn 45” is overlong, repetitive and at times wearyingly stagy. ‘Brooklyn 45’ Review: A Little Something to Lift Their Spirits 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Together they worked to achieve the proper look for the film, a meticulous period piece that attempts to be faithful to the late 1970s setting. A Caper More Chaplinesque Than the Man Himself 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z “I felt like we were able to tell the story, and make it in very many ways a period piece — without only writing jazz music.” ‘Black No More’ to Land Off Broadway This Winter 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Recently, the Academy honored “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”—a Harry Potter period piece replete with fur-collared overcoats and strange creatures—with the Oscar for costume design. Eye-Catching Costumes Rule the Oscar Race 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z So, while this is a period piece, I still want it to be visually attractive and thought saturating it with color was more likely to get the attention of younger people than a muted palette. Regina King: Speaking Truth to Power Through Her Art 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Indelibly nostalgic, it also exudes the unmistakably fading fragrance of a period piece. Bernstein's Mass 2010-07-12T21:45:00Z He wants more inclusivity in casting, which is often white by default, especially in period pieces. He Was a Snob About Musicals. Then He Tried Out to Play Hamilton. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “There’s no way to do a good-looking period piece cheap.” For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z As one episode after another failed to thrill me, I thought I could subsist on “The Knick’s” attention to details, as I have with so many other period pieces. ‘Outlander’ and ‘The Knick’: Once more, time is of the essence When a character in the new novel dies of Aids, it feels, shockingly, like a period piece. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z They are period pieces that have outlived their period. They Hold Weeds, and an Artist’s Sublime Vision 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Though he manages to include bits of krumping, tutting, gliding, popping and locking among other signature styles, the dances don’t feel era-specific, crucial for a musical trying to avoid being seen as a period piece. ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ Uses Songs by Tupac Shakur 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Even visually, Murphy so assiduously avoids delivering a period piece that his film forgets to impart enough of what it felt like to be in New York in the ’80s. ‘The Normal Heart’: Then and now, a relevant outrage Ali Jackson’s drumming was a slyly knowing period piece; the finesse of his snare-drum rolls, accelerating then tapering down to a few poised taps, was one of the band’s delights. Music Review: Pairing Their Sounds and Sharing the Blues 2011-04-10T21:52:38Z Starring Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell as bruisingly codependent sweethearts, this is one of those rare revivals that discovers the enduring, undeniable vitality in what might have registered as a quaint period piece. The Best Theater of 2015 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z There's little about the Renaissance-era politics at play in "The Serpent Queen" that isn't familiar to viewers who favor period pieces like this. In a TV landscape full of serious monarchs "The Serpent Queen" has bite, along with a good time 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z What was it like working on a period piece that contained themes relevant to society today? For Spike Lee, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Period Piece Best Viewed Now 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The owners mixed some new items with the Ritz period pieces, but the real ta-da occurs in the refurbished hallways and guest rooms. What’s in store for you at the Eau Palm Beach? A night with Jonathan Adler. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Many romance novels, like the “Outlander” and “Bridgerton” series, are period pieces, which stretch production designs and budgets. For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z A brooding period piece in which Paloma and a generic male model hate each other. The 2012 pop video awards 2012-12-27T09:00:00Z But Lawrence will go center-stage in Burial Rites, playing a wrongfully accused Irish murderer in a period piece set in the 1800s. Next for Jennifer Lawrence? East of Eden and Dumb and Dumber Sequel 2013-09-30T16:50:39Z They keep the music sounding largely organic without making the album a slavish period piece. New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z Now he’s a walking period piece, in three-piece suits, club collars, pocket watch stowed primly in his waistcoat pocket, hair slicked into a swooping wave. Janelle Monáe, and Other Wondaland Artists, Step Back in Time at the Highline Ballroom 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Like many a good period piece, it’s really our own origin story. Review: Halt and Catch Fire Works the Bugs Out in Version 2.0 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “Bride Flight” is a nice, well-behaved period piece that looks pretty and smells fresh and sweet when brought home from the cinematic laundry. | 'Bride Flight?: Three Friends, Each on a Journey 2011-06-09T22:21:07Z I want to continue doing all of those period pieces, but throwing in a few surprises here and there. Lucy Boynton on playing the misunderstood Marie Antoinette: "She had this rebellious streak to her" 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Oftentimes in period pieces, they can be rigid about the language being biblical. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Why is he so compelled by period pieces? The Witch: ‘Good horror is taking a look at what’s dark in humanity’ 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z It flopped but is now considered an intriguing period piece. Bert Schneider, Producer of ?Easy Rider,? Dies at 78 2011-12-14T04:46:44Z As the Charlatans plod through the leaden psychedelia of their traditional set-closer, Sproston Green, it's clear that this was one period piece that was not worthy of a revisit. The Charlatans 2010-06-02T20:46:00Z Set in 1988, the film, scheduled for release on March 4, is as much a period piece as it is a tale of quarter-life crisis. Film: Growing Older Isn?t the Same as Growing Up 2011-02-20T02:01:26Z Like some of Mr. Spielberg’s other recent movies, notably “Lincoln” and “Munich,” this one is a meticulously detailed period piece that revisits the anxieties of the past while also speaking to those of the present. Review: In ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Spielberg Considers the Cold War 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z When we wanted to do our own thing, we heard exactly what Sydney heard, which is there is no market for Native Americans, or even worse: “People just don’t get into period pieces.” ‘This Is What We Should Have Had All Along’ 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Until the last few weeks, and honestly until November 2016, we might have fooled ourselves into saying that this show is a period piece, a vision of a past America. Scarlett Johansson can’t do this: “Pose” shows why authenticity matters in LGBT stories 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z This period piece is right up the actor’s alley. Cloying Royals Scheme for Greater Glory 2010-05-19T13:38:00Z Like the classic Hammer movies, this ghost story, shot in Britain, is a period piece with a high-toned pedigree. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z If it’s particularly stylish or looks like a period piece that fits the rest of your decor, it might be worth keeping. How to reattach the backs on Grandma’s chrome chairs 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z If they were, Jackson Pollock's Lavender Mist would today look like a period piece, illuminating the quirks of 1950s America but quite odd and silly from our point of view. Tate Britain's Painting Now exhibition: how can painting ever belong to 'now'? 2013-07-04T14:50:12Z That’s the reason I took the job when it was offered to me by Jordan Peele, because I knew that with this period piece, we could speak the truth to what’s happening here today. For Spike Lee, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Period Piece Best Viewed Now 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The styling showed how folk blouses and opera coats didn’t have to look like costumes in a period piece. Where Fashion Stylists Shop for Vintage 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z An atmospheric period piece, full of suggestive details, the movie is set in Edinburgh around 1830. In ‘The Black Cat,’ the Titans of Terror, Karloff and Lugosi, Face Off 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Strange how archival those images look now, just six months later, already a period piece. What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders 2012-06-01T19:30:01Z Its offerings include a show about a Japanese underwear store, a Belgian crime drama, a Spanish period piece about phone operators, a Portuguese bull-riding show. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z This usefully allows the material to be less of a period piece — because, happily for Sister Helen, her polemic is somewhat dated. Review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ Opens a Met Season Heavy on the New 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Both actors help to make a period piece pulse with an of-the-moment immediacy. Theater Talkback: Answers to Your Questions About London 2010-08-04T16:29:00Z They wanted it to feel like “this is a period piece, but these are people that you may know.” Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker Spend the Night Together 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Of the more than 50 films she made, about half were period pieces. Maureen O’Hara, Irish-Born Star Who Played Strong-Willed Beauties, Dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Kelly Reichardt successfully transposed her realist sensibility to such period pieces as Meek’s Cutoff. Sleazy bosses, exploited barmaids: US cinema finally discovers the left behinds 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z The collaborating pieces aren’t paintings; they are “paintings,” paintinglike props or décor, newly made period pieces that are already, as you read this, beginning to fail the test of time. Art in Review: PIOTR UKLANSKI: ?Discharge!? 2011-01-20T22:45:02Z “Vagabonds” is a strange concept album, a period piece with notably thick bass sounds and heavy with groove. Throwbacks: Vinyl and digital reissues of note for winter-spring 2015 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z But the gains made in gay rights threaten to make “Falsettos” a period piece, something its creators and cast have been forced to consider as they restage a classic for a new era. An AIDS-Era Musical in an Age of Marriage Equality 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “It’s like creating a period piece in your life when you do that,” he said during an interview this year. Directors like Tarantino are banning cellphones from sets — but not everyone is on board 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z And even though it's set in that time, it's not supposed to be a period piece. Sterling K. Brown reflects on playing O.J. prosecutor Chris Darden on TV and a slave in the 'Father Comes Home' play 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Even though this is a period piece, we still wanted to make it look, feel contemporary with what’s happening in the world we live in today. For Spike Lee, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Period Piece Best Viewed Now 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z If Rivera’s frescoes are a kind of cathedral and also a colossal period piece, Kahlo’s small paintings are portable altarpieces for private devotion and a high point of Surrealism that speaks to us still. Review: ‘Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit’ 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Many of the series best episodes, in fact, are period pieces. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Any period piece set in the 1950s is bound to look a lot like “Mad Men,” and this narrative also unfolds through an amber haze of cigarette smoke, whiskey and social taboos. | ?The Hour?: Espionage in the Government and Shenanigans at Work 2011-08-16T12:00:00Z It doesn’t look very good — an airless, stylized period piece, the kind of movie Sachs would never make himself. ‘Passages’ Review: A Toxic Ménage 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Macaulay’s 1956 novel, her last, is a uniquely affecting and funny period piece which not only conjures 1950s Turkey but is at once brilliantly revealing on love, sex and loneliness. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z The Academy tends to reward period pieces for costume. Designing Costumes for 'Star Wars’ Jedis, Princesses and Naked Creatures 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z But in her feature debut Day effortlessly cultivates the hunger that drove Holiday, and that passion holds together a period piece that otherwise leaves us wanting. Hulu's irksome "United States vs. Billie Holiday" is a stunning, soul-wrenching debut for Audra Day 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Since Mulligan’s role as the avenging, utterly contemporary Cassie is a major change of pace for a star often seen in period pieces, I project her to win in a squeaker. 