It happens every November, along with the constancy of desire to make a better cranberry sauce: I get costume drama cravings. I’ve yet to see either of this year’s mainstream offerings—Joe Wright’s ...

The way to a queen’s heart is through Rousseau in A Royal Affair, in which church and state oppression can’t, at least for a time, quell enlightenment urges. From prostitute trysts and ...

Despite some concessions to contemporary realism (backlighting, handheld camera), this Scandinavian coproduction is essentially an old-fashioned period spectacle, offering the tried-and-true pleasure ...