#periodandhistoricalfilms — Public Fediverse posts

Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller brings a bayonet of intelligence to Paweł Pawlikowski’s taut return https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/fatherland-review-sandra-huller-thomas-mann-pawel-pawlikowski-cannes-film-festivali #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ThomasMann #PawePawlikowski #Germany #Books #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller brings a bayonet of intelligence to Paweł Pawlikowski’s taut return https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/fatherland-review-sandra-huller-thomas-mann-pawel-pawlikowski-cannes-film-festivali #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ThomasMann #PawePawlikowski #Germany #Books #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller brings a bayonet of intelligence to Paweł Pawlikowski’s taut return https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/fatherland-review-sandra-huller-thomas-mann-pawel-pawlikowski-cannes-film-festivali #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ThomasMann #PawePawlikowski #Germany #Books #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller brings a bayonet of intelligence to Paweł Pawlikowski’s taut return https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/fatherland-review-sandra-huller-thomas-mann-pawel-pawlikowski-cannes-film-festivali #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ThomasMann #PawePawlikowski #Germany #Books #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/the-electric-kiss-review-cannes-film-festival-pierre-salvadori #Film #CannesFilmFestival #ComedyFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #France #Painting #WorldNews #Festivals #Europe #Culture #Comedy #ArtAndDesign #Art

The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/the-electric-kiss-review-cannes-film-festival-pierre-salvadori #Film #CannesFilmFestival #ComedyFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #France #Painting #WorldNews #Festivals #Europe #Culture #Comedy #ArtAndDesign #Art

The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/the-electric-kiss-review-cannes-film-festival-pierre-salvadori #Film #CannesFilmFestival #ComedyFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #France #Painting #WorldNews #Festivals #Europe #Culture #Comedy #ArtAndDesign #Art

The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/the-electric-kiss-review-cannes-film-festival-pierre-salvadori #Film #CannesFilmFestival #ComedyFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #France #Painting #WorldNews #Festivals #Europe #Culture #Comedy #ArtAndDesign #Art

Why Train Dreams should win the best picture Oscar https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/09/why-train-dreams-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar #Film #FilmAdaptations #Oscars #Netflix #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JoelEdgerton #FelicityJones #TheNational #WilliamHMacy #Race #AwardsAndPrizes #Books #Culture #Music

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/05/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-review-tommy-shelby-returns-for-muddy-bloody-big-screen-showdown #Film #CrimeFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #PeakyBlinders #CillianMurphy #RebeccaFerguson #BarryKeoghan #Birmingham #RomaGypsiesAndTravellers #Culture #TelevisionRadio #UkNews #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/05/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-review-tommy-shelby-returns-for-muddy-bloody-big-screen-showdown #Film #CrimeFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #PeakyBlinders #CillianMurphy #RebeccaFerguson #BarryKeoghan #Birmingham #RomaGypsiesAndTravellers #Culture #TelevisionRadio #UkNews #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/05/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-review-tommy-shelby-returns-for-muddy-bloody-big-screen-showdown #Film #CrimeFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #PeakyBlinders #CillianMurphy #RebeccaFerguson #BarryKeoghan #Birmingham #RomaGypsiesAndTravellers #Culture #TelevisionRadio #UkNews #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/05/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-review-tommy-shelby-returns-for-muddy-bloody-big-screen-showdown #Film #CrimeFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #PeakyBlinders #CillianMurphy #RebeccaFerguson #BarryKeoghan #Birmingham #RomaGypsiesAndTravellers #Culture #TelevisionRadio #UkNews #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar

Rose review – Sandra Hüller is outstanding in grimy examination of gender stereotypes https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/16/rose-review-sandra-huller-berlin-film-festival-gender-stereotypes #Film #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #Germany #Austria #BerlinFilmFestival #BerlinFilmFestival2026 #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

A Prayer for the Dying review – pestilent western feels like a short stretched too long https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/13/a-prayer-for-the-dying-review-pestilent-western-feels-like-a-short-stretched-too-long #BerlinFilmFestival2026 #Film #Westerns #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JohnCReilly #JohnnyFlynn #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Music #BerlinFilmFestival #Festivals

A Prayer for the Dying review – pestilent western feels like a short stretched too long https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/13/a-prayer-for-the-dying-review-pestilent-western-feels-like-a-short-stretched-too-long #BerlinFilmFestival2026 #Film #Westerns #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JohnCReilly #JohnnyFlynn #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Music #BerlinFilmFestival #Festivals

