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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: period drama

period drama stories: 2 news summaries
APPRECIATION

Haneke Wins at Cannes for His Finest Work

White Ribbon 'will
be discussed for
decades to come'

May 25, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even in a vintage year for Cannes, Michael Haneke's new film The White Ribbon stood head and shoulders above the competition, writes Xan Brooks of the Guardian. The Austrian director has time and again missed out on the festival's top prize, but his "icy black-and-white" pastoral  set in pre-WWI ... More »

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film • Germany • Cannes Film Festival • Austria • film director • World War I • movies • period drama • Michael Haneke

'Tudors': Flashy Fiction Is Far From Fact

Historians balk at steamy soap, but fans aren't deterred

Mar 30, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the battle of fact versus flair, it’s pretty obvious which side “The Tudors” comes down on. Showtime’s steamy period soap opera, which premiers its second season tonight, trades a chubby, tight-wearing Henry VIII for slim, sexy Jonathan Rhys Meyers. “It’s sloppy filmmaking,” one... More »

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Showtime • soap operas • history • sexy costumes • Jonathan Rhys Meyers • Anne Boleyn • Henry VIII • The Tudors • period drama

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