2021 Golden Globes Predictions: Will ‘Borat’ Be the Big Winner? 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z How I've experienced this throughout my life is through this mainstream image of warriors, horses, camps and period pieces. "We need to laugh": "Hey, Viktor" is a much-needed send-up of Native dysfunction and Hollywood 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z He has always been bashful about the Diary's merits, but its mixture of insight, comedy and breathless prose makes it an enduring crystallisation of the rock musician's lot, and a quietly glorious period piece. Ian Hunter's diary of Mott the Hoople 2010-06-25T22:59:00Z Last summer, for instance, the Art Institute of Chicago played songs by Woody Guthrie and Sarah Vaughn and other period pieces in its “America After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s” exhibition. Drinking In the Art: Museums Offer a Growing Banquet for the Senses 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “It’s really liberating to be in a period piece where I don’t have to put on an air or raise my voice and sound like a young, distressed girl. I can just sound like me.” Emilie Kouatchou makes ‘Phantom’ history on Broadway 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z I'm sorry to be missing a period piece about a woman in comedy. Did You Hear the One About the Housewife Who Walks Into a Comedy Club? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z “The Beautiful Miscellaneous,” a 1980s period piece about an accidental savant with a demanding physicist father, is an outlier from Smith’s more distantly historical works. Review | An irresistible tale of early cinema makes for perfect summer reading 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The ad continues with a clip from a fictional show called “Kennymeade Depot,” a period piece starring an actress played by Melissa Villaseñor, who wears a ruffled fascinator and totes a Tommy gun. “S.N.L.” Both Mocks and Exploits the Streaming-Media Landscape 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z She resumed her career upon graduation, landing an Oscar nomination for her work in "Closer" and taking the lead in such projects as the action thriller "V for Vendetta" and the period piece "Goya's Ghosts." Natalie Portman finally "reconciled" with career 2011-02-07T06:10:01Z “I want to look like a period piece,” said Ms. Vega, the 28-year-old Chilean star of “A Fantastic Woman.” The Star of ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Picks a Few Come-Hither Dresses 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z I can’t help but think of all the other esteemed period pieces, with all their other period sexism. Perspective | ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ a period drama that erases sexism from 1960, is the best fantasy show of the year 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z There was a whole costume display from whichever film they were focused on, whether it be “Star Wars” or a period piece. Why I Fear Movies Won’t Be the Same Without the ArcLight 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Williams’ period piece, which spans the civil rights and Vietnam eras, shows the human cost of war and racial hatred. The 99-Seat Beat: Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' from a Chicana point of view 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z And this is a much better book than his most recent period piece, “Heyday,” set in 1848. Books of The Times: Kurt Andersen’s ‘True Believers,’ Haunted by the ’60s 2012-07-11T21:52:28Z The movie’s star, Mr. Washington, said, “It’s a period piece but with very contemporary problems.” Spike Lee Takes on the Klan 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z You work with these amazing young actors, but it's a period piece. "PEN15" stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle: "We still feel like we're in seventh grade" 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z As a period piece, it is astonishing, reeking of animal dung and illness, ankle-deep in sucking mud and spilled blood. Deadwood is the best drama HBO has ever made – it must be revived 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z His material on the first gulf war is inevitably going to seem like a period piece. Bill Hicks, Revived on Video to Jar Viewers Out of Apathy 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Yet “Route One” hardly seems a period piece. On the Road, Again: ‘Route One/USA’ Revisits 1980s America 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Hall's The Mountaintop, an 80-minute period piece about Martin Luther King's final night before his assassination, had registered relatively little buzz. Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!' 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z It’s a poetic, even potent effect, one that lends the time travel of a well-executed period piece a mystical, meaningful and even miraculous extra dimension. Fall films: True escapes are few and far between. ‘Mr. Turner’ fits the bill, though. The first season of AHS in its own way wanted to be a period piece, with its mash notes to Rosemary’s Baby and the like. TV Tonight: American Horror Story: Asylum 2012-10-17T12:00:24Z And in recent years the museum has begun to look like a period piece, one completely removed from the dizzying digital world of films like “Avatar.” Architecture Review: Immersed In Images And an Age Of Blurred Boundaries 2011-01-13T22:01:16Z Obviously, it’s a period piece because when the characters discuss Socialism — which they do, earnestly and often — no one starts trolling them on Twitter. Review: ‘Conflict’ Reaches Across the Decades and the Aisle 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Selling this as a strictly period piece requires a very specific style of comic delivery that is in short supply, despite the professional credentials of a 12-member cast. The Odyssey tries to breathe some fresh air into a dusty, musty 'Arsenic and Old Lace' 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z “It has to be contemporary. So that was the hip thing that we did. Otherwise it’s a period piece. We had to connect David Duke to Agent Orange today.” Spike Lee Turns a Period Piece Into a Protest of the Trump Era 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The Knick, now on Cinemax, is a reconsidered kind of period piece, with specific ideas about the social and technological changes it’s covering. REVIEW: Boardwalk vs. Empire: Can HBO's Gangster Chronicle Bring Its Two Sides Together? 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The show is a great-looking period piece, with confident, dynamic canvasses that look very much at home in architecture of the same vintage. Art Review: ‘Art of Another Kind’ at Guggenheim Museum 2012-06-14T20:12:14Z I’d like to pick two period pieces about the baseball of my youth: “The Southpaw” by Mark Harris, a perfect game of a novel about race, money, sex, politics and independence. ArtsBeat: Reading Suggestions for Baseball's Opening Week 2012-04-06T16:28:27Z Still, what prevents Ellen Rapoport's funky period piece from tripping over its good intentions is the crisp humor and the writers' refusal to make anyone the easy hero or predictable villain. Saved from extinction, "Minx" is back with an even richer and more complicated second season 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z “So, it doesn’t feel like a period piece to me. It doesn’t feel like a period piece other than the clothes,” Akinnagbe said. Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' puts new spin on racial injustice 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z While "Pulp" is a period piece about an old Wild West outlaw in 1939 in New York, it also feels like it is really capturing this moment in time that we are living through. "We in America have actual fascists marching in the streets": Ed Brubaker on releasing art right now 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Stars of period pieces, understandably eager to break character, are often the most sophisticated at an awards ceremony, especially if they aren’t nominated and feel they can take a risk. Fashion Meets Social Media at the Emmys 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z It's very difficult however, for a period piece to sustain that level of story-telling. Lark Rise to Candleford: the end is nigh 2011-02-11T12:11:00Z And you get to be in a kind of period piece, yet again. "I have more dragons to slay": Tony Shalhoub is just getting started 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The dialogue hopscotches among Yiddish, English and German; the scenes among the Hasidim are essentially period pieces, meticulously designed and costumed. Review: ‘Unorthodox,’ a Stunning Escape From Brooklyn 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z "I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece. I can't go and change and 'thou' or 'thy,'" he added. Kevin Hart finds character close to home in 'Think Like a Man Too' 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Connor’s career hasn’t always involved period pieces. The Carpetbagger: Clothes and Character: ‘Invisible Woman’ 2014-02-13T16:33:16Z In fact, this year, all "Glee" competes against is period pieces: "Boardwalk Empire," "The Borgias," "Game of Thrones" and "Mad Men." 'Glee' Emmy nominee reflects on 'New York' episode 2011-09-09T01:20:10Z This kind of period piece cares little for actual historical detail, operating instead under its own weird rules where atmosphere is everything and each plot development comes accompanied by its own sense of creeping dread. Naysayers be damned! Tom Hardy's Taboo is a work of Wicker Man genius 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “Mrs. Maisel,” about a mother who turns to stand-up comedy after a divorce, is an exuberant period piece with a dash of early feminism. Escapism or realism? Top Emmy races pose a choice 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Bhattacharya’s journals are atmospheric period pieces, and his field recordings are mono but vivid and often raw, capturing music that was far more geographically and culturally isolated back in 1955. The Year in Yesteryear: Standout Music Books and Boxed Sets 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Too many works in the remaining six are stilted period pieces. Art Review: ‘George Bellows,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-11-15T23:23:38Z I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever done, in a weird way, considering it’s my first real period piece.” Nathan Lane May Play 'The Nance' 2010-10-05T15:10:00Z Ultimately, this War of the Worlds is a flawed period piece, but one that remains suffused with an oddly endearing innocence. The War of the Worlds – review 2012-12-16T18:00:04Z Girlboss is actually set in this time – making it a period piece in more ways than one. Take that, patriarchy! The horrific, cack-handed 'feminism' of Netflix's Girlboss 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z With period pieces a dime a dozen these days, the past has become as familiar as the present, though "Breathless" does all the accoutrements very well. TV Picks: 'Doctor Who,' 'Breathless' and the Emmy Awards 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Building on that, since "Pose" is a realistic fiction and period piece, how do you prepare for your role as Pray Tell? "My art is my activism": "Pose" star Billy Porter unleashes his passion and doesn't hold back 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s an affectionate, determinedly credible period piece with lightly fictionalized versions of people and places from the era. ‘The Breaks,’ a TV Movie on VH1, Examines the Year Hip-Hop Found Its Flow 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z If this interpretation lacks the hot molten urgency my ideal “Raisin” would possess, it also feels less like a period piece than any I’ve seen. Theater Review: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ Brings Denzel Washington Back to Broadway 2014-04-04T02:00:14Z Before “Mad Men” or “The Americans” found new ways to reclaim the past, this was a period piece ahead of its time, a modern drama set during the Dakota gold rush of the 1870s. Revisiting ‘Deadwood,’ a Lawless Prelude to TV’s New Golden Age 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z "Bridgerton" is equal parts promising and frustrating, in that it shows a type of period piece traditionally presented as entirely white and places Black nobility in a central role. From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Having lords and ladies curse and scream is one of the ways McNamara’s work disrupts the typically restrained period piece of previous generations. This Is Not History’s Catherine the Great 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z But then, the “Big Bang” spinoff is a period piece, a reminder that the late 1980s and early 1990s were very different times. With "Bob Hearts Abishola" and "Sunnyside," sitcoms are showcasing the immigrant's story 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “We think, ‘Oh it’s a period piece about some kind of hysteria about witches,’” he added. Richard Armitage goes from ‘Hobbit’ to ‘Crucible’ 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Randazzo and Mr. Robinson supervised its recording, and they’re good at this kind of period piece; in the credits you keep expecting to see the names of old Los Angeles studio professionals. Playlist: New CDs by Judith Berkson, Trash Talk and Others 2010-05-28T21:25:00Z The Coen brother's Western was one of the holiday movie season's pleasant surprises; a smart, elegant period piece with a good story to tell, and that introduced us to a major young talent. Oscar countdown: "True Grit" 2011-02-24T18:47:05Z Yet, unlike a more serious period piece, “The Princess Bride” keeps its tongue firmly planted in cheek. Adriana E. Ramirez's Great American Novel: 'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z "I want to continue doing all of those period pieces, but throwing in a few surprises here and there." Lucy Boynton on playing the misunderstood Marie Antoinette: "She had this rebellious streak to her" 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Joining "Mad Men" and "Downton Abbey" in the best drama category are psychological thriller "Homeland," medieval period piece "Game of Thrones" and past favorites "Boardwalk Empire" and "Breaking Bad." New shows join Emmy favorites among nominees 2012-07-19T14:48:54Z It’s an excellent way to prepare for Mr. Scorsese’s latest period piece, “Silence,” which opens in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 23. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z She managed to be very funny, though, in last year’s Coen Brothers’ Hollywood period piece, Hail, Caesar!. Scarlett Johansson, charismatic queen of science fiction 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z They had two ideas: a satirical reality show or a riff on a period piece. Another Period Shows How Historical Millionaires Were Just Like Reality Stars 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Although what was once a cutting-edge look at policing in transition, 25 years on was now a period piece. Washington, Malek and Leto face off in ‘The Little Things’ 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z And no period piece, to loosely paraphrase Susan Sontag, captures the age of their concern, as they’re documents of the time that yielded them. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Like Mad Men, Masters of Sex is a period piece that uses a specific part of culture to explore how the larger American culture is changing–here, sex and science rather than the ad business. Plateau Stage: Masters of Sex Figures Itself Out 2013-11-04T13:45:39Z A period piece about Jesuit priests, it stars Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield and is set for release later this year. Scorsese Bill Clinton film 'shelved' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z A hybrid of the two, “The American Duchess,” would have better described what Ms. Goodwin’s sly, glittery period piece is about. Books of The Times: Money May Not Buy You Love, but It Might Help You Land a Spouse 2011-06-26T21:00:06Z The book wanders in the middle, from genre to genre, from thriller to romance to mystery to period piece to Friday Night Lights. In Stephen King?s Latest, Trying to Stop Lee Harvey Oswald 2011-11-02T15:57:51Z It’s a 1980s period piece that doesn’t feel dated, partly because the ideological allegiances and betrayals of Cold War politics are filtered through more abiding themes of marital loyalty and mistrust. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z If you’re making a period piece like this, you don’t want to get caught up and have people bounce out of it because you cheated. “You tell me that the riots are a good thing? F*ck you. Come to Baltimore and say that”: David Simon on police brutality, the legacy of “The Wire” and the future of American cities 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z So why make a period piece at all, if you’re going to swerve so far away from the facts? This Is Not History’s Catherine the Great 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Given the preponderance of other medieval period pieces out there, it just seems very familiar. The Bastard Executioner: latest medieval drama won't slay you 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z And the songs are never simply period pieces or party tunes. Cage the Elephant Returns, Suspended Between Rowdiness and Regret 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “Blueberry Toast” at times plays like an absurdist period piece poking fun at traditional sitcom depictions of American families. 'Blueberry Toast' from Echo Theater Company is a darkly whimsical dish 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But Britten's comedy was a period piece even when it was written, in 1947, and so it must remain. Albert Herring – review 2012-10-07T15:33:49Z I'm torn between hoping it evolves into an established part of the repertoire, and willing it to become a period piece. Best theatre of 2012, No 2: Posh 2012-12-20T16:44:49Z “GLOW” is a period piece, one based on a campy female wrestling outfit that enjoyed a short run of popularity on syndicated television between 1986 until 1990. “GLOW” returns to Netflix with an excellent season 2, right when we need it 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “Legion” isn’t a period piece — it seems to exist in a time of its own — but it looks a little as if Stanley Kubrick in 1968 were directing “The Prisoner” with 21st-century visual effects. Review: In ‘Legion,’ a Hero’s Journey Is a Real Head Trip 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Did you ever see "Shadow Magic"? The reason I did this film was because of "Shadow Magic," a period piece about bringing film to China, starring Jared Harris. Amy Irving on her new film "Confetti," stage fright and the big role she almost turned down 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The great strength of intimately observed period pieces such as Mad Men, and Money is that they hold a mirror up to our own times. Mad man 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z Byrne said that he's been fascinated by what he called "period pieces," and had been looking to the Cold War as a possible avenue. John Byrne crafts 'period piece' set in Cold War 2011-07-13T10:05:08Z “Her Man” is a period piece in more ways than one. ‘Her Man’: A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The real Lovelace died in 2002, leaving behind a trail of inconsistencies, and though Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's handsomely mounted period piece evokes the era with impressive detail, Lovelace's journey remains difficult to tell. Sundance film festival 2013: Lovelace – first look review 2013-01-24T12:56:41Z While shooting the series-with-in-a-series of the third episode, Huppert’s character says jadedly, “This is exactly what television needs: another period piece with well-dressed mannequins.” Review: ‘The Romanoffs’ Is Elegant but Frustrating 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z What was great was you didn't have to wear a corset or whatever one usually associates with period pieces. From "Prey" to "Reservation Dogs," Amber Midthunder always slays 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Campion’s grand return to the form is the period piece “The Power of the Dog,” a sweeping but intimate family drama set in the isolated hills of 1925 Montana. After over a decade, Jane Campion returns to film 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Keeping the production from turning into a period piece — albeit a very recent period — required some changes. In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z All together, “Sound of a Woman” is a period piece and at the tip of a reawakened interest in that time period. Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and Kiesza Release New Albums 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Comedies, dramas, westerns, fantasies, period pieces, inspirational tales, romances. Hollywood's hedgehog mentality threatens its survival 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z In style and content “The Jazz Singer” is undeniably a period piece, schmaltzy and partly calcified by some dated dialogue. | 'The Jazz Singer': Mama and Papa Versus Life Upon the Wicked Stage 2011-12-06T21:49:26Z Netflix’s “The Crown,” the period piece about Queen Elizabeth, won best casting in a drama over the weekend. John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Join the EGOT Club 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Anderson’s book is a period piece, covering the years 1944 to 1956 — but the climate of fear and intolerance that it describes in Washington also feels uncomfortably timely. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z They aren’t especially original, but they are forceful, tough-minded period pieces, and good to see. Galleries Shift Shape to Survive in a Changing Art World 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z With period pieces a dime a dozen these days, the past has become as familiar as the present, though "Breathless" does all the accoutrement very well. TV Picks: 'Houdini,' 'Breathless,' 'Doctor Who' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z On the album, the effect is studied, a period piece, a little arch. Music Review: Christopher Owens at the Bowery Ballroom 2013-01-22T22:15:24Z The play is a tense period piece, given a sensationally cinematic production by director Robert Icke and a team of extraordinary designers. London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z With its mix of genres — social drama, the invasion thriller, even psychological horror — “The Keeping Room” is a period piece that isn’t entirely hung up on period accuracy. Toronto Film Festival: 'Keeping Room' a window into women, Civil War 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z When I first saw “Call Jane” in January, I filed it away as an appealing if familiar period piece, more dusty than revelatory. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s a period piece set in the late 50s about a woman stand-up comedian. Insiders’ TV: writers and producers share their tips 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z But heard today, these are simply curios, period pieces; any modern electronic keyboard can produce virtually any sound. A pianist with a penchant for the unusual 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z What you have here is a drawn-out period piece about a period and an event that aren’t worth remembering. Review | ‘Law & Order’ applies its style to true crime, but ‘Menendez Murders’ lacks allure 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z So: “Mrs. Maisel” may be a period piece, but it’s an unapologetically sanitized one. “Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in its anachronistic unreality 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z So to go back and write a period piece set in the 1960s, as Sebastian Faulks did – successfully – would not be what my readers would like. Doctor now? Can James Bond modernise? 2010-07-26T13:56:00Z “He knows how to create a period piece; he understands the streets, the humanity of it and the poetry of it all. He captures the essence of our people, our neighborhoods.” Leon Ichaso, Whose Films Explored Latino Identity, Dies at 74 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z “Indignation” might be dismissed as a small, exquisite period piece, but it is so precisely rendered that it gets deeply under your skin. Review: ‘Indignation’ Offers a Precisely Rendered, and Repressive, 1950s America 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z I haven't done a period piece, and I think it will be fun. Dolph Lundgren flexes box office muscle 2010-08-17T05:39:00Z In 2015, Corbet made his directing debut, The Childhood of a Leader, starring Robert Pattinson – a period piece about a Little Lord Fauntleroy tyke who grows up to be a fascist dictator. Vox Lux director Brady Corbet: 'The movie is about the desire to be iconic' 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Men were hardly more enlightened in the period pieces Mulligan has made, but that was often the point of those movies, wasn’t it? Carey Mulligan Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The show was mostly an unabashed period piece: an uninterrupted three hours with remarkably well-oiled transitions between sizable bands. Sharon Jones Headlines Daptone’s Night of Soul 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But it also targets his ego, presenting him in washed-out VHS video as a rerun, a period piece, an ’80s relic with crippling insecurity. Donald Trump Is a Conundrum for Political Comedy 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z By the 1980 revival, the show struck some as close to a period piece, at least sociologically. ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Or meet Lady Edith at a suffragist rally? -- be warned: Clooney will not actually be appearing in the hit period piece. George Clooney to appear in 'Downton Abbey' sketch 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z "He wants more inclusivity in casting, which is often white by default, especially in period pieces. “It’s like we’re putting chains on our imagination,” he said." He Was a Snob About Musicals. Then He Tried Out to Play Hamilton. