Medievalists.net » Films http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 03:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Macbeth: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in dark, gritty interpretation of Macbeth http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:29:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62950 Macbeth opened in October in London to critical acclaim. The movie is being released today in Canada and the US.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/feed/ 0 Sewing the Scene: The Uses of Embroidery in Medieval Film http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:30:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61839 This paper explores how embroidery has been used in films to establish, and often destroy, feminine space and autonomy. However, the most recent addition to the medieval film canon represents a distinct change in this trend.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film/feed/ 0 The Top 10 Viking Movies http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/the-top-10-viking-movies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/the-top-10-viking-movies/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:41:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61800 YouTuber Listy McGee has created his list of the Top 10 Viking Movies

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/the-top-10-viking-movies/feed/ 0 Terry Gilliam’s deleted animations from Monty Python and The Holy Grail http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/terry-gilliams-deleted-animations-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/terry-gilliams-deleted-animations-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:40:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61792 To celebrate the 40th anniversary theatrical re-release of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ and the release of the 40th anniversary Blu-Ray DVD Monty Python has put together this video of Terry Gilliam's lost animations from the film.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/terry-gilliams-deleted-animations-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/feed/ 0 Said in jest: Who’s laughing at the Middle Ages (and when)? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/said-in-jest-whos-laughing-at-the-middle-ages-and-when/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/said-in-jest-whos-laughing-at-the-middle-ages-and-when/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 03:26:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61676 The essay begins with a negative image of a medieval scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is used to point out that the scene is a knowing parody rather than founded on a genuine belief in an unmitigatedly dark age

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/said-in-jest-whos-laughing-at-the-middle-ages-and-when/feed/ 0 Secret Gestures and Silent Revelations: The Disclosure of Secrets in Selected Arthurian Illuminated Manuscripts and Arthurian Films http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:17:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60713 This paper explores visual language and iconic systems central to the representation of the Arthurian cycle in thirteenth and fifteenth century Gothic illuminated manuscripts and in two Arthurian films; its focus is the theme of courtly love and crucial revelations of the secret or hidden.

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