The American Dark Ages and the Terrorist Witch in Season of the Witch
In this article we argue that medieval films are not to be analyzed according to their faithfulness to the known historical sources, but that they can only be fully analyzed by understanding medievalist codes, traditions and (filmic) intertextuality.
Making Sacrifices: Beowulf and Film
This essay reviews opening scenes in some recent film Beowulfs, which, although they have nothing at all to say about Scyld Scefing, suggest a sacrificial reading of the prologue and perhaps even the whole poem.
One of the worst movies ever made: The Conqueror (1956)
‘Say, you’re beautiful in your wrath.’ – John Wayne as Temujin
Viking Human Sacrifices: Hollywood vs Reality
In his article, ‘Plastic Pagans: Viking Human Sacrifice in Film and Television’, Harry Brown notes a very key difference between how it is being portrayed and how it was in reality.
Medieval Movie Review: The Physician
It’s a brilliant film and one well worth your medieval Saturday night in!
Merovingian Movies Mania, Part 3: The Good King Dabogert 1984 or why remakes are never as good as the original
It took 6 hours including breaks when a miffed TS Morangles almost slammed the key-board to complete watching this atrocity.
Which Hero Are You From the Movie The Princess Bride?
Do you have the right personality to say ‘Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!’
MOVIE REVIEW: Flesh and Blood
My review of the late medieval movie, Flesh and Blood.
MOVIE REVIEW: Barbarossa – Siege Lord
MOVIE REVIEW: Barbarossa – Siege Lord “I order Milan to be raised to the ground. None of its towers will ever be standing.…
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘A Knight’s Tale’
Staying home on a Sunday night? Looking for a fun medieval movie to watch? Here is my review of ‘A Knight’s Tale’ for your Sunday night selection!
Merovingian Movies Mania, Part 2: The Good King Dagobert
The synopsis is quite simple: a boy has some homework to complete about the life of the king. He daydreams, transforms his parents as the king and one of his queens …
Staging Medievalisms: Touching the Middle Ages through Contemporary Performance
Examining the Middle Ages through modern eyes: movies, TV, stage, tourism and books. How do we perform the Middle Ages?
Macbeth film ‘Enemy of Man’ looks to raise money on Kickstarter
An independent feature film of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Sean Bean, Rupert Grint and Charles Dance has almost raised half of the $250 000 they are seeking on the crowd-funding website Kickstarter.
Star Wars and the Middle Ages
When George Lucas wrote up the screen play that would become Episode IV: A New Hope, he would make use of medieval history to help create his galaxy far, far away.
Vikings in Cinema: a Case Study of How to Train Your Dragon
This paper combines archaeological attention to the past (the Vikings and their material culture, beliefs and so on and a Žižekian fascination with Hollywood films to examine How to Train Your Dragon (2010), a 3-D animated film about Vikings for children.
Five Things to Love About A Knight’s Tale
Was it really just a sports movie set in the past? Yes. Was it edited until the plot seems a little less-than-coherent? Yes. But are there things we can love about it? Absolutely.
A Quest for the Black Knight: Casting People of Color in Arthurian Film and Television
However, though there are more people of color in Arthurian film and television productions, progress toward inclusivity has not been quick or simple to achieve.
Jews Have the Best Sex: The Hollywood Adventures of a Peculiar Medieval Jewish Text on Sexuality
According to quite a few books and films produced in the last few decades in Europe and North America, sex is widely celebrated in Jewish sources
Apocalypse et Moyen Âge : un cocktail détonnant
Dans l’imaginaire contemporain, Apocalypse et Moyen âge semblent aller de pair. Rares sont les films médiévalistes où il n’est pas question de fin du monde, où qui ne représente pas une société en plein déclin, au bord de sa propre destruction.
Arms and the Man: how the Scots who bled with Wallace fought in Braveheart and in History
What Braveheart showed was a parody of an archery barrage which, in fact, would be fairly continuous until most of the arrows available, about forty to each bowman, had been shot. Nor would there be longish pauses between single flights of arrows, in perhaps a sporting spirit in order to give the Scots time to recover their spirits and dress their ranks in time for the next hail of missiles, or, in the film, to bare their arses in vulgar mockery of their enemies.
Knights of Badassdom
TUGG screenings begin January 21st; available On Demand and Digitally February 11th
Were the Peasants Really So Clean? The Middle Ages in Film
Movies about the European Middle Ages are profoundly modern creations. They tend to reflect the anxieties and preoccupations of their modern creators rather than those of people who lived a thousand years ago.
Would the Real William Wallace Please Stand Up
The object of this paper is to give a brief outline of the life of William Wallace, and to make references in passing to the film, Braveheart, loosely based on the life of William Wallace, starring the Australian actor Mel Gibson.