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Today these framing devices can seem a bit cutesy, but they do establish the stories as period pieces. ‘Nothing Is Impossible: Further Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne,’ by Edward D. Hoch The mind-boggling nature of this conundrum of the human heart, laid bare on the screen, is fascinating enough to warrant spending time with this period piece, but the close-to-the-bone performances keep a person locked in. The dagger-sharp satire of HBO's "Veep," returning for its final season, feels all too real now 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z I think of the preface that Jack Kerouac wrote to “The Americans”: a period piece, indulging Beat longueurs. The Shock of Robert Frank’s “The Americans” 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Then again, he’s the hero of a period piece. Down-and-Outs Are Center Stage Once Again 2011-05-12T14:32:27Z It’s from the set of the 1920s period piece “The Night They Raided Minsky’s,” reportedly the first musical to be filmed entirely in New York. When Filming in New York, the City Is Always the Star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But Stourton notes that younger audiences now find it dated, a period piece. The man who brought humanist values — and ‘Civilisation’ — to a mass market 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z But what makes this “Ubu Roi” more than a clever riff on a period piece is its sense of the raw, ravening anger in the boy’s satirical vision. Review: ‘Ubu Roi,’ Mom and Dad’s Party of Grown-Up Grotesques 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The movie, however, is a period piece, with country music and bleak visuals that suggest characters from "The Last Picture Show" could wander into frame at any moment. 'The Killer Inside Me': Casey Affleck unleashes his creepy side ? again 2010-07-01T20:41:00Z Set to Harry Nilsson songs, it’s a period piece about the late 1960s and early ’70s. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Evening Includes ‘Sunset’ and ‘Gossamer Gallants’ 2014-03-19T20:08:21Z Like many designers, Mr. Kurland emphasized that in contemporary films, rather than period pieces, costumes are more crucial to the storytelling process precisely because they are so familiar. Eye-Catching Costumes Rule the Oscar Race 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z TIME: How does filming a period piece change the climate on the set? Charles Dance on Tywin Lannister's death and Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a period piece, a bittersweet giant-train-set vision of an industry town on the brink of transformation. Over the hills: Quentin Tarantino and the end of Hollywood as we know it 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z “From the very beginning, Spike said, ‘I don’t want it to be a period piece,’” Willmott recalls. Spike Lee’s movie about a black cop infiltrating the KKK is a subtweet of Donald Trump 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z It's amazing that the film, which is a period piece, is still so topical today. "MLK/FBI" director: "White men in power are frightened of losing their control of America" 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Chastain, who is currently promoting her role opposite Matt Damon in Ridley Scott space drama The Martian, is known for dramatic roles in civil rights period piece The Help and super-serious science-fiction thriller Interstellar. Jessica Chastain: Hollywood oversexualises female action stars 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Curtis’s rom-com style invites us into a strain of British lifestyle that can be soothingly escapist; he writes crunchy-gravel period pieces that have the extra advantage of being modern. Review | Send your regrets to Hulu’s ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ (and a sympathy card) 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z "I always say the worst two words a black actor can hear is `period piece,'" he says. Chris Rock adds Broadway to his funny resume 2011-03-06T14:25:08Z It plucks elements from sitcoms, gritty crime shows, supernatural television, and period pieces and knits them together into six fast-paced episodes. In Netflix's "Ghost Bride," a woman marries a dead man, and then things get wonderfully weird 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Quaint details aside, this is no period piece. In Colson Whitehead’s New Novel, a Crime Grows in Harlem 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Even if they’re cast in contemporary sheens, reboots are period pieces attempting to refashion the past. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z AP: The film is a period piece and has a physically dark, moody feel but also uses some modern touches, like breaking the fourth wall. Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan play geniuses in ‘Tesla’ 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z "It's such a fantastic period piece," Paisley says of the song. Brad Paisley prepares for ninth album release 2011-05-13T21:17:40Z I didn’t think we were pitching a period piece here. ‘This Is What We Should Have Had All Along’ 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z In notes distributed at the movie’s premiere, Mekas, who died last year at 96, called it his “meditation on love and death in a period of darkness,” and “Guns” is a period piece. Jonas Mekas’s Debut Is an Artifact of Beat-Era New York 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The period piece is set in the 1920s in the south of France, which is, obviously, beautiful and rich with glittering Gatsby-esque charm. Here's the Trailer for Magic in the Moonlight, Woody Allen's Next Flick 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z And Ms. Rebeck’s confidence as a storyteller in any case moots the historical infidelities that mar so many period pieces. Review: What’s a Woman’s Role? All of ’Em, ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’ Argues 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The film, a period piece set in 1989, follows an ambitious young woman who —- after being criticized for her hairstyle — gets a lengthy weave in order to succeed at her music television network. ‘Bad Hair’ movie explores Black women and hairstyle messages 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Most films and TV shows made in recent years that address HIV are period pieces. Daniel Franzese on HBO’s “Looking”: Finally, an HIV-positive character living in the here and now 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The British love their period pieces and meta-media dramas as much as Americans, it appears. ArtsBeat Blog: BBC Adds More Hours and More Characters to 'The Hour' 2011-12-07T14:17:18Z The next generation surely doesn’t lack ambition: Damien Chazelle recently announced plans to make a sweeping period piece about 1920s Hollywood that could be his “Apocalypse Now.” Perspective | In praise of the messy, misunderstood masterpiece (and in search of the next one) 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z But the winners tend to be period pieces. The Carpetbagger: The Sound and the Feel of Oscar-Worthiness 2011-02-16T23:28:08Z The period piece is a marked change of style for Arnold, who twice won the Cannes film festival jury prize for "Fish Tank" in 2009 and "Red Road" in 2006. Arnold premiers 'Wuthering Heights' in Venice 2011-09-06T17:25:13Z "It's a true story, the actors are great, I think the story looks a little more timeless than a period piece," Bernard told Reuters. Studios snap up Sundance favorites, boosting indie film market 2013-01-27T22:56:16Z One of the pleasures of “Jimmy’s Hall,” a likable period piece directed by the social-realist British filmmaker Ken Loach, is its unswerving belief in old-fashioned populist heroes. Review: ‘Jimmy’s Hall’ Pits the Church Against a Populist Gathering Place 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Actually, he's just right for it, and it is just right for him: without Duvall's rich, supremely skilled performance, this slim period piece wouldn't amount to much. 'Get Low' Review: Robert Duvall Raises the Bar 2010-07-30T21:00:00Z Those, in turn, serve only to recall another tiresome period piece, Terry Johnson’s “The Libertine,” to play the Haymarket within the past year. Birth Pangs, Royal and Otherwise 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z “I would love to be a part of something that is similar to ‘Bridgerton,’ something that’s a period piece film because, really, you don’t see that many deaf people in period pieces,” says Ridloff. Lauren Ridloff on playing the MCU’s first deaf superhero 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Amazingly, some copies of past styles that were at risk, because collectors only want period pieces, easily found takers. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z As she told W, "I just love genre, I love style, I love period pieces — anything where having a face like mine could be in spaces where faces like mine haven't been before." It's time for Zoë Chao, rom-com sidekick, to take the lead 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The painting is a somewhat garish period piece, violent in its own way. Berlin Biennale Wrestles With Big Issues (and Itself) 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z A pastiche or historical period piece would never have worked for me anyway. Impersonating Philip Marlowe 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z It's a real period piece, the sort of film the BBC don't make any more. Find the road to Alexander Goehr's Promised End on YouTube 2010-09-24T16:06:00Z Cooke’s performance is proudly contemporary, which brings an unexpected energy to this period piece. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Vanity Fair’ and ‘Life Itself’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z There are also a dozen songs performed live in the show — some original but most, says Harley, “period pieces” from the 1990s. ‘These Streets’: the story of women who rocked Seattle in the ’90s 2013-02-22T03:55:13Z Still, you have to do more than Sher does, with his flat design and merely jolly choreography, to make this 1949 show look other than a period piece. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:19Z “I would always be pea green with envy, watching all those fabulous actors in their fabulous outfits doing this period piece,” she said. ‘The Gilded Age’ Finally Arrives on HBO 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Written and directed by Jonah Hill, this film wants to be less a period piece than a time capsule, an immersion in the sights and sound of a pop-cultural moment. Review: ‘Mid90s’ Skates Back to a Less Innocent Time 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Watching a period piece strain to meet the present's political and social circumstances can be painful. "The Alienist" returns, but strains against its beautiful but oh-so-serious corsetry 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z “Francisca” is both classical and postmodern, a cross between a lush Visconti period piece and the stylized expressionism of “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” A Postmodern Period Piece From a Cinema Titan 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Alas, this Oscar almost always goes to royal period pieces, so I am predicting “The Favourite” will triumph in a close race. Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Nothing in that movie would suggest a filmmaker with an interest in taking on a gothic period piece. Relaxing with a good book (on film) 2011-03-17T13:51:54Z Sure, it's not "The King's Speech" or "Mad Men" here, but could somebody even try to make an '80s period piece that doesn't just whip the entire decade into one Rubik's cube-shaped blender? The problem with 1980s nostalgia movies 2011-03-04T16:03:00Z Royal period pieces usually go a long way with this group, but Lanthimos films thrive on discomfort, and he isn’t afraid to push “The Favourite” into some untraditional places. Who Will Be Nominated for Best Director? 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Is there another historical time period that you would like to do a period piece in? Alan Cumming on Speaking His Mind, Making His Own Hats and Getting In Touch With His Inner Elf 2012-12-07T13:00:31Z And I never thought I could be in a period piece on television because every version I’ve ever seen of that is incredibly offensive. Is Stephanie Hsu the ‘Dark Horse’ of Award Season? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z This rule is always followed, even if your house is furnished entirely in Louis Quatorze period pieces and early, original Renoirs. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: To sell his house, he had to make it as bland as possible 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Both movies are set in the 1990s, but "Captain Marvel" actually has fun with being a period piece and takes advantage of its '90s setting. "Dark Phoenix" is an unworthy X-Men finale 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z As a period piece, set a moment of great change, there is also a social component to the comedy. Chris O'Dowd instills a hometown feel in Hulu comedy 'Moone Boy' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The sculpture is little more than an amusing period piece. Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z “The Post” may look like a period piece, as it dramatizes how the 1971 publication of the leaked Pentagon Papers exposed government efforts to mislead the public about the Vietnam War. New Trailer: ‘The Post,’ With Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The 10-episode series isn’t the first period piece to go this route. What’s a Kanye West song doing in a TV show about slavery? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Several nominees for the best picture title, including “Little Women” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” are period pieces. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Homeland’ and ‘High Maintenance’ 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Set in the 1930s and 1940s, “Mank” was always intended to be a period piece. Perspective | The ‘difficult genius’ trope was always problematic. Now it’s obsolete. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z One of its real strengths is that it's very hard to categorise - it's not a period piece, nor is it in any way crudely allegorical. Man Booker Prize 2013: At a glance 2013-09-11T11:13:45Z Before shooting began, he compiled two CDs of contemporary music that captured the tone the director wanted, even though it was a period piece. The Long Tail of Aphex Twin’s ‘Avril 14th’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z His 2006 film, “Legend of the Black Scorpion,” was a sumptuous, “Hamlet”-derived, martial arts period piece. Review: In ‘Youth,’ the People’s Dance Troupe, in Love and War 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z What was unforeseen about the mini-series was it’s tone, the series is a period piece that elevates the style and sexism 1940s to the level of a film serial. 'Agent Carter' Breezes Though Half-Way Point With The Black Widow 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z It was a period piece, and yet of all time. Badlands: No 4 2010-10-17T10:52:00Z Even people who typically shy away from period pieces will be drawn to what she does within the series' 10 episodes . "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Norton did more than just add a lyric from Yorke’s song into the script, he went ahead and found a way to incorporate the song into the 1950s New York City period piece. Thom Yorke wrote such a great song for "Motherless Brooklyn" that Edward Norton altered the film 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “Mad Men” is a period piece that reverses the template. Television: Changes for Fourth Season of ?Mad Men? 2010-07-16T19:01:00Z There were exceptions, of course, often connected to period pieces, when the obviously artistry of the clothing — which didn’t look like anything in store — broke through. The Biggest Influencers of the Pandemic May Not Be Who You Assume 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Metcalf prefers performing in contemporary plays because she likes “to be loose onstage and not tied up with preconceived notions of what a period piece should be.” The secret to Tony Awards nominee Laurie Metcalf's success? Brilliance and a whole lot of hard work 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Though "Double Indemnity" is in essence a period piece, Pichette wants it to strike a modern nerve as a stark, dark morality tale. Noir classic steps out of the shadows at ACT 2011-10-20T18:50:11Z I like this film because in 10 years, Holocaust movies are going to be period pieces. “As a Jew, there’s a need to keep that atrocity alive”: Martin Landau on his new Holocaust drama, “Remember,” about guilt & forgiveness, history & revenge 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z But then again, Hollywood loves a good comeback story, and “Hacksaw Ridge” certainly plays to some of the Academy’s soft spots: it’s a war movie, a period piece, and kind of epic in length. Oscar snubs: Meryl Streep robs another great actor, and other injustices from 2017 nominations 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Although short, it's a fascinating period piece: the stirring orchestral music and perky voiceover clashing, as usual, with the sleek young pop stars that are the subject of the report. Pop at the pictures: When Cliff Richard ruled the charts 2012-08-23T12:28:59Z “This is a period piece about New York. It’s James Baldwin’s sometimes acrimonious love letter to New York, but a love letter nonetheless.” ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Offers a Tour of a Lost New York 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Beyond the easy pleasure of the Morse allusions, the tone and texture of the new work are substantially different: It’s blander, stiffer and more conventional, like many other well-made British period pieces. Television Review: Inspector Morse Returns in ‘Endeavour,’ a Prequel 2012-06-29T23:57:08Z She was otherwise known as Errol Flynn’s co-star in a series of dramas, Westerns and period pieces, most memorably as Maid Marian in “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z But if this period piece is ludicrous, it's also magnificent. F&M playlist 2010-07-22T22:00:00Z An awful lot of shows that I’ve written are period pieces anyway. ‘I Was Skeptical.’ How Sondheim Agreed to Change ‘Company.’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z While period pieces are nothing new, the attention to detail on “Mrs. Maisel” transcends the usual nostalgic kitsch. Turning Back Time on ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z He had wanted her for “The Help,” his 2011 Oscar-nominated period piece, he said, but she was busy touring Europe with her band. Juliette Lewis, an ‘Imagination Freak Fairy,’ Knows Her Worth 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z The period piece is expected to air on an as yet unnamed US cable broadcaster. Johansson to star in TV period piece 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z That has been a trick Watanabe uses acting in Hollywood, starting with the Tom Cruise period piece “The Last Samurai.” Ansel Elgort takes on the Japan’s mafia in HBO drama series 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Set among itinerant farm laborers in the Great Depression, it is very much a period piece, replete with heavily accented dialogue and pervaded by a kind of weary despair. James Franco and Chris O’Dowd on Their Rapport in ‘Of Mice and Men’ 2014-03-19T12:00:02Z Stolid of brushwork, colours fading, it was a picture pressed so far back into art history as to be practically a period piece. From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D Daskalopoulos Collection – review 2012-12-23T00:06:37Z Right now, when the limitations on acceptable modes of expression for women are so flagrantly apparent, that period piece doesn’t feel very far removed. Enraged by Their Times, Women of Ambition Seize the Stage 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Q: Because you put such a big emphasis on accuracy in your own films, does that mean you're nit-picking when watching other period piece films? 'King's Speech' director's biggest fear: Giving a speech 2011-01-20T19:15:34Z Shoddily painted with Buddhist emblems and comical-looking lions, it was not entirely convincing as a period piece. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z "I thought the Mean Girls musical movie would be a period piece set in the early 2000s," writes one Twitter user. Mean Girls musical: Will a modern take on the cult classic win over Gen Z? 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The hope is that “Castle in the Sky” won’t feel solely like a period piece, despite the costumes and aesthetics of the penthouse. Inside L.A.'s famous Art Deco penthouse, this show has you choose your own dark adventure 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z When they bought the house, they slowly filled it with period pieces and reproductions found at auction. How an engraver straddles the centuries 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The train car used by his father, North Korea founder and “Great Leader” Kim Il Sung, felt more like a period piece and contained items that harked back to the 1960s and 1970s. Kim Jong Un’s train travel has a storied history. His father and grandfather did the same thing 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z “The Good Mother” is also a period piece, set in 2016 against the backdrop of the U.S. presidential election, though that choice feels incidental to the story at hand. Review: Pounded by the opioid crisis and personal grief, 'The Good Mother' finds a way forward 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z If you’ve been craving a stylish period piece that combines romance and political intrigue with queer history, then get ready for “Fellow Travelers,” premiering on Showtime on Oct. The 17 TV shows we're most excited about this fall 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The high school characters of “Ginny & Georgia” participated in another original musical in the latest season — this time a “Bridgerton”-inspired period piece called “Wellington.” Ballads, Broadway and goofy fun all have a place in these songs in the Emmy spotlight 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z “I was excited to see an Indigenous female hero that lives within a period piece, and she is so a whole and real person,” says Amber Midthunder, “Prey’s” now-26-year-old star, before the actors’ strike. Bringing representation to pulse-pounding life, 'Prey' is the apex 'Predator' 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z “We try our best to keep an up-to-date list of qualified plumbers and electricians who work on period pieces,” Miller says. Go green — and save money — by using salvage when you remodel 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Bel Powley isn’t one of those English actors who is forever starring in period pieces and stuffy literary adaptations. Bel Powley avoided period pieces, but 'A Small Light' was no 'dusty historical drama' 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z But the 1940s period piece was met with negative reviews and never saw a wide theatrical release. Meg Ryan makes first public appearance in months to support Michael J. Fox 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Even the servers’ outfits are period pieces, designed to mimic Korean school uniforms of the era. Jongro Korean BBQ in Wheaton transports you to a simpler, meatier time 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The Oscars also shined the light on more contemporary films, biopics and period pieces. Be the winner of your Oscars party with these small-plate appetizers 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z With its 1980s setting, Blue Jean is an evocative period piece. Blue Jean: The lesbian teachers who inspired film about Section 28 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Filming of “Rust,” which had a $7 million production budget, was supposed to span 21 days — an ambitious timeline for a period piece, film experts have said. Alec Baldwin and weapons handler to be charged with manslaughter in deadly 'Rust' shooting 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Like many of their films, including “Amistad,” “Munich,” “Lincoln” and “Bridge of Spies,” it’s a period piece. 'Munich,' 'Lincoln,' 'The Fabelmans' — look for DP Janusz Kamiński on a Spielberg set 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Others brought scale to the period piece with characters playing against iconic London architecture. Why the filmmakers behind 'Living' — a tale of life's end — had younger folks in mind 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The whole starting point for these mystery movies was being a huge fan of the genre, but also feeling like any time I would watch them, they would be period pieces set in England. From idea to 'Action!': Jordan Peele, Rian Johnson, others reveal personal visions 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z In that way, “Corsage” is as much a modern story as it is a period piece. Vicky Krieps cuts loose in a bold move for women with 'Corsage' 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z There are some who feel we’ve had enough period pieces about institutionalized homophobia and unbridled discrimination. Here, queer and on a big screen near you 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “Devotion” bucks the trend of other African American period pieces by skipping over traumatic scenes, so the audience sees just the result of Brown’s alienation, not the cause. 