Underrated Period Romances

Underrated Period Romances

1. A Royal Affair (2012)

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

2. Portrait of a Lady on fire (2019)

In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait.

3. Brooklyn (2015)

Young Irish immigrant Eilis Lace navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother's home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her past disrupts her new vivacity, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

4. Birdsong (2012)

As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.

5. Carol (2015)

Therese Belivet spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.

6. The new World (2005)

Arriving with a British expedition in Virginia in 1607, Capt. John Smith is captured by Native Americans. His life is spared thanks to Pocahontas, daughter of the tribe's chief. Smith and Pocahontas fall in love, to the mutual dismay of the Native Americans and the British.

7. The world to come (2020)

In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail, a farmer's wife, and her new neighbor Tallie find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer as free-spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney , when together their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other's lives they never knew existed.

8. Miss Austen Regrets (2007)

This is a lovely Film starring the young Tom Hiddleston: Novelist Jane Austen (Olivia Williams) nears her 40th birthday, unmarried and reflecting on her past suitors

9. Belle (2013)

The illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a British admiral plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

Actors and their favourite Books II

These answers are taken from BBC's Desert Island Discs

George Clooney - War and Peace by Tolstoy

Anthony Hopkins - The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald

Martin Freeman - Animal Farm by Orwell

Lin Manuel Miranda - Moby Dick by Melville

Christopher Lee - The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White

Hugh Grant - King Ottokar's Sceptre by Herge

Nicole Kidman - Poems of Emily Dickinson

Chris Evans - A Christmas Carol by Dickens

Emma Thompson - Homer's Odyssey

Mark Gatiss - The complete Sherlock Holmes

To all University students out there: Do you still have online classes or is campus life normal again? I'm from germany and i haven't had a normal lecture in 20 months. Does anyone else find this tiring?

obsessed w the man who came into the theatre i work at (modern productions NOT shakespeare plays) who realised he lost his ticket and turned to his wife and asked “dost thou know whither we sit” 

6. 84 Charing Cross Road (1987): I watched this movie a few days ago and totally fell in love with it. It is a love letter to reading and the importance of words: Based on true events this moving film tells the story of an incredible friendship between the american writer Helen Hanff and an antique's bookshop employe in London

Some of my favourite literary/ academic movies

1. The Oxford murders (2008): This one is great for people who love mathematics, mysteries and murders. A suspenseful thriller for all admirers of the dark academia aesthetic.

2. Me and Orson Welles (2008): This one unfortunately is a lesser known movie. A big recommendation for everyone who has a love for Shakespeare, theatre and period dramas.

3. My afternoons with Margueritte (2010): This is a heartwarming french movie about a unique friendship between an old book-loving lady and a younger, poor educated craftsmen. She shares her wisdom with him and introduces him to the world of literature: A touching ode to loving books and bringing people together with literature.

4. The words (2012): This one is a touching and highly underrated movie about the power of words and books. It is a beautiful love story, thriller and drama all in one and tells the story about a writer during different timelines and dimensions. It is basically a book within a movie where the protagonist (a famous author played by Bradley Cooper) bears a big secret.

5. A beautiful mind (2002): This has to be one af the most beautiful movies of all time. Telling you to much about it would only take something away from the experience of watching it for the first time. Just watch it for yourself and be prepared for a huge twist and one of the most heartwarming, intelligent films ever produced.

Unknown Book Recommendation:

The Last March by Robert Falcon Scott - a horrifying true story

"Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."

This is a book that every history buff and Fan of "the Terror" should read. Robert Falcon Scott was one of the very first people that set foot on the South Pole. His personal diary tells the horrifying and fascinating Story of his last expedition: it is a moving tale of a man, who kept his will to survive until his very last breath. Scott was found dead over 100 years ago with this diary beside him, frozen in the antarctic ice.