A Prayer for the Dying review – pestilent western feels like a short stretched too long https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/13/a-prayer-for-the-dying-review-pestilent-western-feels-like-a-short-stretched-too-long #BerlinFilmFestival2026 #Film #Westerns #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JohnCReilly #JohnnyFlynn #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Music #BerlinFilmFestival #Festivals

A Prayer for the Dying review – pestilent western feels like a short stretched too long https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/13/a-prayer-for-the-dying-review-pestilent-western-feels-like-a-short-stretched-too-long #BerlinFilmFestival2026 #Film #Westerns #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JohnCReilly #JohnnyFlynn #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Music #BerlinFilmFestival #Festivals

‘People ought to know’: Blue Boy Trial brings Japan’s trans history up to date https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/12/blue-boy-trial-japan-trans-history-kasho-iizuka #Film #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #Transgender #Japan #AsiaPacific #Culture #Society #WorldNews

‘I can understand being brought to your knees’: Amanda Seyfried on obsession, devotion and the joy of socks https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/23/i-can-understand-being-brought-to-your-knees-amanda-seyfried-on-obsession-devotion-and-the-joy-of-socks #Film #AmandaSeyfried #Culture #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #Religion

‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/20/oscar-tipped-wunmi-mosaku-vampire-hit-sinners #Sinners #Film #Culture #Marvel #Oscars #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe is top notch as an on-trial Göring but Rami Malek lets side down https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/14/nuremberg-review-russell-crowe-is-top-notch-as-an-on-trial-goring-but-rami-malek-lets-side-down #Periodandhistoricalfilms #MichaelShannon #RichardEGrant #RussellCrowe #Dramafilms #LeoWoodall #RamiMalek #Worldnews #Culture #Nazism #Film #Law

‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/11/nuremberg-interview-rami-malek-michael-shannon-hermann-goring-russell-crowe #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Secondworldwar #MichaelShannon #RamiMalek #Culture #Nazism #Film

Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/jane-austen-dark-side-19th-century-life-emma-pride-and-prejudice-wuthering-heights #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Perioddrama(TV) #CharlotteBrontë #EmeraldFennell #AndrewDavies #JaneAusten #Television #Slavery #Culture #UKnews #Books #Drama #Film

Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/jane-austen-dark-side-19th-century-life-emma-pride-and-prejudice-wuthering-heights #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Perioddrama(TV) #CharlotteBrontë #EmeraldFennell #AndrewDavies #JaneAusten #Television #Slavery #Culture #UKnews #Books #Drama #Film

Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/jane-austen-dark-side-19th-century-life-emma-pride-and-prejudice-wuthering-heights #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Perioddrama(TV) #CharlotteBrontë #EmeraldFennell #AndrewDavies #JaneAusten #Television #Slavery #Culture #UKnews #Books #Drama #Film

Dead Man’s Wire review – Gus Van Sant calls the shots with surreal true-crime thriller https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/02/dead-mans-wire-review-gus-van-sant-true-crime-thriller-al-pacino-colman-domingo-myhala-venice-film-festival #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival #GusVanSant #Crimefilms #Festivals #AlPacino #Culture #Film

Orphan review – László Nemes’ fable of resentment and rage in post-uprising Hungary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/28/orphan-review-laszlo-nemes-fable-of-resentment-and-rage-in-post-uprising-hungary #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival #LászlóNemes #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Festivals #Hungary #Culture #Europe #Film

Orphan review – László Nemes’ fable of resentment and rage in post-uprising Hungary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/28/orphan-review-laszlo-nemes-fable-of-resentment-and-rage-in-post-uprising-hungary #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival #LászlóNemes #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Festivals #Hungary #Culture #Europe #Film

Orphan review – László Nemes’ fable of resentment and rage in post-uprising Hungary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/28/orphan-review-laszlo-nemes-fable-of-resentment-and-rage-in-post-uprising-hungary #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival #LászlóNemes #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Festivals #Hungary #Culture #Europe #Film

Orphan review – László Nemes’ fable of resentment and rage in post-uprising Hungary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/28/orphan-review-laszlo-nemes-fable-of-resentment-and-rage-in-post-uprising-hungary #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival #LászlóNemes #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Festivals #Hungary #Culture #Europe #Film

The Ritual review – Al Pacino is priestly mastermind in tale of infamous real-life exorcism https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/27/the-ritual-review-al-pacino-is-priestly-mastermind-in-tale-of-infamous-real-life-exorcism #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Christianity #Horrorfilms #DanStevens #Worldnews #AlPacino #Culture #Film