'Devotion's' director had an ace in the hole: his father, a Black Blue Angel pilot 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z “I’m all for that. I just kind of grew up thinking, why can’t we kind of break that rule and add modern music to period pieces?” he asks. ‘Rogue Heroes’ offers thrilling war adventure in the desert 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z He found it to be endearingly beautiful and also “very left behind,” making it the perfect setting for a 1980s period piece. First love, first flesh and Americana in ‘Bones and All’ 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The ship has been used as a filming location for period pieces such as “Pearl Harbor” and “The Aviator,” along with television series including “Baywatch” and “Charlie’s Angels.” Queen Mary to get $1 million more in repairs ahead of reopening in Long Beach 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z But they weren’t trying to imitate real events or stage a period piece. A brutal military dictatorship goes on trial in Oscar contender 'Argentina, 1985' 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Beginning with the cheerily informal on-screen note “A lot of this really happened,” “Amsterdam” is a period piece set mostly in 1933 New York. ‘Amsterdam’ review: David O. Russell’s period piece lacks cohesion 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s a tasteful period piece, inspired by the life of “Howards End” author E.M. Harry Styles hits Toronto for ‘My Policeman’ premiere 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z I wasn’t trying to write a period piece about someone passing in the South. Q&A: Tyler Perry on directing his 1st script, 26 years later 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z And taking a chance on a period piece such as “Jazzman’s Blues” was really a risk. Why Tyler Perry's passion project 'A Jazzman's Blues' will mark his major film festival debut 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The 1985 novel, a biting satire about a blended middle-class family in suburban America, didn’t feel like a period piece. For Noah Baumbach, ‘White Noise’ is about life and death 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The intense trailer for the highly anticipated period piece — which teases some steamy scenes between the “Midsommar” breakout and the former One Direction heartthrob — sent fans and media outlets into a frenzy. Why Florence Pugh and Zach Braff tried to keep their breakup a secret 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The goriest labor has been relegated to period pieces, fantasy or science fiction — shows like “The Knick,” “Game of Thrones,” or “The Walking Dead,” where there is a comfortable distance between audience and subject. TV rarely gets childbirth right. After Roe, the gory truth matters more than ever 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Knowing that it might be difficult to finance a period piece from a first-time director, they started with a short film as a proof of concept. Like ‘Bridgerton’? Wait till you catch ‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’ 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Old patterns are used as references by costume designers, especially when working on period pieces, and seeing Williams’ collection was formative for Greene. The archive saving home sewing history from the trash 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The detective story is also a period piece tracing Latter-day Saints history and the journey of founding prophet Joseph Smith. 'It's designed to make us look alien': Mormons decry 'Under the Banner of Heaven' 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s also a period piece tracing the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the journey of its founding prophet, Joseph Smith. How 'Under the Banner of Heaven' got Mormon history right. Down to the 'bullet holes' 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z First of all, I really didn’t want to make a period piece. How French drama 'Happening' centers the dangerous stakes of illegal abortion 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Though it’s technically a period piece, she was keenly aware that she was also making something that met the moment by putting the audience in the shoes of her working class protagonist. Powerful French abortion drama ‘Happening’ lands in US 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Nixon, who died in 1991, is featured in a large share of the exhibit’s period pieces, which also include the original cover art from 12 Time magazine issues. Smithsonian to mark Watergate 50th anniversary with political art show 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Times, I kind of have a soft spot for period pieces. How Jerry Buss, Magic Johnson and the Showtime Lakers created the modern NBA 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Scott delivers a long-winded, near satire of the events dressed up in a 1970s period piece. Blu-ray movie reviews: ‘Man on the Moon’ and ‘House of Gucci’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Here are a baker’s dozen of Moira Macdonald’s favorite romantic dramas about love, from literary period pieces to contemporary love stories. Valentine’s Day 2022 | Reader memories, things to do and more in the Seattle area 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z “Joel had a vision from Day 1 and didn’t want to re-create an authentic period piece,” says Dechant. How 'Macbeth's' sparse design and shadows push Shakespeare to the fore 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z After interviewing hundreds of gang members on the streets, in schools and in jails and prisons, we can say that the truth about gangs is largely missing from this period piece. Op-Ed: The real cultural significance of 'West Side Story'? It spread powerful myths about gangs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The fascinatingly somber period piece is the current Chilean Oscar entry for best international feature film. Review: A camera is an accomplice to genocide in the somber Chilean drama 'White on White' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z When I taught the play to a class of college freshmen a few years later, they read it as a period piece, something from “back in the ’80s.” Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Both sides of the Atlantic share a love of soft furnishings; good, comfortable seating; and a beautiful collection of older period pieces to complement more modern items. Want to make your home cozy? Paula Sutton of Hill House Vintage has lots of ideas 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Casting Black actors in period pieces isn’t diversity. Kenneth Branagh is known for blockbusters and Shakespeare adaptations. ‘Belfast’ hits closer to home. 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “No one can tell us that we didn’t exist. My film is wicked. And don’t ever call us n-words in your period pieces again.” Analysis | Casting Black actors in period pieces isn’t diversity. It’s history. 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Smith: Hailee was 13 in “True Grit,” a period piece that was brought to life in this incredibly contemporary, bold way. Why 'Dickinson' kept Hailee Steinfeld up at night 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z With “Wife of a Spy,” a melodramatic wartime period piece, prolific Japanese horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, known for balancing psychological thrills with introspective meditations, is discovering a different, more mysterious ground. Review: Amid melodrama, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Wife of a Spy' assails nationalism 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Production on the 1950s period piece, starring Chris Rock and Jason Schwartzman as rival Kansas City gangsters, then resumed in late August without incident. How Chris Rock helped Noah Hawley shape the racism depicted in 'Fargo' 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “Even ‘Chorus Line’ was a period piece by 1997, when I was 17,” he said. Lin-Manuel Miranda on finally making ‘In the Heights’ into a movie and the blockbuster success of ‘Hamilton’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z I looked at a lot of period pieces. The COVID conundrum: Storytellers contend with pandemic on set, at home, in their work 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z That had been normal until then but would not be for much longer, such that the interview is now a period piece. Opinion | How the N-Word Became Unsayable 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z But Kurosawa’s assured direction is enough to make “Wife of a Spy” an enrapturing, stylish wartime period piece. Review: Amid melodrama, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Wife of a Spy' assails nationalism 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Much of the home is open to public tours and it serves as a period piece museum as well as the home of Iowa’s governors since Robert Ray moved there with his family in 1976. Security concerns prompt fence around governor’s mansion 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Page certainly wouldn’t be the first actor to walk away from a star-making romantic role in a period piece. Why is Regé-Jean Page leaving Netflix's 'Bridgerton?' 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z I always wanted to do a period piece that pushed a few more boundaries and challenged the idea of what a period piece could really be. The COVID conundrum: Storytellers contend with pandemic on set, at home, in their work 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z It delivers a dramatic period piece while showcasing the talents of Miss Ross and the emergence of Black American cinema. Blu-ray movie reviews: ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ and ‘Freaky’ 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Filming a sweeping period piece on a relatively tight BBC budget, even with additional financial support from Fremantle, was another challenge. How do you adapt an 800-page novel? 7 years. 300 drafts. Plenty of crying. 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z A black-and-white period piece partly in Yiddish about a family of Jewish immigrants attempting to assimilate in New York, the film became an unlikely triumph after Silver fought to make it. ‘Crossing Delancey’ Director Joan Micklin Silver dies at 85 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z “But I wanted to see a period piece that went further than that.” The truth about sex in 'Bridgerton's' England 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s a period piece — set in the early 2000s; it remains to be seen whether Oregon’s Measure 110, which legalized small amounts of hard drugs, makes those movies go cold turkey as well. Commentary: How will the new post-Trump, Biden era shape TV shows and movies? We have some ideas 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The film, a period piece set in 1989, follows an ambitious young woman who — after being criticized for her hairstyle - gets a lengthy weave in order to succeed at her music television network. ‘Bad Hair’ movie explores Black women and hairstyle messages 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z As such, the creator adds, this new season “plays almost like a period piece.” Review | ‘Chef’s Table’ tackles the smoky spectrum of barbecue in its latest mouthwatering season 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z It was a really strong, epic period piece. These are the stars of Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Dickinson, on Apple TV+, is the latest in a spate of historical comedies on film and TV to reimagine the period piece. The truth about sex in 'Bridgerton's' England 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z She was Errol Flynn’s co-star in a series of dramas, Westerns and period pieces, most memorably as Maid Marian in “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z They are period pieces, and yet they underline in the 21st century how the 18th century Enlightenment values embedded in the Declaration of Independence have not been redeemed or realized. The July 4 speeches that helped define what America is — or what it should be 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z She recently managed to find time to view the original first eight episodes of “Lenox Hill” and said they felt almost like period pieces. Meet the New York doctor who fought coronavirus while pregnant — it's a Netflix doc 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Waller also discussed the balancing act of making a period piece that is both historically accurate and interesting to modern viewers. 'Mrs. America' centers on anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly. Here's why 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Harden shared that filming a period piece like “Barkskins,” only made her appreciate the luxuries of life today. Marcia Gay Harden reveals the surprising challenge she faced filming ‘Barkskins’: ‘It’s a lot to deal with’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The items in the lot include Hanks’ jersey, trousers, belt, cap and the leggings he wore in the World War II period piece. Tom Hanks-worn baseball uniform from 'A League of Their Own' is up for auction 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Comic books were extremely different then, and many superheroes of the Golden Age were specific to their era in ways that don’t necessarily translate to modern success outside of the odd period piece. Stargirl doesn’t know what to do with its superhero nostalgia 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z I think production values can make or break a period piece, and they’re very convincing here. 