Henry V (1989)
Kenneth Branagh's 1989 directorial debut. Mud and blood Agincourt instead of Olivier's pageantry.
Castles, crusades, plague, and mud. Medieval film reviews that notice when a movie respects the period and when it just rents the costumes.
DramaKenneth Branagh's 1989 directorial debut. Mud and blood Agincourt instead of Olivier's pageantry.
AdventureAnthony Mann's 1961 Spanish reconquista epic. Charlton Heston as Rodrigo Diaz, Sophia Loren.
DramaRidley Scott's 2021 fourteenth-century rape trial drama. Damon, Driver, Affleck, Comer.
MedievalJean-Jacques Annaud's 1986 Eco adaptation. Sean Connery as Franciscan monk investigating monastery murders.
DramaMel Gibson's 1995 William Wallace biopic. Historical accuracy abandoned for emotional impact.
AdventureKevin Costner, Alan Rickman scene-stealing as Sheriff. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is Kevin Reynolds's 1991 American adventure film.
DramaPeter Glenville's 1964 Anouilh play adaptation. Their friendship-to-rivalry through theatrical dialogue.
EpicKingdom of Heaven is two different films. The theatrical cut is a confused 144-minute medieval action movie that critics dismissed and audiences ignored.
MedievalThe Seventh Seal is the foundational arthouse film and one of the great works of the twentieth century. Max von Sydow plays Antonius Block, a knight returning from the Crusades to a Sweden in the grip of the Black Death.
MedievalA Knight's Tale is what happens when a writer-director decides to make a medieval film while refusing to take medieval films seriously. Brian Helgeland wrote and directed.
MedievalNicholas Clay plays Lancelot. What makes the film unusual is that Boorman shoots the legend as the legend instead of as a historical drama.
MedievalThe Lion in Winter is one of the great chamber pieces in cinema, written as a stage play by James Goldman and adapted by him for the screen with all the dialogue intact. The film is two hours of family…
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