From Barry Lyndon to The Favourite, these stunning period films transform history into obsession, desire, power, and ruin.

It didn’t take long for cinema, the art form of the future, to develop a fascination with the past. Many of the first films had historical subjects, from ancient war heroes and medieval kings and ...

Period pieces have always intrigued audiences. While producing them is expensive and can be tricky, a good period film never goes unappreciated. Do you think it's because it feels like traveling in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The genre of period films often conjures up scenes from the 1800s, with full gowns, rolling hills, and ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

History lovers, take heart: over the next year and change, there are a slew of historical movies hitting the big screen from some of the very best filmmakers in the biz, spanning an impressive breadth ...

The upcoming film Al Kesas, starring Nelly Karim and Amir El-Masry, is set to hit Egyptian cinemas on June 17, and one of the reasons audiences are already excited is that it’s set in 1967, taking us ...

What draws people to historic period films and TV? MSU Denver History Professor Kim Klimek shares her thoughts on what pulls people into these period pieces.