'IQ' author Joe Ide recommends insomnia reading and listening in quarantine 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Are you in the same predicament as a lot of us, whose novels-in-progress suddenly look like period pieces? Cynthia Ozick will spend her 92nd birthday 'contemplating mayhem' 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Some two decades later, that still hasn’t happened, which makes “Take Me Out” less of a period piece than might be presumed — and thus, more urgent now than when it was conceived. The Bard of American Privilege 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It wants to be a harrowing remembrance of the suffering of the Holocaust, a satisfying revenge fantasy, a sensational period piece, and a dark comedy. Hunters is very good at killing Nazis and very bad at most other things 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Tesla has oddball panache and is probably more compelling than a conventional period piece would be. Tesla is a weird, fourth-wall-breaking take on the internet’s favorite inventor 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The hotel feels like a period piece but with modern amenities, such as an indoor pool, spa, fitness center and the restaurant Caroline’s, which serves three meals a day plus happy hour specials. On the tourist trail in Iowa 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z It connected with audiences as well, leading the box office in its first weekend with roughly $37 million — something of an anomaly for period pieces. The plot to ‘1917’ is simple. Making it was not. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z At one time, the major studios built up their own massive prop departments, often emptying European castles of their tapestries and doors for period pieces. His props starred in hundreds of Hollywood movies and TV shows. Now he's exiting the stage after 42 years 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s a period piece but also an action film and psychological drama, requiring a depth and range of emotion from its lead actress. Felicity Jones finds action meets emotion in 'The Aeronauts' 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Being a period piece, what quality of light and texture did you consider? Cinematographer Roger Deakins goes to battle with director Sam Mendes in ‘1917’ 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The hotel feels like a period piece but with modern amenities, such as an indoor pool, spa, fitness center and the restaurant Caroline’s, which serves three meals a day plus happy hour specials. On the tourist trail in Iowa 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z That “Uncut Gems” is, somewhat inexplicably, a period piece set in 2012 is an example of form following function. Why the hands-on Safdie brothers found themselves shooting 'Uncut Gems' from a car trunk 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z But it’s also a sharply contemporary project, not an Agatha Christie period piece. Why Rian Johnson wanted to make Knives Out a modern-day whodunit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z McNamara, who is creating another whimsical period piece about Catherine the Great for Hulu, took Davis’ initial script and brought in clever dialogue and a modern-day sensibility. Stuffy? Hardly. How 'Dickinson' and others blew up the period piece 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Though Parker, 54, admits the show was, in many ways, a “period piece” and about a particular “time” in New York City, rather than reflective of today’s modern society. Sarah Jessica Parker reveals a shocking ‘Sex and the City’ theory about Carrie Bradshaw 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It’s a solid period piece that strives to be something more, and occasionally achieves it. The Current War is basically Amadeus for electricity 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Rarely has an actor poured so much raw passion into what could be an uptight period piece. - The Washington Post 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z One other motivating factor isn’t really leaving behind something from the genre, but something from recent examples of the genre that I wanted to get away from: they’re all period pieces. Why Rian Johnson wanted to make Knives Out a modern-day whodunit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Kouyoumdjian intends his strikingly contemporary play not as a period piece, but as a reflection of our current geopolitical climate. New in L.A. theater: The struggles of women, as seen through the Armenian genocide 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Both are 1980s-set period pieces that resonate in unsettling ways in the present day. 'Chernobyl' tops 'When They See Us' in Emmy limited-series battle 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z “When my daughter’s friends discovered ‘Friends’ they thought it was a period piece,” Kauffman said. 25 years later, a new generation gets immersed in ‘Friends’ 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The movie had to be a period piece, because we don’t fly the space shuttle anymore. If you're expecting diapers in the astronaut story 'Lucy in the Sky,' think again 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Though it shares a lot of DNA with del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, Tigers Are Not Afraid is a contemporary story, rather than a period piece. Tigers Are Not Afraid puts a dark fantasy spin on the Mexican drug war 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The electronic score by Isobel Waller-Bridge brings an anachronistic and bold sense of edge and modernity to the period piece, but it never feels out of place or jarring. Review: ‘Vita and Virginia,’ a swooning and subversive portrait of a literary love affair 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Kit Steinkellner’s new play “Ladies” presents itself initially as a stylized period piece about women’s empowerment. Review: Boston Court Pasadena’s ‘Ladies’ presents a puzzle of female empowerment 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Seems nobody on the show was paying much attention to poor Khal Drogo, while lots of fans were looking for the next stray coffee cup to appear in the period piece. ‘Game of Thrones’ trips up again with plastic water bottles 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z This period piece is well suited to Antaeus’ stable of classically trained performers. New in L.A. theater: ‘Sister Act’ at Casa 0101, ‘Diana of Dobson’s’ at Antaeus and more 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Like many period pieces, the 1920s-set drama shoehorns modern sensibilities into a historical era, which leads to awkwardly knowing dialogue. Review | Enjoy ‘The Chaperone’ for its strong female leads, but don’t expect it to roar 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Some beautiful panoramic scenes of the southwest highlight this quirky, sometimes plodding and talkative period piece that never quite attains classic Western status. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Green Book,’ ‘The Front Runner’ and ‘The Sisters Brothers’ 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z You know it’s kind of a period piece with subverting roles opposite of “Driving Miss Daisy.” ‘It’s a complete mess’: Designers reflect on the best and worst movie posters of the Oscar nominees Some reviews in the late 1990s labeled the show a period piece, which surprised Ahrens. Labor strikes, racial violence, class divides: 'Ragtime' in Pasadena feels ripped from today's headlines 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s a western, a period piece and, at nearly 2½ unrelenting hours, something of an endurance test. Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ and Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Souvenir’ bring boldly personal visions to Sundance 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Austin says that he’s writing a screenplay pitch for a “period piece,” a love story; Lee says that he’s made art, too, then talks about robbing local houses and, later, dogfighting. The Chaos of American Manhood in “True West” 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z People laugh when I tell them I was making a period piece about 2006. With the controversial 'Adam,' Rhys Ernst takes a deeper look at queer identity 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Swale attributes the uptick in rollicking period pieces to the democratization of storytelling technology. Jessica Swale’s historical comedy aims to restore Nell Gwynn’s luster 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Pope’s Homer read like Homer when it was published, although the idea of reading ancient Greek verse in strict rhymed couplets seems to us a brilliant Augustan period piece. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z “Our show is a period piece, but those forces are not historical. They’re here, they’re with us, and we must resist.” Netflix and FX muscle past HBO in Golden Globes TV wins with 'Kominsky Method' and 'Gianni Versace' 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The Good Book, in Burnett’s words, is “the ultimate period piece.” How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Instead, he poured himself into “Roma”: a Spanish-language, black-and-white period piece. After ‘Gravity,’ Alfonso Cuarón Had His Pick of Directing Blockbusters. Instead, He Went Home to Make ‘Roma.’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Aramide Tinubu, who reviewed “Green Book” for Shadow and Act, told The Post that she found it “more refreshing than I’m used to seeing, in terms of period pieces.” Analysis | How ‘Green Book’ became this year’s polarizing awards contender 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “I saw this opportunity of creating these very complex female characters that you rarely see onscreen. It was a period piece, but at the same time it also felt so relevant to today.” 'The Favourite' is one of the year's most original screenplays, here's how it came about 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Judith Dolan’s costumes were period pieces with the requisite contemporary attitude. Review: Sibelius' moody take on Shakespeare rethinks 'The Tempest' - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Even if Trump didn’t intend to wear an outfit that glorified England’s messy colonial history, she looked as if she’d dressed for a leading role in a period piece, rather than to project contemporary elegance. Opinion | Melania Trump wants our respect. Here’s how she could earn it. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z While Hornby himself scripted the adaptations of acclaimed period pieces "An Education" and "Brooklyn," no one is better at comically exploring the modern condition, at reflecting how we live now. Review: Ethan Hawke brings the charm, and Rose Byrne brings the pathos to delicious ‘Juliet, Naked’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z "The biggest thing we wanted," Lee said in an interview at Cannes, "was to put stuff in the script, very strategically, so it would not be a period piece." Review: Spike Lee at his peak, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ uses the past to explain where we are today 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z It came to be regarded as a racially condescending period piece. ‘Carmen Jones’ Review: The Return of a Troubled Love Story 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z It’s a period piece about a sharecropper and his community. What’s in your bag, Krewella? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Though the series, which was three years in the making, can be pegged as a period piece, “it’s not about any time in specific,” Kondracki said. "Game of Thrones" star Natalie Dormer heads Amazon's twisty mystery "Picnic At Hanging Rock": 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The film is beautiful, a richly designed and photographed period piece. Radical author 'Mary Shelley' and an excellent Elle Fanning deserve a more adventurous telling 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z "The biggest thing we wanted" Lee said, "was to put stuff in the script, very strategically, so it would not be a period piece." Spike Lee hopes 'BlacKkKlansman' is a wake-up call for the Trump era 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Linguistic authenticity was key for Lonergan, who is bothered by period pieces that "don't really trust the period enough." Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan goes back in time with Starz's 'Howards End' 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z But what does Truth Initiative expect in the case of a period piece such as Netflix’s Stranger Things, which was the worst offender? It’ll kill you – so what is the eternal allure of the on-screen cigarette? | Ryan Gilbey 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The films for which she was nominated were, typically, beautifully stunning period pieces or contemporary stories with a coating of glamour. The Oscar for costume design always goes to the prettiest clothes. But are they truly the best? 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z A 20th-century painting saves the room from becoming a period piece. How Design Pros Brought Order to a Home Filled With 60 Years of ‘Stuff’ 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s a well-paced, self-contained little period piece about two people vainly trying to return to normalcy after a seemingly impossible experience. The best virtual and augmented reality from the Sundance Film Festival 2018 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The Academy preferred the fusty, stagy period piece The King’s Speech. The 20 greatest Oscar snubs ever – Ranked! 