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new feed!

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Oct 03, 2014 13:33

Want to keep up with all the Frock Flicks happenings? Go here:

http://frockflicksblog.livejournal.com/

And add to your friends list!

Outlander

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Aug 29, 2014 10:27

This adaptation of the popular historical fiction/time travel books gets a lot right, but controversy ensued when the costume designer posted online some so-called facts about 18th-century hygiene. We review the movie and the costumes and discuss the controversy - and how they REALLY handled hygiene back in the day.

You can listen online hereOr ( Read more... )

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Join us on Facebook!

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Aug 15, 2014 16:13

Hey, we're back! Well, almost -- we're on Facebook now (and also Twitter, maybe for live-tweeting a podcast or something).

Come join us everywhere, post your ideas for historical costume movies to snark at, and get notifications of our next podcast to download!

bet you weren't expecting this

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Nov 25, 2012 09:01

Frock Flicks is not only back, but we have a live-recorded, watch-along with the first episode of everybody's love-to-hate-it historical monstrosity "The Tudors ( Read more... )

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dun dun dun! a new podcast

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Mar 05, 2012 19:11

Frock Flicks is back, & this time, we visit the small screen, plus we add a special guest! All this & more can be yours in an hour of audio madness.

demode, sarahbellem, & trystbat invite zoccolaro for a far-ranging discussion of the first episode or so of "The Borgias" -- Showtime's sexed-up look at how Jeremy Irons gets to be Pope in the 15th century. Hmmm... what's he got ( Read more... )

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we frocked before, we shall frock again!

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Jun 20, 2011 18:29

Omg, can you believe it, we have another podcast -- and rumors say we'll have another one soon after this!

Check out demode, sarahbellem, & trystbat's rantings & ravings about lushly costumed & perhaps weakly acted "The Affair of the Necklace" in our latest Frock Flicks podcast ( Read more... )

18th-century, marie antoinette, affair of the necklace, episode 6

wait, wait - photos

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Oct 06, 2008 22:46

If you listened to Episode 4, "Wait, Wait, Don't Frock Me," & maybe you wondered what the heck was going on or who all these crazy people are, well, now you can see pictures!

In the official Costume-Con 26 photo gallery (a vast & growing treasure trove of pictures), I found this set of 7 photos taken during recording. Oh & here are a few more pix ( Read more... )

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anniversary episode

trystbat wrote in frockflicks Sep 28, 2008 19:02

Can you believe it's been a year since we did our first Frock Flick podcast? We haven't exactly posted a year's worth, by other podcast standards, but hey, we do our best :-)

Submitted for your listening pleasure is our latest episode: Mira Nair's Vanity Fair. A Victorian novel set in Regency England imagined thru Bollywood. And somehow, it works ( Read more... )

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new episode!

trystbat wrote in frockflicks May 10, 2008 16:39

But we didn't watch a movie this time. Yep, this is finally our Costume-Con 26 episode (sorry it took me a while to recover & edit this ;-). If you're familiar with the NPR show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," you'll recognize the format ( Read more... )

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Costume Con reminder!

demode wrote in frockflicks Apr 24, 2008 01:09

Join us to help us record a special Costume Con edition of the Frock Flicks podcast, with audience interaction! Friday, 12:30-2pm in the Gateway Foyer.