The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/the-mastermind-review-josh-oconnor-kelly-reichardt #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Cannesfilmfestival #KellyReichardt #JoshO'Connor #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Festivals #UScrime #Culture #USnews #Film

The Secret Agent review – brilliant Brazilian drama of an academic on the run in the murderous 1970s https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/the-secret-agent-review-brilliant-brazilian-drama-of-an-academic-on-the-run-in-the-murderous-1970s #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Cannesfilmfestival #Dramafilms #Festivals #Worldnews #Americas #Culture #Brazil #Film

Sound of Falling review – intergenerational angst haunts a German farmhouse https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/sound-of-falling-review-cannes-film-festival #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Germany #Culture #Europe #Film

Sinners review – Ryan Coogler’s deep-south gonzo horror down at the crossroads https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/10/sinners-review-ryan-cooglers-deep-south-gonzo-horror-down-at-the-crossroads #Periodandhistoricalfilms #HaileeSteinfeld #MichaelBJordan #JackO'Connell #Horrorfilms #RyanCoogler #Thrillers #Culture #Blues #Music #Film

I’m Still Here wins Oscar for best international film, becoming first Brazilian film to do so https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/oscar-im-still-here-best-international-film #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Awardsandprizes #WalterSalles #Worldnews #Americas #Culture #Oscars #Brazil #Film

‘Clambering about in Victorian boots was brutal’: how we made Picnic at Hanging Rock https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/17/peter-weir-how-we-made-picnic-at-hanging-rock #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Australianews #Dramafilms #PeterWeir #Worldnews #Culture #Film

Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/23/dicaprio-scorsese-serial-killer-film-devil-in-the-white-city-back-on-track #Periodandhistoricalfilms #LeonardoDiCaprio #Filmadaptations #MartinScorsese #Crimefilms #Worldnews #UScrime #Chicago #Culture #USnews #Books #Film

The 50 best movies of 2024 in the US: 50-31 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/09/the-50-best-movies-of-2024-in-the-us #Periodandhistoricalfilms #BestmoviesUS2024 #Documentaryfilms #Bestfilmsof2024 #2024inCulture #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Musicals #Culture #Film

Mary review – turgid bibical tale has you rooting for Anthony Hopkins’ hammy Herod https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/06/mary-jesus-hopkins-bible #Periodandhistoricalfilms #AnthonyHopkins #Christianity #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Religion #Culture #Film

‘You can see the money on screen’: why Hollywood is betting on Gladiator II not being another Folie à Deux https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/18/gladiator-ii-budget-folie-a-deux-ridley-scott-paul-mescal #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Joker:FolieàDeux #Filmindustry #RidleyScott #PaulMescal #Gladiator #Culture #Film

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-cinematic-superstar #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #MaggieSmith #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/17/ian-mckellen-the-critic-theatre-i-filed-my-copy-from-waterloo-station-loos #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #IanMcKellen #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Theatre #Culture #Stage #Books #Film

Maria review – Angelina Jolie plays the diva in magnificent stroll around the cult of Callas https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/29/maria-review-callas-angelina-jolie-pablo-larrain-paris #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Venicefilmfestival2024 #Venicefilmfestival #AngelinaJolie #MariaCallas #Festivals #Worldnews #Biopics #Culture #France #Europe #Paris #Music #Film

From Brideshead to Saltburn: why we can’t get enough of country house stories https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/16/from-brideshead-to-saltburn-why-we-cant-get-enough-of-country-house-stories #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Perioddrama(TV) #DowntonAbbey #PGWodehouse #Saltburn #Fiction #Culture #Books

Small Things Like These review – Cillian Murphy’s piercingly painful Magdalene Laundries drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/16/small-things-like-these-review-magdalene-laundries-cillian-murphy #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Berlinfilmfestival2024 #Berlinfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #CillianMurphy #EmilyWatson #Dramafilms #Festivals #EndaWalsh #Ireland #Culture #Europe #Film

Small Things Like These review – Cillian Murphy’s piercingly painful Magdalene Laundries drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/16/small-things-like-these-review-magdalene-laundries-cillian-murphy #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Berlinfilmfestival2024 #Berlinfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #CillianMurphy #EmilyWatson #Dramafilms #Festivals #EndaWalsh #Ireland #Culture #Europe #Film

Small Things Like These review – Cillian Murphy’s piercingly painful Magdalene Laundries drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/16/small-things-like-these-review-magdalene-laundries-cillian-murphy #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Berlinfilmfestival2024 #Berlinfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #CillianMurphy #EmilyWatson #Dramafilms #Festivals #EndaWalsh #Ireland #Culture #Europe #Film