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z People ask me if it is a period piece, since so much of my life is about classic cinema. A ‘Timeless’ Mercedes-Benz Passed Down From Father to Son 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The 1.5-minute flash video is a sort of satirical period piece, created in a post-9/11 world in which America was invading Iraq, that details how we are definitely going to blow ourselves up. End of Ze World gets a sequel more than a decade later 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “It doesn’t feel like a dusty period piece,” he says. 24 years after 'The Alienist' was published, a surprisingly timely adaptation finally makes it to TNT 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z This series combines two of the most enduring genres on television — the period piece and the serial killer drama. 10 shows on our watch list for winter 2018 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z She found several period pieces to fill in the living area at auctions and rummage sales. Unusual house converted into lodge packs visitors 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z To me, it is the opposite of a period piece. A ‘Timeless’ Mercedes-Benz Passed Down From Father to Son 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “The Post” works on many levels, from polemic and thinly veiled cautionary tale to fun period piece and rip-roaring newspaper yarn. Review | In ‘The Post,’ Streep and Hanks lead a stirring homage to the pursuit of truth 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z A period piece in which the people are the point. 'Twin Peaks,' 'Legion,' 'Danger and Eggs' and 'One Day at a Time' among the best in TV in 2017 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z It was definitely a case of ruff justice for the much-delayed period piece, which looks set to be one of the last titles to be released by the beleaguered Weinstein Company. Miniaturist hoping for a big audience 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z A: It’s challenging doing a period piece like that. Michelle Pfeiffer: ‘I’m always afraid of failing’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z “Mean Girls” the movie is now a period piece. Why ‘Mean Girls’ fandom runs so deep 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z She prefers period pieces to contemporary work a lot of the time because it allows her to more fully transform. Kelly MacDonald tracks her rise from 'Trainspotting' to Winnie the Pooh – LA Times 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z So, in a way, though no one ever says so, this movie takes place in 2009. college doesn’t happen on facebook anymore, but maybe this is a period piece? Friend Request is the goofiest internet horror story I’ve ever seen 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Her haunting period piece “The Piano,” about a deaf-mute woman in 19th century New Zealand, won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1993, becoming the first film directed by a woman to do so. Jane Campion explores the 'secret world of motherhood' in 'Top of the Lake: China Girl' 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “We were not making a period piece,” said co-screenwriter Stephen Schiff, who said he came up with the beach massacre opening. How ‘American Assassin’ took a long, twisting path to film 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Both types of period pieces are valuable historical artifacts, not of the events and people they portray, but of previous generations of Americans’ efforts to figure out how they feel about the Civil War. Opinion | ‘Gone With the Wind’ is the one Confederate monument worth saving 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z “There was one kid who thought it was a period piece. He was like: ‘Have you seen this new show called ‘Friends’?” Kauffman said. Nostalgia TV makes a comeback. How Hulu and Netflix are breathing new life into old TV shows 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z He also wears the sort of leather jacket that has the hood of a sweatshirt sewn into it, one of many jackets in the film that suggest maybe it is a period piece. Friend Request is the goofiest internet horror story I’ve ever seen 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z She has to deal with workplace sexism that would make her the uncomplicated hero of any other period piece. Halt and Catch Fire is the perfect show about tech innovation 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Then I’d say, ‘It’s a period piece – about Mexicans! And they’re communists! It’s a love story between an overweight man and a woman that limps and has a moustache!’ Salma Hayek: ‘Trump couldn't build a wall without illegal Mexicans' 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z However, they’re not making a period piece, but drawing on music that got people’s feet moving throughout the last century, particularly Northern Soul. Bop till you drop: the staggering true stories behind America's dance marathons 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Yet the movie is more than just a knockabout period piece. On sisters and snacks with Jenny Slate and the team behind 'Landline' 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Although "Will" is generally speaking a period piece, with some serious regard for detail, there are modern anachronisms aplenty, to make history seem contemporary and cool. 'Will' examines Shakespeare's younger years 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The cast is stacked with comedy stars we aren’t used to seeing in period pieces, outfitted in intentionally terrible wigs. Randy nuns run amok in failed nunsploitation parody 'The Little Hours' 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Plus, it has the added bonus of satisfying our undying taste for British period pieces. 'Decline and Fall' brings the macabre (yet elegant) school yardcomedy of Evelyn Waugh to life 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Poverty becomes as cruel and unyielding a master as it was in “The Measure of the Man,” a contemporary tragedy that echoes this period piece in its unblinking sidelong view of everyday life. Stéphane Brizé's 19th century drama 'A Woman's Life' spins a wise, wrenching tragedy 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “I’ve worked with Barbara exclusively ever since, on movies ranging from period pieces and war epics to modern-day dramas,” added Murray. Need a background voice for a movie or TV show? Barbara Harris is the person to call 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z But now the creator of such deliberately paced immersions in bleak naturalism as “Humanité” and “Twentynine Palms” continues his walk on the wacky side with the bizarro period piece “Slack Bay.” Bruno Dumont goes unexpectedly light with wacko French comedy 'Slack Bay' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The original big-screen version was a colourful, costumed period piece when British actor Harrison, of My Fair Lady fame, took on the role in the 1967. Robert Downey Jr to 'talk to the animals' as Doctor Dolittle - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z It’s a one-sided and almost biblical morality that may have made sense in his period pieces, but is glaringly odd in these contemporary stories. Review: Malick gets some life back in ‘Song to Song’ 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Viewers will admire the costuming and sets of the period piece through a full-screen presentation, but I was more fascinated by the acting of Mr. Ehrenreich, the future Han Solo. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Jackie’ and ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z It's a conservative climate with lots of period pieces and lots of nostalgia. Meera Syal: TV's portrayal of British Asians has 'gone backwards' - BBC News 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Though “Feud” is a period piece, Lange and Sarandon, who are also producers on the series, maintain that today’s actresses still face the same issues, which gives the show a pointed relevancy. 'Feud: Bette and Joan': This is not a love story 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Between you, you’ve been tortured, done period pieces in really constricting costumes, played serious heads of state. Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis as ‘The Odd Couple’? The 'Billions' costars have a laugh about that and more 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “It was a period piece set in World War II, and it had one Caucasian character. People were like, ‘That's insane.’” From 'Homeland' to 'Mad Men,' Lesli Linka Glatter calls the shots 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Zadan adds: “This sadly doesn’t feel like a period piece. … We just hope to bring some light.” 'Hairspray' comes to life on TV with tweaks — and drones 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z All good period pieces achieve and sustain a sense of immersion in a different time and place. 'Daughters of the Dust,' Julie Dash's 1991 triumph, makes a welcome return 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But rather than a complicated, refracted portrait of postwar innocence destroyed by almost biblical pain and betrayal, the film winds up being a relatively prosaic period piece of political upheaval, social dislocation and 1960s angst. ‘American Pastoral’ is a respectable but dull adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z But far from a period piece, the cast sees this as a modern story. Toronto: Taraji P. Henson and the cast of 'Hidden Figures' make a case for feelgood seriousnes 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z They restored the home, replacing Victorian embellishments with period pieces. Lafayette slept here in 1824. Now for $6.8 million you can, too. 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z It is a rich and convincing period piece that captures daily life in the modest neighborhood of Dorchester in an era of wall-mounted phones, frozen Salisbury steak dinners and first-generation home computers. ‘The Unseen World:’ retrieving the mysteries of a father’s mind 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Even “Bright Lights,” that most giddily evocative of eighties novels, isn’t really a period piece. Jay McInerney’s Middle-Aged Malaise 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z “The family is isolated in a period without it being a period piece.” Sarah Jessica Parker goes thrift shop in new HBO comedy 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s still heated with wood and she’s filled it with a collection of period pieces, including three pianos. Iris Lady: Local woman shares love of gardening, flowers 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z As usual, my girlfriend and I were looking for a Keira Knightley period piece the other week when we learned, to immense disappointment, that Pride & Prejudice is no longer on Netflix. 13 new trailers you should watch this week 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Movie review of “Sunset Song”: This period piece about a young woman in World War I-era rural Scotland is as breathtakingly beautiful as you’d expect from filmmaker Terence Davies. ‘Sunset Song’ shines with beauty 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The English actress was first made aware of 1980s mutant period piece thanks to a modern convenience: social media. With 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and 'Game of Thrones,' Sophie Turner is coming into her own 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z “Filled with affecting and nuanced performances, 'Confirmation' is an upsetting film to watch, hitting far too close to the bone to feel like a period piece about a regrettable moment from which we have learned.” 'Game of Thrones,' 'Confirmation' and 'black-ish' lead our 2016 Emmys Buzzmeter 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Unlike other period pieces, “Love & Friendship” was shot in a tidy 26 days and runs a tight 92 minutes from opening to closing credits. ‘Love & Friendship’ director Whit Stillman on adopting Jane Austen for the screen 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Filled with affecting and nuanced performances, "Confirmation" is an upsetting film to watch, hitting far too close to the bone to feel like a period piece about a regrettable moment from which we have learned. 'Confirmation' on HBO is as powerful as Anita Hill's testimony was 25 years ago 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z A digital transfer highlights the outstanding production design of the period piece that reveals a 19th century Nantucket, detail within the wooden whale ships and panoramic sea landscapes. Blu-ray review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea,’ a whale of an adventure 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z And it's the only Marvel television series that also plays as a period piece. Exclusive: On set with 'Agent Carter' the making of Madame Masque 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z “To Kill a Mockingbird” was a coming-of-age story, a courtroom thriller, a Southern novel, a period piece, a drama about class, and - of course - a drama of race. As novel ‘Mockingbird’ soared, author Lee grew more elusive 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “To Kill a Mockingbird” was a coming of age story; a courtroom thriller; a Southern novel; a period piece; a drama about class; and, of course, a drama of race. 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